62. What jobseekers want

Talent Savvy

In this episode of Talent Savvy Bas van de Haterd talks with Kelly Robinson and Matthias Schmeisser about what jobseekers really want and what companies can do about this, without having to involve lots of management or C suite executives.

What jobseekers wish the employers knew is a massive research by Boston Consultancy Group. Over 90.000 people from 160 countries were interviewed and the results are staggering. Read the entire report here:

https://web-assets.bcg.com/6e/76/609c8245499c8047a48c82588ecf/what-job-seekers-wish-employers-knew.pdf

Important fact 1: 52% would reject an attractive offer if they had a negative experience in the process. And actually saying a decent process a reason for accepting the offer is putting the bar really low.

Another important fact: 40% of the candidates like assessments. But nobody really likes one way video interviews.

Another fact: 75% is still looking for a full-time job, but that does means the 15% of gig workers and freelancers is really rising. And most still want to work for bigger companies.

And we talk about money... salaries. Number one reason to reject an offer is salary, number one thing they look for in a job description is salary.

If you want to know what your future employees want and why they reject you as an employer, you want to listen to this podcast.