Post by ck4829 on Dec 28, 2016 12:12:57 GMT
Employers may be too picky when it comes to hiring. That may seem counterintuitive, but hang in there with us.
The extensive use of online hiring applications, for example, is not exactly helpful, says Peter Cappelli, an economist at the Wharton School’s Center for Human Resources. Screening software can and does filter out otherwise-qualified people who just don’t have the right title or buzzword in their online résumé--or have six years’ experience instead of seven. Research done by the U.S. Federal Reserve revealed a nice tidbit: When there are lots of applicants, employers tend to raise their standards, hoping to score a way-above-average hire.
Simply put, employers pile on so many requirements that finding a match is like hunting for a white elephant: They do exist but are vanishingly rare. Employers, in fact, are not shy about saying this is what they are doing. According to a 2013 Career Advisory Board survey of 500 U.S. hiring managers, 67 percent said they “don’t feel like they have to settle for a candidate without the perfect qualifications.” So if they don’t find the white elephant, they will keep hunting--even though there are willing elephants ready to do the job.
Then there’s another problem: You may not be willing to pay enough to attract even the B elephants, argues Cappelli. (The Manpower survey confirmed there was something to this; more than 10 percent of employers said that applicants wouldn’t take jobs at the pay offered.)
www.inc.com/magazine/201404/cait-murphy/skills-gap-in-the-labor-force.html
groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/burnoatus_control/conversations/messages/9
The extensive use of online hiring applications, for example, is not exactly helpful, says Peter Cappelli, an economist at the Wharton School’s Center for Human Resources. Screening software can and does filter out otherwise-qualified people who just don’t have the right title or buzzword in their online résumé--or have six years’ experience instead of seven. Research done by the U.S. Federal Reserve revealed a nice tidbit: When there are lots of applicants, employers tend to raise their standards, hoping to score a way-above-average hire.
Simply put, employers pile on so many requirements that finding a match is like hunting for a white elephant: They do exist but are vanishingly rare. Employers, in fact, are not shy about saying this is what they are doing. According to a 2013 Career Advisory Board survey of 500 U.S. hiring managers, 67 percent said they “don’t feel like they have to settle for a candidate without the perfect qualifications.” So if they don’t find the white elephant, they will keep hunting--even though there are willing elephants ready to do the job.
Then there’s another problem: You may not be willing to pay enough to attract even the B elephants, argues Cappelli. (The Manpower survey confirmed there was something to this; more than 10 percent of employers said that applicants wouldn’t take jobs at the pay offered.)
www.inc.com/magazine/201404/cait-murphy/skills-gap-in-the-labor-force.html
groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/burnoatus_control/conversations/messages/9