Why You Are Not Getting Hired

JOB HOPPING DAMAGES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS More Than Age or Unemployment JOB JOB JOB NOB - JOB DESPITE PEOPLE IN THEIR 30S BEING IN HIGHEST DEMAND, A 55-YEAR-OLD WITH A STEADY EMPLOYMENT HISTORY IS EASIER FOR RECRUITERS TO PLACE IN A NEW JOB THAN A 30-YEAR-OLD JOB HOPPER 39%- According to RECRUITERS HOPPING JOBS 31% the biggest obstacles for an unemployed candidate in Regaining Employment ARE... BEING UNEMPLOYED FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR 28% GAPS IN EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Age is Not Just a Number Unemployment Can Lead to Being Unemployable 70% RESPONDENTS ALSO SAID THAT THERE IS GREATER DEMAND THE RANGE OF TIME FOR WHICH A CANDIDATE IS FOR CANDIDATES UNEMPLOYED BEFORE IT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR OF RESPONDENTS SAY IN THEIR BULLHORN 40 A RECRUITER TO PLACE THEM IN A NEW JOB THAT THE EASIEST AGE ACCORDING TO RESPONDENTS 40S D GROUP TO PLACE IN NEW JOBS ARE CANDIDATES 36% 17% s 4% 405 IN THEIR Say 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR THAN CANDIDATES IN THEIR BULLHORN 30s 30s BULLHORN 20 20s 30s FEWER THAN 6 MONTHS 20s 1% BULLHORN IT IS DIFFICULT Say SAID 50s NO MATTER 50s CANDIDATES THE DURATION IN THEIR 50s 0% Your Skill Set Could Kill Your Chances SAID BULLHORN 60s 60s CANDIDATES IN THEIR 60s WHEN ASKED ABOUT FACTORS THAT MAKE Long-Term Unemployment is Like a Crime? IT HARDEST FOR RECRUITERS TO PLACE UNEMPLOYED CANDIDATES IN JOBS: RECRUITERS ADMIT THAT IT IS EASIER FOR THEM TO PLACE 31% SKILLS ARE NO LONGER IN DEMAND SOMEONE WITH A JOB CRIMINAL RECORD (NON-FELONY) IN A NEW JOB THAN SOME- ONE WHO HAS BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR TWO YEARS CANDIDATES ARE OUT OF ' 26% TOUCH WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY /WORKPLACE Getting Fired Cools Your Prospects NO SURPRISE HERE THAT 78% HOWEVER OF RECRUITERS RANKED GETTING FIRED AS THE MOST SEVERELY DAMAGING TO A CANDIDATE'S EUTURE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS. 2% ONLY OF RECRUITERS FELT THAT BEING LAID OFF WOULD BE THE MOST SERIOUS FUTURE DETRIMENT. Between August 23-28, 2012, Bullhorn conducted an anonymous survey of 1,500 staffing recruiters, corporate recruiters, and hiring managers. More information on the survey findings is available on the website of Bullhorn's social recruiting product Bullhorn Reach® - at www.BULLHORNREACH.COM/CONTENT/RESOURCES/MAIN BULLHORN' Copyright 2012 Bulhorn, Inc. Bullhorn and Bulihom Reache are registered trademarks of Bulhom, Inc.