I came across this infographic today created by BeHiring and was kind of shocked by some of the information it contained. After reading through it, it seems to be pretty accurate, but also pretty negative. Independent recruiting is a fast paced, busy environment and most times, recruiters don’t have time to waste on job seekers to that are submitting sub-par resumes and cover letters.
A couple things I found interesting:
17% chance your cover letter will be read – should job seekers even be submitting cover letters if the chance is so high independent recruiters aren’t even going to read them?
427,000 resumes are posted on Monster every week – that’s A LOT of resumes. It’s probably a more productive effort for job seekers to use smaller and narrower niche jobs boards. Is that true, independent recruiters? Do you have luck finding candidates on Monster?
As an independent recruiter do you find these statistics to be generally true? If so, use this infographic to educate job seekers about the life cycle of their resume.
As a Head Hunter not a Recruiter I screen more carefully. I have to say however if I post a detailed job spec which I do! I get very frustrated with people applying who have no related skills or those who do have the skills do not “tailor each CV” to each job spec. For each Key Requirement list where and when you gained this experience. I do read cover letters and if you have information in there and not the CV – don’t do this, we need 1 document only or you are making us cut and paste this information into your CV! I am ok with photos! unprofessional email address.. accepted by me but not good agree! and if your emails in 3 5 10 years are signed just “kevin” “Jane” and this address.. very hard to find who you are in my database.
Yes niche recruiting sites are much better for niche recruiters.. Susan in Hong Kong