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CAREER STATISTICS
Resume
According to recruiters (via CareerBuilder), the top reasons for rejecting a resume are the following:
Impersonal applications (84%)
No “Thank You” note (57%)
Lack of resume customization (54%)
Job seekers with more than 99% of the words on their resume spelled correctly are three times more likely to get
hired. (MIT Sloan)
Nearly one quarter (24%) of hiring managers spend less than 30 seconds looking at a resume. (CareerBuilder)
Roughly 97% of Fortune 500 companies use an applicant tracking system (ATS) to automatically screen resumes for
keywords. (Jobscan)
Up to three-fourths of qualified applicants have been rejected by an ATS because the software couldn’t read their
resumes - a great example of why you should have a plain text resume on hand. (Forbes)
Cover Letter
Well over half (64%) of job listings with a direct application process require a cover letter. (ResumeLab)
Even when submitting a cover letter is optional, 77% of recruiters give preference to candidates who send a cover
letter. (ResumeLab)
In fact, 45% of hiring managers always read cover letters and 38% usually read them. (Genius)
36% of hiring managers actually read the cover letter before they read the resume. (ResumeLab)
51% [of hiring managers] say that a weak cover letter might deter them from inviting an otherwise qualified applicant
for an interview. (Genius)
Job Search & Interview
73% of job seekers say finding a job is one of the most stressful events of their entire lives. (NorthOne)
These days, up to 85% of jobs are filled via networking. (LinkedIn)
Up to 87% of employers check references during the hiring process. (SHRM)
The average time-to-hire across all industries is three to four weeks. (Yello)
According to 82% of recruiters, it takes three or more weeks to get a job offer. (MRINetwork)
Source: Resume Now (resume-now.com/job-resources/jobs/resume-statistics)
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