BountyJobs Bites: Majority of Candidates Don’t Negotiate Salaries The Numbers: 67% of job seekers stated they were ‘unable to negotiate for their current salary’ per a recent survey 5% stated that they were told by their company what their salary would be 3% received a lower salary than what was requested Source: Monster Telecommuting Sees
Leading Provider of Outsourced Talent Acquisition Solutions Partners with Leader in Employee Referral Technology AUSTIN, Texas August 6, 2019 - BountyJobs, Inc., leading provider of third-party recruiting platform for collaboration between employers and search firms with over $2 billion in placement fees to recruiters and the world’s largest recruiter marketplace, today announced a
BountyJobs Bites Baby Boomers Sticking Around in Workforce The Numbers: 29% of older baby boomers (ages 65-72) were still working or looking for work in 2018, compared with 21% of the silent generation and 19% of the greatest generation within the same age range Source: Pew Research Center Raises on the Downturn The Numbers: 47%
BountyJobs Bites Non-tech Companies Hiring More Tech Talent The Numbers: Demand for tech jobs in non-tech companies and industries is increasing As well, high-tech companies are hiring a rising number of workers in marketing, sales, and other areas 27% of all tech jobs are software developers followed by broad computer occupations such as web admin
BountyJobs Bites 75% of Hiring Managers are Too Indecisive The Numbers: Three-quarters of hiring managers are indecisive, causing low-quality hires and longer time-to-fill rates Hiring managers that make decisions via a shorter timeframe hire 10% more higher-quality candidates and hire 11% fewer lower-quality candidates with decreased time-to-fill rates by 17% Source: Gartner Majority of IT
Hires Decreased in May The Numbers: The number of hires decreased by 266,000 in May Most of this decrease, 262,000, was within private industry Jobs growth was essentially flat, only decreasing by 49,000 from April Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Top Execs Moderately Pessimistic in Q2 The Numbers: 13% of global CEOs said, ‘conditions
BountyJobs Bites U.S. Adds 102,000 Nonfarm Jobs in June, Further Slowdown Expected The Numbers: 102,000 nonfarm jobs were added in the U.S. in June, signaling further slowdown June’s outcome is up from the 41,000 added in May but down from the 255,000 added in April and 158,000 added in March Source: ADP National Employment Report
BountyJobs Bites Location Desired Over Pay for Hourly Workers The Numbers: Hourly workers reject job offers moreso due to long commute times rather than pay 38% of hourly jobs were turned down due to location 10% of job offers were turned down due to money 26% rejected job offers due to schedule inflexibility Source: BlueCrew
Wage Growth & the Job-Hopping Trend Job-hopping, typically defined as switching jobs every two years or less, has become a popular trend within the current employment climate. In April, 3.5 million Americans quit their jobs. [1] A strong economy and low unemployment rate (3.6%) increase the confidence of those in the workforce to look elsewhere
BountyJobs Bites Tech Jobless Rate Edges Down The Numbers: A modest 5,800 jobs were added to the tech sector in May The jobless rate within tech dropped to 1.3%, the lowest since January 2000 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Job-Hopping Helped Majority of Millennials The Numbers: 75% of millennials feel that switching jobs a few