“We’re like family here”: the details that scare away job candidates

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What dissuades candidates from applying for a job offer?? This is the question that the CV advice platform StandOut CV wanted to clarify. To do this, analysts questioned no fewer than 1,092 workers who shared their point of view on the subject. Here is what we learned.

The top 5 warning signs for candidates

Let's clarify from the outset that this survey was conducted in the United States. We can therefore find some details that are not very relevant in our country. But others can totally apply to French companies.

Here are the 5 main red flags in job ads that scare away potential candidates:

1. Job ads include minimum annual leave
2. Candidates are required or strongly encouraged to like other employees’ social media content
3. No salary information available
4. The company’s “About Us” page or board of directors lack diversity
5. If a job posting or recruiter said “we’re like family”

Employers are wise not to demand that candidates have a “winner’s mindset” or to wish that future recruits “strive” or “work hard” at the risk of seeing a good number of potential recruits pass them by.

The 5 “red flags” during job interviews

During this crucial phase, here are the top 5 things and details that put off job seekers:

1. The recruiter had an unpleasant smell
2. A group interview (multiple candidates)
3. The recruiter misspells your name
4. The recruiter shortens your first name without asking
5. If an ad or recruiter says “we’re like family”

The “candidates ghosts worry companies

To complete, we can cite a study carried out by the Genius platform among 1000 British employees. It shows in particular that 34% of members of Generation Z (people born between the end of the 90s and the beginning of the 2010s) say they have decided to no longer respond to their employer or have not given any news during a recruitment phase.

The latter express anger in particular at a hiring process deemed too long or at HR managers who take too long to respond to them, or even deliberately ignore them. It can even happen that a candidate has obtained a position, but decides not to go there on their first day of work. To find out more, we advise you to reread our article here.

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