I love Jobvite.com – each year they come out with a report regarding the job search “numbers” you need to know. And I like how granular they are with the details – right down to the sampling size: From their latest report: 2018 Job Seeker Nation Study: “As a rule, we do not rely on the validity of very small subsets of the data, especially sets smaller than 50-75 respondents.” For this year their sampling size was 1509 recruiters.
Here’s 10 takeaways:
82% – the percentage of job seekers open to new job opportunities.
35% – the percentage of married people who negotiated their compensation.
26% – the percentage of single people who negotiated their compensation.
19% – the percentage of people listing “Compensation” as the #1 factor for leaving a role.
25% – the percentage who applied to their current role via LinkedIN
30% – the percentage of job seekers who left a new job in 1st 90 days.
85% – the percentage of job seekers who received higher pay by negotiating their compensation.
44% – of those that negotiated their compensation, received 5-10% increase.
21% – of those that negotiated their compensation, received 11-20% increase.
22% – rejected a potential employer due to reviews on Glassdoor or other public company reviews.
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