New research cited in HR Magazine has found that 26% of young job seekers may be having a hard time finding a job due to a lack of communication with their potential employers. It is thought that there is a misunderstanding between where employers advertise their vacancies and where young people seek for their future career.
- 35% of young people look for careers advice and business contacts at their university or place of education, yet only 20% of employers go to careers fairs and less than a quarter of employers are connecting with schools, colleges and universities.
- 33% of employers advertise their job vacancies online, yet surprisingly, only 19% of young job seekers use this method to hunt for a job.
- Perhaps the best understanding between employers and young people are the use of recruitment agencies. 26% of employers and 25% of young people use these to either job hunt or fill a vacancy.
- Furthermore, the research shows there is misunderstanding between the skills that employers want to see on a CV and the skills that young people think employers want to see on their CV.
- Employers rate people skills, technology skills and work experience as the top requirements for a job applicant, yet nearly half of all young job seekers believe that employers want to see university and A-level qualifications on their CV.
- CEO and founder of Wozedu, Oliver Donovan commented: “There is a desperate need for better, more open communication between young people and employers.
- “There is a real urgency to eradicate career misconceptions and encourage closer relationships between the two groups.
- “It’s painfully obvious that employers, and young people embarking on the recruitment process, are looking in all the wrong places to connect with each other in the first place. Then, once a conversation is initiated, there’s a damaging misalignment in terms of each other’s expectations of required skills and experience."
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