CIOs Grow Frustrated With Hiring Delays

CIOs Grow Frustrated With Hiring Delays

It’s taking more than a month to hire IT professionals these days—too long for many CIOs, as the delays result in many candidates taking a job with competitors.

41% of the CIOs surveyed said the hiring process for IT staff jobs takes longer than they’d like.

On average, CIOs said it takes 4.5 weeks to fill these jobs.

27% said it takes up to three months to fill IT staff jobs.

Candidates seek higher salaries than can be offered: 44%.
There’s a lack of qualified candidates: 33%.
Company is not viewed as employer of choice: 21%.

57% of the professionals surveyed said a long post-interview wait to hear whether they got an offer is the most frustrating aspect of job searches.

69% of workers said they’d wait up to two weeks after an interview to get a status update before losing interest in the job, and 23% said they’d wait only one week.

Work with your team to determine the skills and experience most needed. Conduct research to find out what qualified candidates are seeking in salaries, benefits and incentives.

Involve those team members in the interviews because their input can help make better decisions. With candidates, be totally transparent about the hiring process and job requirements.

Don’t allow too much time to pass between interviews, status updates, internal discussions and, of course, the job offer.