by Barbara Safani | Apr 17, 2013 | career research
Did you know? 80 percent of available jobs are never advertised The average number of applications submitted per post is 118 20 percent of job applicants get interviews The average length of an interview is approximately 40 minutes The average time a candidate...
by Barbara Safani | Dec 17, 2012 | career research, salary negotiation
Payscale recently released a survey of the top tech companies comparing leaders including Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google and others on salary, perks, job satisfaction and much more. Here are a few interesting findings: Most vacation time: Facebook (3.6 weeks) Highest...
by Barbara Safani | Dec 15, 2011 | career management, career research
I recently read Green Career Central’s excellent recommendations for building a target list of green companies. If you are interested in researching green jobs, check out Green Career Central founder Carol McClelland’s suggestions below. 1) Newsweek Green...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 26, 2011 | career management, career research
According to a recent survey conducted by YourTango and ForbesWomen, 75 percent of women surveyed said they would not marry someone without a job and 65 percent said they wouldn’t get married if they were the one who was unemployed. But 91 percent of single...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 24, 2011 | career research
According to a recent survey of 313 hedge funds conducted by accounting and consultancy firm Rothstein Kass, 75 percent of respondents expect more funds to launch this year and 60 percent expect fewer closures. The survey suggests that due to increasing allocations...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 13, 2011 | career management, career research
According to a recent job search trends report published by the Career Thought Leaders Consortium, a think tank for career industry leaders, job search is changing fast. Resumes and hiring managers’ attention spans are getting shorter. Google is the new resume...
