{"id":14782,"date":"2022-04-01T11:55:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/?p=12895"},"modified":"2024-05-24T12:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:01:18","slug":"people-never-finish-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowledgecity.com\/blog\/people-never-finish-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"92% of People Never Finish their Job Applications: The Reasons Why and the Steps HR Can Take"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

As a seasoned HR pro, you already know that competition is fierce for finding qualified job candidates and getting them to apply online. But according to recruitment data provider Appcast,<\/a> 92 percent of job seekers never complete their applications. Why might this be, and how can you encourage job applicants to follow through?

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Make Your Application Process Quick & Easy<\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Extra steps in your application process will likely eliminate candidates you would like to interview. We live in a world where providing minimum information and making a few quick clicks approves applicants for thousands of dollars in credit. Phone conversations\u2014even emails\u2014have been replaced by people\u2019s preference for less time-consuming texts.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Quick and easy processes that produce immediate results have become daily life for most, with fewer people adhering to the belief that good things come to those who wait, including job seekers. Today\u2019s candidates are less willing to spend time completing job applications that require excessive information and have repetitive or overly complex questions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Streamline Your Process for Recruiting Success<\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The faster you get candidates into your application pipeline, the sooner you can evaluate and hire them before someone else does. A high application dropout rate negatively impacts all recruitment metrics. Conversion-to-hire, time-to-fill, cost-per-application, and cost-per-hire rates all take a negative hit\u2013and so does the quality of talent you end up hiring.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The best way to improve dropout numbers is to streamline process flow. Develop an application that\u2019s easy to complete in five minutes or less, with ease being the key component.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Eliminate Extra Steps & Clicks<\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

According to Recruiter<\/a>,\u00a0 job applications that take longer than 15 minutes to complete have a 365% \u00a0drop-off rate. In many cases, auditors had to click nine more times after hitting \u201capply\u201d before getting to the actual application, and each application averaged 51 total clicks!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

To help eliminate applicants\u2019 frustration, eliminate these \u201cdon\u2019ts\u201d from your process:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n