Three-quarters of jobseekers would drop out of lengthy recruitment processes, survey reveals

Experts warn many hiring experiences are not up to scratch, but less than one in 10 HR professionals think their procedures are complicated

More than three-quarters (78 per cent) of jobseekers would drop out or consider dropping out of long or complex recruitment processes, a new study has found.

A global survey of more than 1,200 HR professionals and more than 3,700 recent jobseekers by Sterling found a third of those who dropped out said the hiring process was too complicated, with 22 per cent expressing an issue with the background screening process.

However, only 9 per cent of the surveyed HR professionals believed that candidates would find their hiring process complicated.

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