What Candidates Want

Nick Burkholder

Over the holidays we emailed over 10,000 self described job seekers. Here are the top five improvements they’d like to see from employers:

• Better descriptions – more on responsibilities and performance standards.
• Clear compensation – what are the realistic starting ranges?
• Employee perspectives – "What's it like to work there?"
• Timely [and accurate] feedback – bad news and saying you don’t know is better than no response, don’t hold back. Be direct.
• Potential career/development opportunities including alternative entry points.

Sounds to us like candidates would like to be treated the way we’d like to be treated.