The 5 Perfectly Good Job Applicants You Won’t Consider

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Recruiters are increasingly better with their reach, which means they're ditching rigid screening and vetting processes for job applicants. In theory, this sounds great, but this also assumes those processes are screening for the right things. Let's talk about potentially stellar candidates that often get booted out of the process early on for factors that don't always indicate a poor match. Are these five candidates really all that bad?

The Online Degree
While online degrees have gained credibility very recently, they still don’t hold as much weight with employers as those from traditional brick and mortar colleges. TIME did some research on the matter and asked HR execs at several F500 companies if an online program would be viewed as a credible credential in a prospective candidate and found some worries.

“One executive was concerned about how students were graded and assessed, while another worried about the reputation of online universities and believed that online classes were generally not as challenging as traditional college courses. These are the challenges that MOOCs, for-profits and corporate-academic partnerships still need to surmount.”
As online programs become the norm in higher education, employers are going to new zealand phone number library have to find better ways of assessing a good education. Things like brand awareness and reputation of the institution are likely to be the factors that matter more.

The Gap in Employment
A Bullhorn study found that job applicant with a criminal record, who is currently holding down a job, would have an easier time impressing a hiring manager than a candidate who has been out of work for two or more years.

The longer the employment gap, the harder it is to find a job. I get the reasoning (for the most part), but are recruiters taking this a little far? SmartRecruiter’s social media intern, Laura Hong said:

“Is an employment gap really a clear and justified indicator of qualification? I like to believe the answer is “No,” because every candidate has a viable reason. You need only ask, or your company risks screening out those with amazing talent.”
The Job Hopper
A 2013 Gallup poll revealed that worldwide, a mere 13% of employees are engaged at work. It’s no wonder we’re seeing far more job hoppers now than in the “good ol’ days” of long tenured employees. When talent is not satisfied, recognized or compensated fairly, they’ll leave; especially if they are quality talent who knows their worth.