| Job seekers focus on recognition and rewards |
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| | Employers that offer
interesting work,
regular recognition and
rewards, and
opportunities for quick
advancement are the most
popular targets for job
seekers, according to
the findings of a global
recruitment survey by
Accenture.
Another key finding
was that job seekers
don't place as much
value on such
increasingly popular
programmes as corporate
citizenship and
diversity as they do on
traditional benefits | |
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| | to identify the
most-valued career goals
of both entry-level and
experienced job seekers.
The findings indicate
that challenging and
interesting work is the
most important
characteristic that job
seekers look for in
prospective employers,
selected by 60% of all
respondents. The
potential for
recognition and reward
for their
accomplishments was a
close second, selected
by 58% of respondents.
Job seekers were also | |
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| | interested in:
opportunities for fast
career growth (44%);
indications that the
employer is well
established and is
likely to have long-term
prosperity (42%); and
indications that a
company has a particular
focus on its people
(42%).
"Interestingly, we
found that what is
considered important by
potential recruits was
remarkably consistent
across geographies,"
said John Campagnino,
Accenture's global | |
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| | director of recruitment.
"Also notable was the
fact that while we know
from our own employees
that corporate social
responsibility and
diversity are important
employer characteristics
– things our employees
demand and place high
value in – the research
also validated what many
of us intuitively know:
namely, that more
tangible benefits such
as rewards and
recognition are most
important from an
external recruit's
perspective."
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| | such as robust rewards
programmes and personal
growth opportunities.
The purpose of the
survey, which questioned
more than 4,100 job
seekers in 21 countries
in North and South
America, Europe and the
Asia Pacific region, was | |
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