Taiwan companies spend on average less than 18 minutes making hiring decisions in interviews

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/19
By: Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — New Taiwan graduates have just a 6 percent acceptance rate when applying for their first job, while most companies spend less than 18 minutes on average to determine whether to make a hire.

According to a recent poll conducted by Taiwan's online job bank Yes123, only 41.4 percent of the resumes uploaded on the website are considered "acceptable." The poll results showed that companies are most dissatisfied with applicants who do not provide complete general information, personal photos, or use the same resumes for job vacancies in different fields.

As many as 95.6 percent of corporations indicated they would invite applicants who provided photos to interviews first.

Yes123 spokesman Yang Tsung-bin (楊宗斌) pointed out in an interview Friday (June 19) the majority of employers want to gain a better understanding of their candidates before engaging in a face-to-face interaction. He added that applicants should always pursue the principle of professionalism, instead of being over the top in their interview application photos.    [FULL  STORY]