Job Vacancies
» Job Vacancies, Volume 7, Issue 8, 2007
If respondent had a current job opening or had one available in the last three years.
15a. What is/was the most important reason applicants are/were not qualified?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lack of experience | 40 | ||
| 2 | Lack of job-specific or occupational skills | 14 | ||
| 3 | Poor job and/or work history | 5 | ||
| 4 | Lack of social or people skills | 1 | ||
| 5 | Lack of basic English, communications, and/or math skills | 3 | ||
| 6 | Poor attitude or appearance | 3 | ||
| 7 | Legal issues | 4 | ||
| 8 | Scheduling conflicts/ availability/ transportation | 5 | ||
| 9 | Haven’t started to look | 10 | ||
| 10 | Combination (no single reason) | 4 | ||
| 12 | Other | 3 | ||
| 13 | DK/Refused | 8 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 405 | |||
Notes: Forty (40) percent of small employers who had a current job opening or had one available in the last three years and had unqualified applicants said the lack of experience was the most important reason applicants were not qualified.
