Passive candidates

Passive candidates are a hidden source of revenue for your career center. At Madgex, we surveyed 5,500 people not actively looking for new work to learn more. Discover three ways to reach passive candidates to further your career center and help your members.

Passive candidates: a hidden source of revenue for your career center

You already have a huge number of passive candidates — it’s all of your members currently employed and not actively seeking work. Our latest research says 79% of them might jump at the right opportunity , which means you can use your career center to get that perfect job in front of them.

Passive candidates can quickly turn into jobseekers with the right motivation.

54.3%

of participants look out for jobs when they aren’t actively thinking of a career change.

Flexibility

Career Pro… Career progression

What motivates passive jobseekers to look for new opportunities?

Salary

Benefits

Stability

you can reach passive candidates to further your career center and help your members: Three ways

Employer hubs 64% of our respondents conduct research on the company before applying, so branding is vital to attracting candidates. Jobseekers want to hear directly from companies, a marketing service that you can provide. Content If they aren’t engaging regularly with job boards, content becomes the way to reach your members. You can host insider tips, spotlight successful leaders, and keep your members abreast of the latest career trends. Job boards Only 14% of our survey participants have signed up to receive job alerts. People want personalization along with recommendations that are catered to their interests and prefer specialist and curated job boards over LinkedIn.

Our survey respondents

Overview

Age split

Gender split

10 Questions 5,500 people UK, USA , and Canada In full or part-time employment Not actively looking for new work

Female: 52.65% Male: 46.24% Non-binary: 1.84%

25 to 50 years old 36 average age Late Gen X: 43-50 Millennials: 27-42 Early Gen Z: 25-26

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