Care Professionals Say If a Job Vacancy is Open for 83 Days, There Must be Something Wrong With It

Care Professionals Say If a Job Vacancy is Open for 83 Days, There Must be Something Wrong With It PR Newswire LONDON, October 5, 2012 LONDON, October 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Employers need to fill job vacancies within 83 working days - almost 17 weeks - before care workers assume it's a job no one wants, according to research carried out by Randstad Care, the social care, allied health and medical recruiter. Randstad asked 2,001 members of the public, "How many working days does a vacancy for a permanent job have to be open before it starts to look like a bad job that no one wants?" The UK's adult population said they thought a post has to be vacant 72 working days before it looks like a bad job that no one wants, 11 working days - over two working weeks - less than care professionals. In a similar survey, Randstad found that, on average, professionals in health and social care feel they currently have to perform the job of 1.5 people meaning they are covering 50% more work than one person should be; the equivalent of fitting an additional two and a half days worth of work into the ordinary working week. Vicky Short, operations director of Randstad Care, said, "Although care professionals are more relaxed about the length of time a vacancy's been advertised than the UK as a whole, they also won't wait forever. Recruiting for acare post is like trying to sell your house.