Construction, Property and Engineering Professionals Say If a Vacancy Is Open for 71 Days, It Must Be a Bad Job

Construction, Property and Engineering Professionals Say If a Vacancy Is Open for 71 Days, It Must Be a Bad Job PR Newswire LONDON, October 5, 2012 LONDON, October 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Employers need to fill job vacancies within 71 working days (15 working weeks) before construction, property and engineering professionals (CPE professionals) assume it's a job no one wants, according to research carried out by Randstad CPE, the UK 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 working population said they thought a post has to be vacant 74 days before it looks like a bad job that no one wants, 3 days more than the CPE professionals. In a similar survey, Randstad found that, on average, British construction, property and engineering professionals 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. Owen Goodhead, managing director of Randstad CPE, "Recruiting is like trying to sell your house. Leave it on the market too long and, for whatever reason, people start to think there is something wrong with it. That leads to fewer applications and increased pressures on the rest of the staff left trying to cover the empty position.