Tech Professionals Say if a Job Vacancy is Open for 67 Days, There Must be Something Wrong With It

Tech Professionals Say if a Job Vacancy is Open for 67 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 67 working days (14 working weeks) before tech professionals assume it's a job no one wants, according to research carried out by Randstad Technologies, the IT and technology 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, 1 working week more than tech professionals. In a similar survey, Randstad found that, on average, professionals in tech or IT jobs 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. Mike Beresford, managing director of Randstad Technologies, said, "Tech professionals are far more concerned about the length of time a vacancy's been advertised than the rest of the UK's workforce. They work in a fast paced world which rapidly evolves every day. A stagnant recruitment process signals alarm bells.Recruiting for a techpost is like trying to sell your house.