Companies are taking longer to finalize their hiring
decisions. A WSJ piece notes
“the average
interview process in the U.S. took 22.9 days in 2014, up from just 12.6 days in
2010...
The increase in the
length of the job-interview process has occurred not only in the U.S., but in
France, Germany, the U.K., Australia and Canada according to the report. That
suggests that U.S. labor market or health-care regulations aren’t the primary culprit
behind the increasing length of the hiring process. Mr. Chamberlain’s
theory is that as the economy shifts to more-skilled and less-routine jobs, the
hiring process will naturally get more complicated.”