Job search trends in 2016

According to an online survey organised as part of the Refreshing Help from Soproni programme, nearly half of job seekers think that it is decided in 10-25 seconds whether their CV will take them to the next round of the recruitment process; two thirds of them think it is best not to reveal their age. 89 percent of respondents are looking for a job on recruitment websites, in newspapers, on company websites, use the connections of people they know and make inquiries at state job centres.

The majority of respondents were optimistic about finding a new job in 2 months’ time: only 7 percent said this would never happen and 22 percent were convinced that it would be no problem at all. HEINEKEN Hungary and the Hungarian Interchurch Aid’s Refreshing Help from Soproni programme reached 7,448 job seekers at 80 locations in 2014-2015. From these 542 participated in training programmes and since then 273 found new jobs.