{"id":1148,"date":"2007-08-27T09:41:12","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T14:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/candidates-decision-making-process\/"},"modified":"2007-08-27T09:51:47","modified_gmt":"2007-08-27T14:51:47","slug":"candidates-decision-making-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/candidates-decision-making-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates&#8217; Decision Making Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m never sure what to make of these surveys about employment decision processes among candidates.  Pay always seems like the obvious response but rarely the significant driver of the decision.  Nonetheless, the results always catch my eye so I put it up here anyway.<\/p>\n<p>From the most recent Workforce Recruiting Newsletter (sorry, no link) &#8211; the top attraction drivers by age group for U.S. employees in 2007:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" width=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/windowslivewriterattractingemployees-db67attracting-employees7.jpg?resize=569%2C358\" height=\"358\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m never sure what to make of these surveys about employment decision processes among candidates. Pay always seems like the obvious response but rarely the significant driver of the decision. Nonetheless, the results always catch my eye so I put it up here anyway. From the most recent Workforce Recruiting Newsletter (sorry, no link) &#8211; the top attraction drivers by age group for U.S. employees in 2007:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-iw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":916,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/how-to-source-candidates-in-a-tight-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":1148,"position":0},"title":"How To Source Candidates In A Tight Market","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm sitting at a coffee shop right now reflecting upon an incredibly active week of sourcing and screening that has just passed. 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