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Job seekers are turning down offers from UK companies because of the poor standards of many interviewers.  This is according to a survey carried out by T-mobile which revealed 56% of people who had suffered a bad interview laid the blame on the interviewer, accusing some of lateness, rudeness, disorganisation and inappropriate questioning.

Over 40% of the people who'd had a bad experience said they had subsequently turned down a job offer from the company.

What candidates are looking for is a pleasant working environment and to be asked intelligent questions during the interview, according to the study. Around half also said they wanted to see clear evidence of career progression opportunities.

Discussing these results Derrick Ross, business services manager for learndirect scotland stated, “It is perfectly understandable why some small businesses struggle with recruitment issues.  Finding and keeping the right staff is a massive task for all modern day businesses, but for small businesses it tends to fall to the owner to do alongside all of the other day to day priorities of running a business. Small businesses also struggle to keep up with the increasing amount of legislative red tape which, if not properly administered, can end up costing businesses a lot of money.

“This is where I believe learndirect scotland for business can help many of our small businesses.  On our website we have a series of workbooks, online workshops and Business Briefings related to HR that should be of real benefit to companies wishing to establish a basic HR function.  Or for those companies that require more in depth support, we also provide a free training partner service.  Our training partners will create a training needs assessment and signpost businesses to the appropriate support or training solutions for any recruitment issues they may have.

” When you consider the time and costs involved in advertising, interviewing and agency fees it’s clear to see how important it is that businesses make the right recruitment choices.  Taking the time to get procedures in place now could well save time and money in the future.”

If you want to improve your interviewing skills please download our fact sheet on interviewing