Relationships | Jobseekers don't trust recruiters

More than half (56%) of candidates don’t trust recruiters to add value to fuel their job search, new research has found.

According to research from Zoek, a third of the candidates surveyed felt that a recruiters main priority was maximising commissions and pushing as many candidates as possible through the hiring process, without considering their suitability to a role.

Onrec reported that the most concerning thing to come from the research was that the majority of candidates felt that they could have sourced the same jobs without going through a recruitment agency.

The research said that this could be a stark indication that recruiters aren’t reacting to changes in the recruitment industry well enough and retaining candidates.