Doesn’t it seem like the hiring process should be more streamlined by now? According to Glassdoor, it can take an average of 23.8 days to get an offer from a US-based company. Some employers can extend that time up to 30 days.
A long, laborious hiring process isn’t good for employers or job candidates. Why is it still taking so long?
One of the main holdups in the hiring process is the background check. 94% of employers do some form of background screening. Depending on the type of pre-employment screening used, background checks can take anywhere from two weeks to thirty days to process.
