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Some employers are struggling to find talent to fill key positions, even in this slow economy. With the national unemployment rate is sitting at 9.1 percent, there are plenty of people looking for work, but that doesnt necessarily mean employers finding the right job candidates, says Erin Peterson, recruitment process...

By Amanda McGrory-Dixon | Updated on October 26, 2011
Crowds of job-seekers wait to enter a job fair at Crenshaw Christian Center in South Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Some employers are struggling to find talent to fill key positions, even in this slow economy. With the national unemployment rate sitting at 9.1 percent, there are plenty of people looking for work, but that doesn’t necessarily mean employers are finding the right job candidates, says Erin Peterson, recruitment process outsourcing practice leader of Aon Hewitt.

“What we know about job applicants these days is that quantity does not necessarily mean quality,” Peterson says. “Employers are really faced with high volumes of candidates they have to sort through and overall fewer people who are an actual fit for what they are looking for. We’ve even seen some percentages as high as a recruiter who is spending 90 percent of their time handling unqualified candidates, leaving only 10 percent of their time to figure out how to push the qualified candidates through the process.”

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