Nearly half of British jobseekers who have been turned down for a role are now aiming lower, according to The Confidence Collapse Report from recruitment software company Tribepad.
The research, carried out by OnePoll, found that 47 per cent of rejected applicants had cut their salary expectations, stopped applying for more senior roles or applied for work beneath their skill level.
Among people currently between jobs and looking for work, the figure rises to 62 per cent, Tribepad said. In that group, 45 per cent had applied for roles below their skill level, against 29 per cent of all jobseekers surveyed. Some 37 per cent had stopped applying for more advanced roles, against 23 per cent overall, and 28 per cent had lowered their salary expectations, against 20 per cent.
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