The Week in Jobs: One in Five Use LinkedIn for Dating & Why Response Speed Matters

Episode notes

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that LinkedIn has a dating problem: 22% of users say they've sent or received a message with romantic intent on the platform, and roughly one in four think that's acceptable behavior on a professional site. Pete and Peter also cover the flip side of that same article: one in five people say they check a potential date's LinkedIn profile before meeting them, since it's harder to fake a professional history than a dating profile. From there, a data point job seekers can actually use. Research from Cornell, George Mason, and Vanderbilt found that a one-hour delay in responding to a recruiter is associated with a 6% drop in the odds of getting hired, and a full-day delay drops those odds by 90%. Pete and Peter break down why: recruiters are usually talking to several candidates at once, and the first qualified person to respond often ends up several steps ahead in the process. They also cover a Monster survey finding that only 10% of workers say their job description matched the actual job, and 85% of candidates say they're more likely to apply to a job posting that reads as honest and specific rather than generic.

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