This statistic shows the results of a survey on the type of defects in a job application that causes recruiters to disqualify the candidate in France in 2016. It appears that nearly 40 percent of responding Human Resources professionals declared that they would reject a candidate for a position if there were spelling mistakes in their resume or cover letter.
What is disqualifying in a job application and makes you reject it?*
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RegionsJob. (March 16, 2016). What is disqualifying in a job application and makes you reject it?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009153/defaults-application-job-recruiters-human-resources-france/
RegionsJob. "What is disqualifying in a job application and makes you reject it?*." Chart. March 16, 2016. Statista. Accessed January 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009153/defaults-application-job-recruiters-human-resources-france/
RegionsJob. (2016). What is disqualifying in a job application and makes you reject it?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009153/defaults-application-job-recruiters-human-resources-france/
RegionsJob. "What Is Disqualifying in a Job Application and Makes You Reject It?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009153/defaults-application-job-recruiters-human-resources-france/
RegionsJob, What is disqualifying in a job application and makes you reject it?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1009153/defaults-application-job-recruiters-human-resources-france/ (last visited January 20, 2022)
