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title: [Infographic] The shocking truth about the candidate experience
description: Discover the frightening reality of the candidate experience today, these numbers will haunt your nights!
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# [\[Infographic\] The shocking truth about the candidate experience](https://inbound.lasuperagence.com/en/blog-agency/effroyable-experience-candidat)

 Written by [Guillaume Vigneron](https://inbound.lasuperagence.com/en/blog-agency/author/guillaume-vigneron) | Sep 29, 2021 9:53:59 AM

The [candidate experience](https://inbound.lasuperagence.com/blog/5-tricks-for-creating-a-memorable-candidate-experience) is the set of feelings, impressions and opinions generated by applying to a given company.

A positive candidate experience offers a non-negligible competitive advantage in the search for talent. 

Inversely, a negative candidate experience can leave traumatic after-effects that will stay with applicants forever!

In honor of Halloween, here are 5 spine-chilling candidate experience facts:

 

- 73% of candidates consider the job search to be one of the most stressful experiences in life;  
- 28% of applicants feel that the application process is frustrating and takes too long;
- 35% of employers do not take the time to communicate with their talent pool;  
- 60% of candidates have already had a negative candidate experience;
- 72% of these candidates shared their bad experience online or with their friends.

 

[View full post](https://inbound.lasuperagence.com/en/blog-agency/effroyable-experience-candidat)

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