29 percent of job seekers solicit at least once

Three out of ten job seekers were found to have solicited in order to overcome high employment standards.

Saramin, an Internet portal helping employment, surveyed 610 employees and released the result on June 19.

It showed that 428 (70.2 percent) responded they are “willing to solicit to get a job” while 177 (29 percent) from the same group actually did.

As for reasons to solicit, 48.6 percent responded “getting employed is too difficult,” 33.2 percent “I consider solicitation as a skill,” 27.8 percent “I was time-pressed,” and 25.9 percent “I have no certificates whereas I got skills.”

As to a question of to whom they solicited, 28.2 percent said “acquaintances from schools,” 27.2 percent “people they met in social activity clubs,” 24.3 percent “friends,” and 22 percent “family members.”

For types of solicitation, a whopping 84.8 percent responded “personal recommendation,” 5.7 percent “bypassing the selection process,” 4 percent “guaranteed employment,” 3.4 percent “bypassing the preliminary document selection process,” and 2.3 percent “extracting questions for tests or interviews.”