13% of recent hires say the job search took longer than 6 months

13% of recent hires say the job search took longer than 6 months13% of recent hires say the job search took longer than 6 monthsHow long has looking for a job taken you?Recent data from Clutch shows that 13% of full-time employees say their job search took longer than six months.The companyalso reports that only 41% of workers seeking technical roles apply to 5 or fewer jobs, signaling tougher competition for companies, and that only 1% of recent hires accepted a job after more than 6 months of interviews.In terms of how the research was carried out, Clutch polled 507 full-time, adult, American workers who began a new position over the last six months.Heres how long its taken Americans to look for a jobCheck out the breakdownLess than 1 month 30%1-2 months 28%3-4 months 20%5-6 months 10%More than 6 months 13%The report notes that once a recruiting process exceeds 1 to 2 months, its increasingly likely that a candidate has already accepted another offer from a company that simply move d faster.How many jobs people apply for each time they look for a jobMost apply to two, three, four or five of them, but some apply to many more1 19%2-5 33%6-10 21%11-20 11%21-40 8%40+ 8%How Americans feel about the nature of interviewsRespondents said that these are the ways it impacts what they think of a companyStrongly 40%Somewhat 30%Slightly 21%Not at all 9%Heres how long interviewing takesMost people surveyed said that it didnt take longer than two weeksLess than 2 weeks 43%2-3 weeks 26%1-2 months 19%3-4 months 8%5 or more months 4%Similarly, prior researchfrom Comparably has found that63% of tech workers get a response from an employer within 7 days of an interview.