November 2006

Internet produces most job offers

Seventy percent of all job seekers reported using newspapers and online ads to look for employment and among the respondents who received a job offer, 38 percent said their job offer resulted from their Internet search, The Conference Board reported.

Online and print ads were not mutually exclusive, with most job seekers using more than one method. But searching print and online ads ranked well above other job search methods such as networking with friends and colleagues (50 percent of job seekers) and other activities including using employment agencies (26 percent of job seekers).

The research shows that the Internet is being used for a variety of job search functions from gathering employer/job information (68 percent of job seekers), submitting resumes and applications (66 percent), to posting resumes on a Web site (42 percent), and signing up for email notifications (39 percent).

Jobs in a variety of occupations are now posted on job boards and the Internet sites of newspapers. Management jobs, along with healthcare practitioners and business and financial operations are among the leading occupational categories with online advertised vacancies.

Over 1,200 Internet job boards are tracked monthly in The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series, which now publishes monthly data for 50 states, 52 major metropolitan areas as well as occupational data.

Source: The Conference Board, www.conference-board.org

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