October 15, 2007

In an article posted on October 15, 2007 by the Staffing Industry Analysts, Inc., more job seekers are using the Internet as part of their job searches, The Conference Board reported Friday. In a survey of people who searched for a job between January and September 2007, 73% used the Internet compared with 66% in the same period in 2005.

"The Internet has become the most popular method of job searching," said Gad Levanon, economist at The Conference Board. "Newspapers are still popular as a major job search method, but job seekers reported using them less, dropping from 75% to 65% between 2005 and 2007."

In addition, the survey found that 51% of job seekers reported networking through friends and colleagues as part of their job search and 24% said they used other methods such as employment agencies.

Job seekers also used the Internet for other purposes such as gathering information on employers and jobs (59%), submitting resumes and applications (57%) and posting resumes on a Web site (40%).

The study on job search methods questioned 5,000 households.

Here is a link to the article published by Staffing Industry Analysts, Inc.