Jobseekers are becoming more and more reliant on the progress of online recruitment in their quest for their next move in the employment market with a 55% application success rate through the internet, according to new research from the UKís leading internet recruitment service, GoJobsite.co.uk.
Jobseekers are more and more reluctant to blacken their fingers with newspaper print when they concentrate their efforts on finding new employment. Only 13% considered newspapers to be the easiest medium through which to look for jobs, and only 22% found the most success in applying for jobs that they found through newspapers.
In contrast, 82% of jobseekers considered the internet to be simplest way to source new job opportunities, 84% listed the internet as the easiest way to apply for jobs, with 55% listing the internet as the route to enjoying the most success for job applications.
GoJobsiteís managing director, Keith Potts comments: ìThis is extremely encouraging news for GoJobsite and the rest of the online recruitment community alike. These jobseekers are maturing with the internet, and as more internet-savvy professionals enter the jobs market and experience the benefits of online recruitment, online recruitment methods will gradually become their first choice route to progression in the jobs market.
ìNot surprisingly online applications are rapidly growing in popularity amongst jobseekers, the fact that over half of the survey respondents consider the internet to being the most successful method to apply speaks volumes.î
Other places that jobseekers considered easiest to look for jobs were, through ëword of mouth/personal recommendationí (4%) and the trade press (1%). Easiest to apply for jobs saw newspapers coming in with 11%, and ëword of mouth/personal recommendationí with 4%.
250 job seekers were surveyed through their candidate newsletter.
Jobseekers keep faith in online applications
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