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IN THIS ISSUE
Newsletter Sponsors
A Note from the Editor
Today's Recruiting News Headlines
Featured Recruiting Jobs
Weekly
Article:
10 Studies About
Internet Usage
Special Trials and Discounts
Recruiting
Polls and Trends
Layoffs and Downsizing
Report
Recruiting Essential Bookmarks
Upcoming Conferences
Site Of The Week:
Lou Adler's Zero-Based Hiring Workshops
Final Note - On The Lighter Side
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A Note From The Editor
Christian & Timbers' release
today of hot and not-so-hot jobs for 2004 marks the
first time that the position of board director has
received such dramatic attention, surpassing other jobs
in demand. Despite the recent report that services
sector growth is slowing, one-third of the 2004 hottest
jobs are in the services industry.
The hot executive jobs for 2004 are:
1. Board director at public company
2. Human resource director: technology or healthcare
industry 3. Executive vice president of sales 4.
Executive at medical devices company
5. Campaign managers
6. Chief nursing officer
7. Chief ethics officer
8. Chief compliance officer
9. VP data mining
10. EVP at national security/DOD consulting company
11. Chief anti-piracy officer
12. CEO and chief science officer at biotech company
13. VP of RFID implementation
14. Regional VP Food Service Industry
15. EVP Commercial Real Estate
16. EVP Wireless
17. VP/EVP Federal Government Business Development
18. Internet Strategist: content or media companies
19. CEO of an early stage semiconductor or related
company
Not so hot job for 2004:
1. CEO, mutual fund company
2. Mutual fund broker
3. Executive at tobacco company
4. Software developer working in the United States
5. Manufacturing line-worker in the United States
6. Executive at film development company
7. Telemarketer
8. E-mail marketer
Full Story >>
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Weekly Article
10 Studies About
Internet Usage
By Davis Advertising
1. The top career and development sites
One
way of evaluating the potential success of a web site
for recruitment advertising is to look at the number of
unique visitors per month. Here are the latest figures
for career sites.
|
Site |
|
Unique Visitors/Month |
|
Monster.com |
|
10,774,000 |
|
Yahoo! Hot Jobs |
|
3,545,000 |
|
CareerBuilder |
|
3,342,000 |
|
USAJOBS |
|
1,270,000 |
|
AOL Careers |
|
1,120,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Source:
Nielsen/NetRatings |
2. Age of the U.S. Online Population
Who
says only the younger adults are online? Of the adults
online, 23% are between 30 and 39, but they make up
about the same percentage of total adults at 22%. The 50
to 64 age group, on the other hand, makes up only 18% of
the total adult population in the United States and 24%
of the online crowd.
|
Age |
|
Adults online |
|
All Adults |
|
18-29 |
|
28% |
|
22 |
|
50 to 64 |
|
24% |
|
18 |
|
30 to 39 |
|
23% |
|
22 |
|
40 to 49 |
|
23% |
|
20 |
|
65+ |
|
5% |
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source:
Harris Interactive |
3. Satisfaction with advertising for employment
opportunities
When candidates look for satisfaction
in their job search, they rank newspaper and Internet as
the best. No other media option even comes close.
|
MEDIA |
|
RATING |
|
Newspaper |
|
68% |
|
Internet |
|
58% |
|
TV |
|
27% |
|
Direct mail |
|
27% |
|
Magazines |
|
25% |
|
Radio |
|
24% |
|
|
|
|
|
Source:
Newspaper Association of America |
4. Media users at work
When looking for
media at work with advertising that is rich in
information, the Internet wins – hands down.
|
Media |
|
Percentage |
|
Internet |
|
42% |
|
Magazines |
|
35% |
|
Newspapers |
|
23% |
|
TV |
|
22% |
|
Radio |
|
10% |
|
|
|
|
|
Source:
Online Publishers Association |
 5.
Use of Internet at work
Do employees use the
Internet for personal reasons at work? Yes, they do.
60.7% according to a UCLA study.
At Work Internet Usage
• 37% of employees report that they search for jobs
• 45% make travel arrangements
• 11% play online games while at work
Source: Vault.com
A holiday note: 46
percent of online holiday shopping is happening at work
according to Nielsen//NetRatings.
6. The most popular day of the
week
Monday is the winner with 15.34% of the
worldwide Internet traffic. That’s according to data
from OneStat.com. Saturday and Sunday account for the
least amount of Internet traffic.
Source: NUA Internet
Survey
7. Top 10 Parent Companies in the
U.S.
For Internet usage at
work, here are the parent companies who get the lion’s
share for their time.
|
Parent Name |
|
Unique Audience (000) |
|
Microsoft |
|
41,857 |
|
Yahoo |
|
34,616 |
|
Time Warner |
|
34,294 |
|
Google |
|
24,960 |
|
U.S. Government |
|
23,039 |
|
eBay |
|
20,347 |
|
Amazon |
|
16,109 |
|
Interactive Corp |
|
15,660 |
|
Terra Lycos |
|
14,174 |
|
About-Primedia |
|
13,081 |
|
|
|
|
|
Source:
Nielsen/NetRatings |
8. Internet usage varies by region
If you thought you at
least knew that California had the greatest percentage
of Internet users, you would be wrong. The Pacific
Northwest and New England have a larger percentage of
online users than California.
|
Region |
|
Adults with Internet Access |
|
Pacific Northwest (OR, WA) |
|
68% |
|
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, VT, RI) |
|
66% |
|
California |
|
65% |
|
National Capital |
|
64% |
|
Mountain States (CO, ID, MT, NE UT, WY) |
|
64% |
|
Border States (AZ, NM, TX) |
|
60% |
|
Upper Midwest (MN, ND, SD, WI) |
|
59% |
|
Mid-Atlantic (DE, NJ, NY, PA) |
|
58% |
|
Southeast (FL, GA, NC, SC) |
|
57% |
|
Industrial Midwest (IL, IN, MI, OH) |
|
56% |
|
Lower Midwest (IA, KS, MO, NE, OK) |
|
55% |
|
South (AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, TN, WV) |
|
48% |
|
|
|
|
|
Source:
Pew Internet & American Life |
9. Daily access activities
So what do Internet
users do online? Here’s a chart that shows what kinds of
things they do on a typical day. No surprise…e-mail is
biggest winner.
|
Activity |
|
% of those with Internet access |
|
Send e-mail |
|
49% |
|
Use a search engine to find information |
|
31% |
|
Get news |
|
26% |
|
Surf the web for fun |
|
23% |
|
Look for Information on a hobby or interest |
|
21% |
|
Check the weather |
|
20% |
|
|
|
|
|
And coming in at only 7% is “looking for job
information. “ |
|
|
|
|
|
Source:
Pew Internet & American Life |
10. Those looking for a job online
The number of
American’s who have looked for a job online has climbed
60% since March 2000. That’s a pretty powerful argument
for including Internet in your recruitment planning.
These online job seekers tend to be:
Younger (61% of the 18-29 group have
used the Internet for a job search)
Male (50% of online men compared to 44%
of online women has looked for job information)
Source: Pew Internet &
American Life
About the Author
Davis Advertising is a
full service recruitment advertising agency. More
information at
www.davisadv.com.
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Recruiting Polls and Trends
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Layoffs and Downsizing
Report - NEW
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More information on how to use this section here.
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Recruiting Essential Bookmarks
Recruiting Certifications
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Upcoming Seminars &
Conferences
December 8-10:
Southeastern Association of Colleges and Employers in
Norfolk, VA
www.airsdirectory.com
February 9, 2004:
AIRS Diversity Summit in New York City
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February 12, 2004:
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February 18, 2004:
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Final Note - On The
Lighter Side
Time to starting thinking of
your 2004 New's Year Resolutions...come to think about
it, did you uphold your 2003 resolutions?
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