{"id":254,"date":"2006-08-24T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2006-08-24T20:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=254"},"modified":"2006-08-24T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2006-08-24T20:21:07","slug":"jobseekers-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/jobseekers-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobseekers &#038; Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I would pass along some stats and information I found regarding job boards &#038; recruiting. This information can be found in a recent newsletter from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weedle&#8217;s<\/a>, which is a research, publishing, consulting and training firm. They surveyed 750 job seekers and asked them how much time they normally spend on a job board. Here are their findings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>29.1% spend more than 30 minutes on each job board they visit<\/li>\n<li>24.5% spend 11-20 minutes<\/li>\n<li>22.3% spend 21-30 minutes<\/li>\n<li>18.9% spend 6-10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>5.2% blow in-and-out in 5 minutes or less<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They also provided some suggestions when trying to determine which sites to use in recruiting active vs. passive job seekers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Active Job Seekers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focus of the site<\/li>\n<li>Number and caliber of jobs that are posted<\/li>\n<li>Quality of the supporting job search content the site offers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Passive Job Seekers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>News and information about their industry or career field<\/li>\n<li>Developmental programs for acquiring advanced skills and certifications<\/li>\n<li>Blogs that enable them to access and comment on the views of thought leaders in the workplace<\/li>\n<li>Discussion boards that provide a way for them to network with their peers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I would pass along some stats and information I found regarding job boards &#038; recruiting. This information can be found in a recent newsletter from Weedle&#8217;s, which is a research, publishing, consulting and training firm. They surveyed 750 job seekers and asked them how much time they normally spend on a job board. Here are their findings: 29.1% spend more than 30 minutes on each job board they visit 24.5% spend 11-20 minutes 22.3% spend 21-30 minutes 18.9% spend 6-10 minutes 5.2% blow in-and-out in 5 minutes or less They also provided some suggestions when trying to determine which sites to use in recruiting active vs. passive job&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/jobseekers-sites\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,16,15,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-hiring-salespeople","category-sourcing","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-46","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/passive-candidates\/","url_meta":{"origin":254,"position":0},"title":"Passive Candidates","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 14, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Will Passive Job Seekers Apply to Your Job? from CareerBuilder reads as an infomercial, but there are some usable data points in the first few paragraphs. 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