comScore, Inc. released a June 2009 overview of the career services & development category, which revealed that more than 65 million Americans visited the particular category in June, representing a 10-percent increase versus year ago, ranking it as one of the top-growing site categories. Seven of the top ten sites in the category achieved double-digit gains during that period.
CareerBuilder LLC led the category with 21.7 million unique visitors, followed by Yahoo! HotJobs with 17.9 million visitors (up 23 percent vs. year ago) and Monster.com with 14.5 million visitors (up 6 percent). The next three sites in the ranking have each achieved substantial growth in the past year, with Indeed growing 59 percent to 8 million visitors, Job.com Sites up 46 percent to 7.4 million visitors, and SnagAJob up 48 percent to 4.7 million visitors.
| Top Career Resource Sites June 2009 vs. June 2008 Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore Media Metrix |
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| Total Unique Visitors (000) | |||
| Jun-2008 | Jun-2009 | % Change | |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 189,873 | 193,896 | 2 |
| Career Services and Development | 59,031 | 65,221 | 10 |
| CareerBuilder LLC | 22,033 | 21,704 | -1 |
| Yahoo! HotJobs | 14,535 | 17,861 | 23 |
| Monster | 13,605 | 14,472 | 6 |
| Indeed | 5,046 | 8,046 | 59 |
| Job.com Sites | 5,049 | 7,378 | 46 |
| SnagAJob | 3,160 | 4,662 | 48 |
| Simply Hired, Inc. | 2,882 | 3,876 | 35 |
| JOBSONLINE.NET | 2,294 | 2,996 | 31 |
| OPM | 973 | 2,765 | 184 |
| BRASSRING.COM | 2,249 | 2,005 | -11 |
| Top 10 Occupations Searched* on Career Service & Development Sites June 2009 Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore Marketer |
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| Occupation / Search Term | Searchers |
| Customer Service | 273,310 |
| Warehouse | 257,484 |
| Sales | 216,784 |
| Receptionist | 178,787 |
| Medical Assistant | 161,232 |
| Clerical | 149,728 |
| Construction | 144,554 |
| Driver | 132,947 |
| Retail | 127,751 |
| Security | 107,219 |
WorkTree.com, the nation’s largest paid-membership job search portal, recently announced their top job search trends for the month of May, compiling data on many trends such as typical careers searched, desired salaries, and level of education.
The results show that the top careers being searched are in the fields of:
Information Technology
Human Resources
Accounting/Finance
Engineering
Manufacturing/Operations
Sales dropped out of the top five most searched list from the previous month. These five fields represent 43% of all career fields searched during the month of May.
WorkTree.com also notes a drop in the salary level sought by its members. More than half of members searched for jobs in the $40,000 to $80,000 range, as compared with the previous month, where 21% of all searches were in the $90,000 to $120,000 range. In May, that salary range represented only 10% of searches. Typical education levels also dropped slightly. Nearly 71% of all searchers hold bachelor’s or master’s degrees as compared with 76% the previous month.
“We continue to see large numbers of highly qualified individuals actively seeking employment,” Board of Managers Chairman Allan Martin said. “One particularly interesting statistic – the willingness of people to relocate for work – is on the rise. It is the first time in many months we have seen that the number of new members willing to relocate is actually greater than the number of people unwilling to relocate for a job.”
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