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05/30/08
How Folks Really Find Jobs
Filed under: Job Search
Posted by: site admin @ 6:09 am
Weddle’s Source of Employment Survey (conducted from March of 2007 to March of 2008) revealed some interesting statistics from more than 15,000 job seekers. Respondents were 65% male, 35% female with a median age of 40 to 45. More than 60% described themselves as managers, mid-level professionals, or executives.

When asked to identify how they found their last position, the following sources were listed as their top ten:

13.3% - ad posted on an Internet job board
7.0% - a tip from a friend or colleague
6.8% - other
6.3% - a newspaper ad
6.2% - they posted their resume on a job board
6.0% - a call from a headhunter
5.8% - they were referred by an employee of the company/organization
5.2% - they sent a resume to the company/organization
4.9% - at a career fair
4.8% - by networking at work

Visit www.weddles.com for more details. (Information extracted from elist of PARW.com, the Professional Association of Resume Writers)

– Jan Melnik, MRW, CCM, CPRW, President, Absolute Advantage

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