Contact Information: Media Jody Aikawa eQuest 925-275-3595 jaikawa@equest.com
eQuest Internet Job Posting Results for 2009
The Following Is the First in a Series of Reports That Will Be Published by eQuest; Below Is a Brief U.S. Overview of That Report
| Source: eQuest
SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwire - January 12, 2010) - eQuest announced today the findings of its
statistical reporting on job advertisements on the Internet for 2009.
Monster and CareerBuilder Still Preferred When Posting Jobs to the Internet
The majority of eQuest's U.S. customers still prefer Monster and
CareerBuilder as their preferred destinations when posting online job
advertisements. In a sampling of 400,000 unique jobs posted to each board
between June 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, both Monster and CareerBuilder
garnered staggering traffic numbers, totaling almost 200 million viewers in
just 6 months -- well above the traffic stats of any other online job
source.
Free job boards and job aggregators doubled incoming candidate traffic from
2008
eQuest customers found a sharp rise in candidates responding from free job
boards during 2009 with over 15 million in total. GoogleBase scored first
with eQuest customers as the most selected free board to post job
positions.
Social networks gain interest but performance yet to be seen
eQuest customers have turned up the heat on tapping into social networks
for job advertising -- Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace to name a few.
Although statistics are presently lean on performance, TweetMyJobs has
surfaced as the front-runner on best investment at this time with the
eQuest customer base.
The Fastest Grower
The fastest growing job site for eQuest deliveries was Craigslist; up over
three times from 2008 for job posting and candidate traffic. Most popular
cities were the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Seattle, Orlando and
Phoenix.
Business Networks
LinkedIn is the most utilized online business network for locating
white-collar talent with eQuest customers. The Ladders ranked a close
second.
The report provides an objective analysis of aggregated metrics captured by
eQuest's advanced performance tracking technology. eQuest follows its
domestic and international customers' job postings to hundreds of global
job boards; collects the candidate traffic measurements; and translates all
collected data into meaningful statistics.
About eQuest
eQuest provides domestic and international job-posting delivery and job
board management and consultation services. Hundreds of job boards are
supported in the eQuest network reaching over 180 countries and territories
worldwide. eQuest also provides complete candidate sourcing and tracking
analysis for evaluating job board performance. eQuest is one of the most
recognized and admired brands in the human resource industry. eQuest can be
reached at www.equest.com.