Second Quarter 2007 Summary
JobsInTheUS.com is the largest Internet job site in the Northeast and fastest growing recruiting sites in the South. With nearly 35,418 job openings posted this quarter and more than 1.5 million searches being done, the Company is in a unique position to monitor and report the employment trends within the state. The JobsInTheUS.com Employment Index is a statistical summary of the data compiled for the quarter by month. The Index identifies key trends based on job openings posted, searches performed by job seekers and key metrics from the Web site. Taken together they offer a unique perspective into the key trends for employment in the Northeast.
Job Trends: The following are the significant trends for Second Quarter 2007:
* The number of job openings posted this quarter, 35,418, is down four percent from second quarter 2006.
* Job openings activity covered a number of job types:
- Healthcare positions accounted for 16.8% of all job openings
- Customer Support, 7.9%
- Manufacturing, 6.9%
- Sales, 5.8%
- Clerical, 4.6%
* Companies with 50 or fewer employees posted 41.8 percent of the jobs.
- Companies with 101-250 employees accounted for 16.8%.
- Companies with 251-500 employees accounted for 13.9%.
* Job openings for full-time positions were 73.1 percent of all job openings.
- Part-time positions were 20.7%
- Per diem positions were 6.3%
Job Search Trends: The following are the significant trends for Second Quarter 2007:
The number of qualified (job seeker used specific parameters to search for a position) searches for the quarter was 1,590,675.
* The top job categories searched by job seekers were:
- Healthcare, 8.5% of qualified searches
- Clerical, 5.9%
- Accounting, 4.8 %
- Banking/Finance, 3.6%
- IT/Computers, 4.0%
* A majority of the job seekers prefer to look for positions within close proximity to their home. The commuting preference for job seekers was:
- 1-30 miles 56.5%
- 31-40 miles 18.7%
- > 40 miles 24.8%
