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News Release from: JobsGroup.net
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 09 March 2006
Recruitment sites star in national
survey
A UK-wide survey has placed JobsGroup.net as the most popular destination for technical jobseekers and the third most popular niche job network overall.
JobsGroup.net is the most popular destination for technical jobseekers and the third most popular niche job network overall, according to the UK's largest and most important source of industry information, the National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS) 2006 Independent analysis by ABC Electronic reveals 153,387 unique users visited almost 2 million pages provided by JobsGroup.net during November 2005
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Award-winning sites operated by JobsGroup.net include JustEngineers.net, JustRail.net, JustConstruction.net, Just4Finance.net and JustSalesandMarketing.net.
The NORAS report also reveals flagship site JustEngineers.net attracts more than twice as many engineering candidates as its closest competitor, TheCareerEngineer.com.
Jobseekers using JobsGroup.net sites are shown to be amongst the most desirable candidates in the industry with consistently "above average" results.
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The average JobsGroup.net candidate is 37.5 year old, has 17.5 years industry experience and earns GBP 31,300.
Almost half (48%) have a degree, higher degree or professional qualification.
Nearly three-quarters (72%) are in the ABC1 social grade.
Three quarters of JobsGroup.net candidates (74%) are actively looking for a job.
JobsGroup.net is the most popular destination for technical jobseekers and the third most popular niche network overall (behind eFinancialCareers.com and tesjobs).
Mark Hepworth, Managing Director of JobsGroup.net, comments: "NORAS 2006 provides advertisers with the means to compare and contrast different job boards".
"We are absolutely delighted, therefore, that JobsGroup.net is shown in such a favourable light, as the most popular destination for technical jobseekers, the third most popular niche network overall, and source of many of the best quality and most desirable candidates in the industry".
"The icing on the cake is we have actually surpassed the figures analysed in the survey in both January and February of this year".
"2006 looks set to be the biggest yet for JobsGroup.net".
Craig Bines, Sales and Marketing Manager, comments: "Our mantra, since we launched back in 2000, has been to give recruiters an outstanding return on their investment".
"NORAS reveals the strength of our offering in black and white".
"It provides us with some fantastic impartial data to show off to our advertisers, including figures that explicitly show the quantity and calibre of our jobseekers is in so many ways superior to our competitors".
"NORAS 2006 is a great result for JobsGroup.net".
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