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28 Jan 2008

More people looking online for jobs Students who are looking for graduate jobs online may be interested to know that an increasing amount of people are looking for jobs on the internet, according to new research.

In the National Online Recruitment Audience Survey, it has been revealed that nine per cent of people use the internet exclusively to search for employment opportunities.

Tim Elkington, managing director of Enhance Media, which produced the report, said: "This comprehensive survey shows that for an increasing number of jobseekers, the internet is providing everything they need to find a new job. The results also show that more people are getting jobs and jobseekers are far more directed about where to look."

He added that five years ago the average jobseeker would have looked at seven websites to find work, now they look at four.

Nearly 80 per cent of jobseekers who responded to the survey revealed that they had looked online for a job and 69 per cent said they had got an interview from using the internet for looking for jobs.

The average person looking for a job online is 35 and has a salary of £31,000.

Recent government statistics revealed that the number of people with a job in the UK increased by the largest amount since 1997.

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