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facts of online job search | | --
43 per cent in the 26-35 age group
-- 72
per cent male and 28 per cent female Qualification:
-- 41 per cent have a Graduate / Post-Graduate General (BA, BSC. MSC, B.com etc.)
-- 40 per cent have a Graduate /Post Graduate Professional Degree. Occupation:
-- 25 per cent Mid Level Executives
-- 15 per cent Junior Executives
-- 13 per cent Students
-- 12 per cent Senior Executives Top
five states:
-- 26 per cent Maharashtra
-- 17 per cent Delhi
-- 13 per cent Tamil Nadu
-- 8 per cent Karnataka
-- 6 per cent West
Bengal | Online
Job Search is one of the top five online activities (e-mail, surfing, chatting,
search and job search) that Indians indulge in on the internet. Fuelled
by a rising internet penetration and 38.5 million users, e-recruitment is gaining
ground as a preferred medium of hiring in India. For job seekers, the internet
has opened up the world of job searching, turning it into a 24-hour-a-day marketplace.
Internet is arguably the most immediate, convenient and comprehensive medium for
employment seekers to research and prospect for jobs. Commenting
on the findings of the survey, IAMAI president Dr Subho Ray said, "Online
job search is a winner all the way. For job seekers it eliminates the disadvantages
of location, cost and time. For recruiters, it provides easy access to the best
talent at a competitive cost. Given the obvious advantages, this segment is set
to grow at a scorching pace." A
growing economy, a thriving job market and increasingly net savvy users have converged
to create the right environment for the online job search market to grow. To
understand the exact demographics of the online job seekers as well as parallel
activities they do online, IAMAI mandated a study in January 2006 with a base
of 3269 respondents who seek jobs online. The survey was mandated by the IAMAI
to online research firm Cross Tab Marketing Services, with the overall objective
of obtaining data to understand and anticipate online job trends. | 
