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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section One: Job Seeker Nation
section one:
JOB
SEEKER
NATION
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section One: Job Seeker Nation
71
18%
47%
CHANGE JOBS
EVERY 6-10 YEARS
STAY FOR
MORE THAN 10 YEARS
* Unemployed and actively seeking work, employed and actively seeking work, or employed and open to a new job
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section One: Job Seeker Nation
51
60
55+
30+28+3012
12%
30%
30
Income
< $25K
16%
23%
BETWEEN $50-75K
18%
BETWEEN $75-100K
12%
> $100K
26%
28%
40%
Education
Region
29%
SOME COLLEGE/2-YEAR
COLLEGE GRAD/
35%
COLLEGE GRAD
22%
POST GRAD
13%
NORTHEAST
SOUTH
MIDWEST
WEST
21+34+2421
21%
24%
21%
34%
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section One: Job Seeker Nation
4 in 10
ONLINE SOCIAL
NETWORK*
10
RECRUITER
20%
ONLINE JOB
BOARD
CAREER
FAIR
19%
CLASSIFIED
AD
59%
59%
Referrals
Social
networks
Corporate
career site
COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY
CONNECTIONS
* Category includes Facebook (10%), LinkedIn (6%) and Twitter (5%). Respondents were allowed to select multiple responses.
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section One: Job Seeker Nation
26+74+E
51
34+66+E
34
4-YEAR COLLEGE OR
POST-GRAD EDUCATION
26+74+E
26%
* Category includes 4-year college grads and people who hold graduate degrees
35+65+A
35%
OF MILLENNIALS
ARE MORE OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT FINDING A JOB
THIS YEAR
11+89+A
11%
OF BOOMERS
ARE MORE OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT FINDING A JOB
THIS YEAR
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Two: The Social Job Seeker
section two:
THE
SOCIAL
JOB
SEEKER
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Two: The Social Job Seeker
70%
30
30+40+228
9%
30%
22%
40
Income
< $25K
16
160
13
130
BETWEEN $50-75K
25
250
BETWEEN $75-100K
13
130
> $100K
30
300
30 3
Education
HIGH SCHOOL OR LESS
33%
SOME COLLEGE
17%
5%
COLLEGE GRAD
33%
POST GRAD
13%
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Two: The Social Job Seeker
25+75+E
25%
30+70+E
30%
21+79+E
21%
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Two: The Social Job Seeker
76
27+73+D
25+75+D
22+78+D
27
CONTACT SHARED
A JOB OPPORTUNITY
25
CONTACT PROVIDED AN
EMPLOYEES PERSPECTIVE
ON A COMPANY
22%
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32%
32%
32%
Contact referred me
for a job
Contact shared
a job opportunity
Made a new
professional
connection
Contact provided an
employees perspective
on a company
29+71+x
29%
28+72+x
28%
Contact provided an
employees perspective
on a company
28+72+x
28%
Contact shared
a job opportunity
2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Two: The Social Job Seeker
46
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93+7+D
93%
42+58+D
42%
Job seekers are as likely to delete their account completely as they are
to remove specific content from their profiles.
PERCENTAGE OF JOB SEEKERS FOR WHOM THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO A RECENT JOB SEARCH:
17%
17%
12%
HAVE DELETED
SPECIFIC CONTENT
HAVE DELETED
THEIR ACCOUNT
HAVE UNTAGGED
THEMSELVES FROM PICTURES
2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Two: The Social Job Seeker
18+82+D
18%
6+94+D
6%
18+82+D
18%
GREATER THAN
4-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE
11%
16%
14%
4-YEAR COLLEGE
GRADUATE
POST-GRADUATE
DEGREE HOLDER
6+94+D
6%
GREATER THAN
4-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Two: The Social Job Seeker
While 94% of
recruiters are
active on Linkedin,
only 36% of job
seekers are.
40%
55%
37%
18%
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Three: The Mobile Job Seeker
section three:
THE
MOBILE
JOB
SEEKER
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Three: The Mobile Job Seeker
60
40%
55+
38+34+226
6%
22%
34
38%
POST GRAD
< $25K
BETWEEN $25 - 50K
BETWEEN $50-75K
Education
COLLEGE GRAD
Income
36
360
31
310
%
22
220
11
110
%
BETWEEN $75-100K
> $100K
PREFER NOT TO SAY
24
4242
22
220
10
100
13
130
19
190
50 5
%
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Three: The Mobile Job Seeker
43
27+73+D
32+68+D
51+49+D
While in a restaurant
27%
32%
51%
16+84+D
19+81+D
16+84+D
16%
23%
13+87+D
17+83+D
21+79+D
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13%
17%
FULL-TIME WORKERS
21%
16%
In the restroom
13+87+D
10+90+D
14+86+D
7%
10%
14%
2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Three: The Mobile Job Seeker
27
37% of Millennial job seekers expect career websites to be optimized for mobile.
PERCENTAGE OF JOB SEEKERS RATING THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT IN THEIR JOB SEARCH:
27%
23%
11%
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Three: The Mobile Job Seeker
54+46 43+57
54% OWN
AN ANDROID PHONE
43% OWN
AN IPHONE
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2014 Job Seeker Nation Report / Section Three: The Mobile Job Seeker
15+85+D 11+89+D
6+94+D
11%
15%
6%
12+88+D 7+93+D
5+95+D
7%
12%
5%
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