Our annual MonsterCollege Survey results were announced today, with some very insightful findings. The survey of 1,200 recent and soon to be college graduates found a determined attitude to find the right job, despite the problems in the economy. While the survey covers a number of topics, I found it interesting that the economic downturn [...]
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April 5, 2010
March 2010 Monster Employment Index: Beyond the Numbers
There are positive signs in the job market reflected in March’s Monster Employment Index (MEI). We saw a 6% year-over-year (YoY) increase in online recruiting demand in March, the second positive YoY increase in a row. This is a 1% jump from February, which marked the first positive year-over-year increase in 24 months.
Industry Breakdown
The upward trend was broad based across sectors, with growth in industries across the board. There were, however, a few worth mentioning. The real estate, rental, and leasing sector registered one of the steepest growths YoY, but this move upward signifies mostly an improvement from such a deep bottom, with the likely driver being non-real estate rental and leasing activity. Many equipment rental and leasing companies are seeing growth as both corporations and people are renting and leasing equipment, for example, moving trucks to help relocate.
April 3, 2010
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Source of Hire: Making Sense of the Metrics
We sometimes get questions about the Source of Hire Study published recently by the Career XRoads colloquium. We thought we’d address a few points here.
For the past nine years, Gerry Crispin and his colleague Mark Mehler have issued this annual whitepaper, looking at how one group of corporations fills their open positions in the US and Canada. Among the outcomes, the report cites a significant gap in source of hire between Monster and its primary competitor in the “job board” category.
March 11, 2010
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April 21, 2010
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