More Employers Turn To Internet Advertising

As the number of employers looking to recruit increases, more and more are
turning to the Internet to advertise jobs according to a new report from
Jobcentre Plus.

The annual survey of over 4,500 employers indicates that over a quarter of
British businesses (604,000) were on the look out to hire new staff last
year. The survey indicates that in 2006, 27% of businesses were actively
recruiting new staff with 25% of all filled job vacancies advertised online.

The proportion of overall vacancies now being advertised through
the internet has increased to 16% from 12% in 2004, with one in every eight
employers surveyed confirming they had used internet websites to advertise
a vacancy in the last 12 months.

Overall, the results of the survey show that the UK recruitment market
continues to maintain momentum. Last year 3.39 million vacancies were
successfully filled. Small and medium-sized organisations (10-249 employees)
were the most proactive recruiters, accounting for almost two thirds
of successfully filled vacancies. They were closely followed by larger
establishments in particular the businesses employing over 250 people.

Regionally, the South East and London maintained the trend for accounting
for the highest proportion of filled vacancies and were also the regions
most likely to refer to internet or web-based recruitment.