How Job Seekers Are Using Mobile

The Online Job Search Goes Mobile 11.2011 77% of Job Seekers Use Mobile Job Search Apps The #1 Reason Job Seekers Use a Job Search App Quickly react to new job postings Being able to job search anytime, anywhere 36.27% 23.79% People are relying more and more on mobile devices to interact 22.29% 77% with the world around 17.65% them – and that trend extends to the job search process. It is a discreet way to search for a job I don't use a mobile job search app Who's Searching? And How? Top 5 Job App Downloads by Category U.S. Smartphone Subscribers The 84.5 million people in the U.S. who own smartphones utilize the following platforms: 24.8% Entry Level & College Grad 43.7% 54.4% Manhattan 21% San Diego 27.3% IOS 20.9% 13% Canada 11.6% A) Philadelphia 19.7% Geographic Focus BlackBerry. 5.7% OWindows phone S 8.3% A 6.2% 6.0% 1.8% SYMBIAN Finance Healthcare Technology 1.8%. Other The Beyond.com Career Network is witnessing job seekers' move to mobile firsthand, with mobile traffic markedly increasing each year. Mobile Traffic Data Beyond.com has seen over 100% growth in mobile traffic since last year. 0% 5% 11% 2009 2010 2011 BE OND.com. Source: Beyond.com Career Network – Mobile Jobs App Data and Poll Survey | comScore Contact: Jennifer Hitchens at [email protected] or 1-866-694-JOBS Beyond.com | Join us on Facebook at facebook.com/BeyondHR | Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/@Beyond_com L--------