CareerJunction turns Information into Knowledge

CareerJunction, South Africaís #1 and most technologically advanced online Job Site has recently launched its first three in-depth Job Reports, covering the Information Technology, Engineering and Finance professions. These reports, published by the CareerJunction Index, provide a detailed analysis on the relative ratio of supply and demand in the online job market. The CareerJunction Index is the first index of its kind and the only entity in South Africa, currently providing this information. The reports can be purchased at www.cji.co.za.

As the market leader in online recruitment in South Africa, CareerJunction has taken the initiative to study the current labour market trends for top demanded professions and their related occupational fields, in an effort to provide businesses and recruitment agencies with the knowledge to develop effective recruitment strategies. Each report is released quarterly and represents the online labour dynamics in South Africa.

CareerJunction, an AVUSA Media company, boasts a database of more than 1.3 million registered career seekers, with over 840,000 complete resumes, which provides for an ideal platform to analyse its data to the benefit of the trade and recruitment industries. The in-depth CJI Job Reports are based on comprehensive data gathered from the CareerJunction website that has been trended and turned into useful information.

CJI Job Reports mainly focus on:

ï Difficulty of recruitment;
ï Over/ under supply of online labour;
ï Skill shortages;
ï Industry growth;
ï Shifting & decreasing industries;
ï Occupations currently high in demand;
ï Location of online labour demand & supply;
ï Job level of online labour demand & supply (E.g. junior Level, senior Level);
ï Market related salary packages; and
ï Age trends

ìAs a South African businessman, I feel strongly about market awareness and believe that it is within the best interest of every business whether an entrepreneur or a corporate executive, that it is important to make the right recruitment decisions during this time of economic instabilityî, says Kris Jarzebowski, CEO of CareerJunction.

The CareerJunction Index Job Reports typically holds the following benefits of knowledge for businesses;

ï the ability for businesses to asses regional trends of skill supply and demand in order to realign their businesses to increase profit margins;

ï make internal adjustments in company structure pertaining to skills distribution;

ï identify skill shortages within their businesses and the labour market;

ï assess whether it would be more beneficial to up skill and multi skill current staff, instead of creating new positions;

ï and determine whether salary packages paid, are market related when compared to the level of skill and experience of staff.

Should you wish to know about the details of the CareerJunction Index (CJI), please visit www.cji.co.za to learn much more about this exciting new Index for South Africa.