Jobs.ac.uk users are better qualified than other online jobseekers

The latest results of the National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS) reveal that jobs.ac.uk is the most popular for users at higher degree level.

The survey, which investigates 27 national online recruitment sites, found that 95% of all jobs.ac.uk users have a degree, higher degree or professional qualification and 85% are currently studying for a higher degree.

Andrew Gordon, director of jobs.ac.uk says ìWe always aim for and pride ourselves on attracting a high proportion of intelligent and qualified job seekers to the site. This yearís NORAS survey shows that we are providing the best candidates to recruiters.

ìOnline really is the best place to advertise vacancies. By bringing together a consistently high calibre of jobseekers with the top institutions and companies in the UK, HE academic, science and research positions can be filled with the best candidates as quickly as possible. Weíre proud that jobs.ac.uk continues to achieve and exceed expectations.î

The survey also shows that jobs.ac.uk is a popular website for employment within the academic sector. 41% of the siteís users that are currently studying are looking to find employment in the education sector and 50% are searching for a job in research and science. Other key findings include:

48% of jobs.ac.uk users work in the education industry
36% work in higher education
19% of jobs.ac.uk users work in the science/ research sector, which is the highest of all the sites surveyed the NORAS survey 2007.