JobsGroup.net ñ 150,000 Jobseekers Can’t Be Wrong!

JobsGroup.net is the most popular destination for technical jobseekers and the third most popular niche job network overall, according to the UK’s largest and most important source of industry information, the National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS) 2006.

Independent analysis by ABC Electronic reveals 153,387 unique users visited almost 2 million pages provided by JobsGroup.net during November 2005. Award-winning sites operated by JobsGroup.net include JustEngineers.net, JustRail.net, JustConstruction.net, Just4Finance.net and JustSalesandMarketing.net.

The NORAS report also reveals flagship site JustEngineers.net attracts more than twice as many engineering candidates as its closest competitor, TheCareerEngineer.com.

Jobseekers using JobsGroup.net sites are shown to be amongst the most desirable candidates in the industry with consistently ’above average’ results:

o The average JobsGroup.net candidate is 37.5 year old, has 17.5 years industry experience and earns 31,300.
o Almost half (48%) have a degree, higher degree or professional qualification.
o Nearly three-quarters (72%) are in the ABC1 social grade.
o Three quarters of JobsGroup.net candidates (74%) are actively looking for a job.
o JobsGroup.net is the most popular destination for technical jobseekers and the third most popular niche network overall (behind eFinancialCareers.com and tesjobs).

Mark Hepworth, Managing Director of JobsGroup.net, comments, NORAS 2006 provides advertisers with the means to compare and contrast different job boards. We are absolutely delighted, therefore, that JobsGroup.net is shown in such a favourable light, as the most popular destination for technical jobseekers, the third most popular niche network overall, and source of many of the best quality and most desirable candidates in the industry. The icing on the cake is we have actually surpassed the figures analysed in the survey in both January and February of this year. 2006 looks set to be the biggest yet for JobsGroup.net.

Craig Bines, Sales and Marketing Manager, comments, Our mantra, since we launched back in 2000, has been to give recruiters an outstanding return on their investment. NORAS reveals the strength of our offering in black and white. It provides us with some fantastic impartial data to show off to our advertisers, including figures that explicitly show the quantity and calibre of our jobseekers is in so many ways superior to our competitors. NORAS 2006 is a great result for JobsGroup.net.

Established in 2002, NORAS is the UK’s leading source of independent and objective information on the audiences of online recruitment sites. The 2006 survey is the largest online recruitment research undertaken. It reveals both the profile of a siteís audience, using data from 18,724 questionnaires completed by online jobseekers, and the size of each siteís audience, taken from ABC Electronic audited unique user figures.

JobsGroup.net is the publisher of the popular monthly newspaper Just Technical Jobs and operates niche sites for the engineering; rail; construction; utilities; aviation; defence; sales and marketing; finance; executive; and graduate sectors. Jobseekers can register free and within minutes gain access to the UKís most active recruiters. Career tools and advice are available on all the sites, including free CV reviews and discussion forums, to help job seekers maximise their chances of success.

For information on why over 2,000 recruiters use JobsGroup.net as their number one choice for recruitment advertising solutions please call 0845 050 2000.