Recruiters can expect a lull in responses as Valentines Day looms. Broadbean Technologyís data shows that on the day of romance and the morning after, there are 10 % less jobseekers applying for vacancies online.
Rather than job hunting, UK shoppers were busy spending 50m on flowers and preparing for passion on Valentines Day 2007. The celebration of the patron saint of lovers is just one of the yearís occasions that job seekers relax their search; New Yearís and Christmas days are the least popular for job hunting followed by New Years Eve, Boxing Day and Christmas Eve.
Contrary to popular belief, the weekend is also a slow time for responses with the number of applications falling by around two thirds. Broadbean sees candidate applications increase on a Monday and responses peak at lunch time on a
Tuesday.
Emma Cuffaro, Head of Account Management at Broadbean, says, ìWe tend to see a slump in responses at leisure times and the majority of candidates are applying for jobs during the working day. Evening, weekends and public holidays
are the slowest periods of response though the majority of recruiters are still advertising vacancies last thing on a Friday.î
Other poor posting days includeÖ.
New Yearís Day
Christmas Day
New Yearís Eve
Boxing Day
Xmas Eve
Easter Monday
Good Friday
End of May Bank Holiday
May Day
Last working day of the year
Recruiters can expect a lull in responses as Valentines Day looms
Broadbean Technologyís data shows that on the day of romance and the morning after, there are 10 % less jobseekers applying for vacancies online
