Blog Indeed http://blog.indeed.com Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:02:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 What do I want this holiday season? A job! http://blog.indeed.com/2009/11/10/what-do-i-want-this-holiday-season-a-job/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/11/10/what-do-i-want-this-holiday-season-a-job/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:48:39 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=283 Each year, the US holiday season is preceded by a boost in hiring among retailers and package shippers. Considering the changing state of the job market, we wondered how this year’s holiday hiring season compared to last year’s.

Below are rankings of the top holiday keywords and companies in October 2009 and the changes since a year ago. Against a backdrop of overall hiring decline, rising keywords include Sales Associate, Cosmetics and Stock Room.

Rising companies are shown below and include AT&T and UPS, both of which moved up four positions since last year.

We hope this information will help you focus on holiday opportunities that are still showing promise. If you’re looking for holiday-related work this season, explore the links above and try other keywords with our Job Trends. Also, don’t forget to use our Salary Search to prepare for your interviews.

]]> http://blog.indeed.com/2009/11/10/what-do-i-want-this-holiday-season-a-job/feed/ The Four A’s of Recruitment Advertising http://blog.indeed.com/2009/09/03/the-four-as-of-recruitment-advertising/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/09/03/the-four-as-of-recruitment-advertising/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:10:17 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=269 As companies look to Indeed sponsored jobs as a cost-effective way to promote their jobs and get quality hires, they often ask us how to track the ROI of Indeed and their recruitment advertising investments.

To help companies effectively track results and make the most of their budgets, we published “The Four A’s of Recruitment Advertising” (PDF) - a free white paper that goes step by step through the process of tracking candidate source and measuring your results, with best practices and checklists for each of the four A’s:

  1. Assign
  2. Automate
  3. Analyze
  4. Adjust

Download the white paper to find out more and learn how to use the four A’s in your own recruitment advertising efforts.

]]> http://blog.indeed.com/2009/09/03/the-four-as-of-recruitment-advertising/feed/ Indeed’s iPhone app #1 in business category http://blog.indeed.com/2009/08/27/indeeds-iphone-app-1-in-business-category/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/08/27/indeeds-iphone-app-1-in-business-category/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:07:27 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=225 home_new1

Providing the best job search experience increasingly means providing the best mobile job search experience. So we’re pleased that our iPhone app, Job Search, is the #1 business application in the App Store! Job Search is the most popular application for the iPhone and iPod Touch to find jobs, and it’s free.

Based on feedback we’ve received, we’ve made it even easier to find what every job seeker wants: new job postings. Recent searches show the number of jobs added since your last visit. Just tap on a recent search, or tap the “new” button on our search results page to see the jobs added since the last time you checked.

We’ll continue improving our iPhone application and mobile websites so you can find a great job whether you’re sitting at a desk or sitting on the bus. We keep an eye on our comments and ratings in the App Store so let us know how we’re doing. If you don’t already have our application, download Job Search or tell a friend about it. Indeed also provides mobile job search for Blackberry and other mobile users.

]]> http://blog.indeed.com/2009/08/27/indeeds-iphone-app-1-in-business-category/feed/ Best & worst job markets for the unemployed http://blog.indeed.com/2009/08/17/best-worst-job-markets-for-the-unemployed/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/08/17/best-worst-job-markets-for-the-unemployed/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:30:11 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=169 We’ve just released a Job Market Competition index, which compares the number of unemployed to the number of job postings in the biggest 50 cities in the US. The more unemployed there are per job opening, the more competition there is in the job market and the harder it is to find a job.

Washington DC has by far the least competition for jobs and so is relatively better for the unemployed, with a whopping six job openings for every unemployed person. Federal government stimulus is clearly working for DC, but is it working in the rest of the country? Apparently not for Detroit, at the opposite end of the scale, with an atrocious 18 unemployed for every job opening.

The best five job markets are:
• Washington, DC
• Jacksonville, FL
• Baltimore, MD
• Salt Lake City, UT
• New York, NY

and the worst five are:
• Portland, OR
• Los Angeles, CA
• Riverside, CA
• Miami, FL
• Detroit, MI

See our ranking of all 50 cities which also shows how each city’s rank has changed since the previous month. Relatedly, our Job Postings per Capita map compares the number of job postings with the total population of these cities.

We’ll be updating the Job Market Competition index monthly, so you can track which parts of the country give you the best chance of finding a job.

]]> http://blog.indeed.com/2009/08/17/best-worst-job-markets-for-the-unemployed/feed/ Sponsoring your jobs on Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/2009/06/04/sponsoring-your-jobs-on-indeed/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/06/04/sponsoring-your-jobs-on-indeed/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:47:44 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=131 We often hear from clients that sponsoring jobs on Indeed is an easy way to promote all their jobs at once:

Indeed was the only model where we could get visibility for all jobs while only paying for performance.
Intermountain Healthcare

With Indeed, there’s not a lot of hands-on work involved - the candidates just come. You push a button, set the budget and it’s done.
Pitney Bowes

This got us thinking - why not show how pay-per-click recruitment advertising on Indeed works, and how easy it is for a company to sponsor its jobs? The video below provides an overview and how to get started:

Please contact us with any questions or create an account to get started.

]]> http://blog.indeed.com/2009/06/04/sponsoring-your-jobs-on-indeed/feed/ Job search tutorial videos http://blog.indeed.com/2009/03/27/job-search-tutorial-videos/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/03/27/job-search-tutorial-videos/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:18:08 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=130 We’ve created a series of tutorial videos to help job seekers get the most out of using Indeed to search for jobs.

We encourage new users to take a few minutes to view each of our step-by-step tutorials. More experienced users will benefit from the tutorials demonstrating how to set up email job alerts and a my.indeed account.

Our first three tutorials are below. You can also view our entire tutorial series and find additional suggestions on our job search tips page.

 

Basic Search: How to search for jobs using keywords and location; how to narrow your job searches:

 

Email Job Alerts: How to save your job searches as email job alerts:

 

my.indeed Accounts: How to create a my.indeed account to save jobs, manage your job alerts and more:

]]> http://blog.indeed.com/2009/03/27/job-search-tutorial-videos/feed/ Indeed moves up the traffic rankings http://blog.indeed.com/2009/02/27/indeed-moves-up-the-traffic-rankings/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/02/27/indeed-moves-up-the-traffic-rankings/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:50:46 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=129 Job seeker traffic to Indeed.com continues to soar. According to Comscore Media Metrix, Indeed is one of the top 10 fastest growing websites in the US by unique visitors, and the only employment website in the list.

Indeed is also the top search engine for jobs in Hitwise’s top 10 employment & training websites and second in overall market share in this category.

Indeed is focused on providing the most comprehensive and effective search engine for jobs. We are excited that so many people are finding it useful and wish everyone the best of luck in their job search.

]]> http://blog.indeed.com/2009/02/27/indeed-moves-up-the-traffic-rankings/feed/ Industry Trends: job postings fall in all sectors http://blog.indeed.com/2009/02/17/industry-trends-job-postings-fall-in-all-sectors/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/02/17/industry-trends-job-postings-fall-in-all-sectors/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:07:33 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=128 Today we released Industry Trends, a picture of job posting numbers and job seeker traffic in 12 major industries over the last year in the US. If you are working in a rapidly declining industry, it will help you identify industries in better shape to which you can try to transition. If you are a recruiter, it will help you manage your recruitment advertising campaigns: you can monitor job seeker traffic in your industry and see which job titles, keyword searches and cities are getting the most clicks. Our press release is here.

Indeed’s jobs data are an alternative to government payroll statistics, offering a more forward-looking insight into hiring activity. If government data show the job market in the rear-view mirror - jobs that have been created or lost - Indeed’s Industry Trends provide a view through the front windscreen: job openings that companies intend to fill.

Our data show that compared with a year ago the number of job postings in the US has declined in all industries, while Education and Healthcare have declined the least. Job seeker traffic grew strongly in all industries; Education, Construction and Healthcare grew the most, experiencing a doubling of clicks in the last year.

Our job data are directionally similar to the government’s payroll numbers. Labor Department data for January 2009 show that Education, Healthcare and Government were the only sectors to grow in the last year, adding 743,000 jobs since December 2007. The US economy as a whole lost 3.6 million jobs.

The decline in job postings in the last year has been much steeper than the decline in overall jobs; the net loss of jobs in the economy is just one of several causes of job posting decline. People are switching jobs less often due to job insecurity, so job openings created by employee churn are far fewer. Also, employers are posting open positions less frequently to job boards because of a greater supply of candidates in the market.


January 2009 Industry Trends Report

Industry Job Postings    Annual Change
Accounting 119,171 -53%
Construction 57,164 -47%
Education 62,933 -9%
Financial Services and Banking     144,569 -48%
Healthcare 581,625 -8%
Hospitality 57,608 -48%
Information Technology 395,629 -43%
Manufacturing 65,452 -46%
Media and Newspaper 24,104 -47%
Real Estate 16,336 -58%
Retail 298,804 -45%
Transportation 52,966 -47%

Owing to Indeed’s comprehensiveness, Industry Trends provide a unique view of job posting activity in the US. We hope it will be of use both to job seekers and employers - please send us your feedback.
 

]]> http://blog.indeed.com/2009/02/17/industry-trends-job-postings-fall-in-all-sectors/feed/ Bright spots in the job market http://blog.indeed.com/2009/01/27/bright-spots-in-the-job-market/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/01/27/bright-spots-in-the-job-market/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:17:20 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=127 The outpouring of bad news in the media about layoffs continues unabated. The New York Times reports today that companies across the board are resorting to mass job cuts.

But this belies myriad opportunities: hundreds of thousands of companies are continuing to hire. While big layoffs are headline-grabbing, gradual hiring in sometimes hidden corners of the economy often goes unnoticed by the media.

Use Indeed’s job search to ferret out the jobs that fit your own background and our job trends to see which jobs are in demand. If the industry you’re in is struggling, find where you can deploy your skills in areas of the economy that are growing.

Try looking for the silver lining amongst the clouds; foreclosure work, for example, is booming. Or seek out opportunities in new technologies like renewable energy that are likely to transform tomorrow’s economy.

The Times itself found one pocket of growth, noting here that “Indeed.com shows a thriving job market for MySQL and Linux developers.” Not only that, but demand for MySQL and Linux skills is also strongly rising.

Good luck in your job search and please let us know your job search success stories.

]]> http://blog.indeed.com/2009/01/27/bright-spots-in-the-job-market/feed/ Employers on Indeed: it’s easy, it’s effective http://blog.indeed.com/2009/01/19/employers-on-indeed-its-easy-its-effective/ http://blog.indeed.com/2009/01/19/employers-on-indeed-its-easy-its-effective/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:38:38 +0000 Indeed.com http://blog.indeed.com/?p=126 At Indeed, our number-one priority is the job seeker experience - making sure our users have the most comprehensive job search in existence, that our results are as fresh and relevant as possible, and the jobs in our index are real, open opportunities.

This approach also benefits our clients, who sponsor their jobs on Indeed for targeted job seeker traffic and qualified applications to their jobs. While we hear from job seekers all the time about their Indeed experiences, we also hear from our clients about how sponsored jobs are an easy, effective way to meet their recruitment advertising objectives. Here are some recent comments from our client case studies:

We hired five engineers in the first three months through Indeed. We were trying to hire for specific, hard-to-fill positions, and sponsoring jobs on Indeed delivered.
General Dynamics C4 Systems

Indeed was the best solution to get the greatest amount of visibility with the least amount of effort. We were looking for an Organizational Development Manager for just over a year, and filled the job within the first three months of sponsoring jobs on Indeed.
Intermountain Healthcare

It is extremely easy to sponsor jobs on Indeed and gain national exposure to top candidates. It is amazing just how qualified Indeed job seekers are - we were expecting to receive candidates for some of our easier-to-fill job openings and ended up hiring a Certified Cytotechnologist and a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist.
Tuality Healthcare

We thank these companies and all our hundreds of clients using Indeed.

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