JobsInVT.com Employment Index Shows 19 Percent Increase in Online Recruitment; Web Site Visits Climb 18 percent for Second Quart
06 Agosto 2007 - 10:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
WESTBROOK, Maine, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- JobsInTheUS.com released
JobsInVT.com's Employment Index for the second quarter of 2007,
revealing a 19 percent increase in job postings over the same time
period in 2006. Healthcare continues to be the leading industry for
job postings on the site with an increase of 38 percent from this
time last year. Journal Register Company (NYSE:JRC), parent company
of JobsInTheUS.com owns and operates 19 JIUS Web sites including
JobsInMS.com (Mississippi), JobsInAL.com (Alabama), JobsInME.com
(Maine), JobsInNH.com (New Hampshire), JobsInVT.com (Vermont),
JobsInRI.com (Rhode Island) and more. Second Quarter 2007 Summary
Background: JobsInVT.com is the largest internet job site in the
state. With 3,600 jobs posted this quarter and more than 160,000
searches being done, the Company is in a unique position to monitor
and report on the employment trends within the state. The
JobsInVT.com Jobs Index is a statistical summary of the data
compiled for the quarter by month. The Index identifies key trends
based on job openings posted, searches performed by job seekers and
key metrics from the web site. Taken together they offer a unique
perspective into the key trends for employment in Vermont. Job
Trends: The following are the significant trends for Second Quarter
2007: -- The number of job openings posted (3,327) is up 23 percent
from second quarter 2006. -- A majority of the new jobs posted this
quarter were in Chittenden County (32.0 percent of all job
openings), Washington County (9.0 percent), and Rutland County (8.7
percent). -- Job openings activity covered a number of job types
and reflects significant changes from last quarter. Job openings by
category include: - Healthcare, 18.3% - Customer Support, 8.6% -
Non-Profit, 4.2% - Manufacturing, 4.8% - Sales, 4.7% -- Companies
with < 50 employees posted 32.1 percent of job openings --
Companies with 101-250 employees posted 24.2 percent of job
openings. -- Companies with 251-499 employees posted 17.1 percent
of the month's jobs. -- Full-time positions made up 72.7 percent of
the quarter's jobs posted -- Part-time jobs made up 22.7% --
Contract or per diem were 4.6% Job Search Trends: The following are
the significant trends for Second Quarter 2007: -- The total number
of qualified (job seeker used specific parameters to search for a
position) searches this quarter was 168,477. -- The top job
categories searched by job seekers were: - Healthcare, 8.8% of
qualified searches - Accounting, 6.3% - Clerical, 4.9% -
IT/Computers, 4.9% - Advertising/Marketing, 3.8% -- The qualified
searches revealed 17.5 percent contained a geographic preference. -
Chittenden County 36.2% of qualified searches - Washington County
11.8% - Windsor County 10.6% -- A majority of the job seekers
prefer to look for positions within close proximity to their home.
The commuting preference for job seekers was: - 1-30 miles 45.4% -
31-40 miles 24.3% - > 40 miles 30.3% Web Site Trends:
JobsInVT.com had more than 457,311 visits for the quarter, up 18%
from second quarter 2006. The average time per visit of 8 minutes 5
seconds is well above industry averages. During an average visit, a
job seeker will download 5.7 pages. * New web stats package,
Omniture, implemented April 2007. * New link added to the site
"Browse by Category/City" to optimize job seeker experience (may
cause a decrease in the number of site search counts per month). *
More information available upon request, (800) 957-1297. About
JobsInTheUS Founded in 1999, JobsInTheUS is one of the
fastest-growing local job Internet sites -- both in terms of unique
visits to the Web sites and jobs posted. Headquartered in
Westbrook, Maine, the company specializes in state- specific job
Internet sites where qualified candidates who want to work in a
particular state find a match with local employers at a lower cost
for employers than other recruiting methods. JobsInTheUS operates
JobsInME.com, JobsInNH.com, JobsInVT.com, JobsInRI.com,
JobsInMA.com, JobsInCT.com, JobsInPA.com, JobsInNewYork.com,
JobsInNJ.com, JobsInDE.com, JobsInAL.com, JobsInLouisiana.com,
JobsInMS.com, JobsInKS.com, JobsInMD.com, JobsInDC.com,
JobsInVA.com, JobsInWV.com, and JobsInAK.com . About Journal
Register Company Journal Register Company is a leading U.S. media
company. Journal Register Company owns 22 daily newspapers and 346
non-daily publications. Journal Register Company currently operates
226 individual Web sites that are affiliated with the Company's
daily newspapers, non-daily publications and its network of
employment Web sites. These Web sites can be accessed at
http://www.journalregister.com/ . All of the Company's operations
are strategically clustered in six geographic areas: Greater
Philadelphia; Michigan; Connecticut; Greater Cleveland; and the
Capital-Saratoga and Mid- Hudson regions of New York. The Company
owns JobsInTheUS, a network of 19 premier employment Web sites.
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Company. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks
and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ
materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, the success of the Company's acquisition strategy,
dispositions, the ability of the Company to achieve cost reductions
and integrate acquisitions, competitive pressures including
competition from non- newspaper forms of media, general or regional
economic conditions and advertising trends, the unavailability or a
material increase in the price of newsprint and increases in
interest rates, changes in performance that affect financial
covenant compliance or funds available for borrowing, technological
changes, the adoption of new accounting standards or changes in
accounting standards. These and additional risk factors are
outlined in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise. DATASOURCE: JobsInVT.com CONTACT: Angie Helton of
Northeast Media Associates, for JobsInTheUS.com, +1-207-653-0365,
Web site: http://www.jobsinvt.com/ http://www.jobsintheus.com/
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