Even people with jobs are surfing to job sites

Posted by Dan

February 26, 2009 |

It’s little surprise that as unemployment soars to new heights, more people are logging onto online job sites.

What is a bit surprising is that many of the people searching these sites already have jobs. Call it the realization that no one’s job, no matter how hard a worker or how skilled, is safe in today’s economy.

According to a story by the Associated Press, a new study by Nielsen Online says that unique visits to job-search and career-development sites jumped 20 percent in January. According to the study, these sites received 49.7 million unique hits in the month, compared with 41.5 million for the same month one year earlier.

According to the study’s authors, even people who are employed are searching the sites.

This makes perfect sense. Employers are letting people go every day. Employees are just taking care of themselves by looking for other opportunities … just in case.


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