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From: Judy Colburn <judec@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: CAREER NEWS - Job Search via the Internet
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Some interesting statistics regarding use of the Internet in your job
search:

2.5 million.........Estimated number of resumes posted on the Internet

28,500..............Estimated number of Websites that offer job-posting services

65%.................Percentage of online job seekers who are not engineers
                    or computer professionals

$105 million........Amount employers spend on online recruiting, 1998

$1.7 billion........Amount employers will spend on online recruiting,
                    2003 (proj.)

17%.................Percentage of Fortune Global 500 companies actively
                    recruiting on the Internet, January 1998
 
45%.................Percentage of Fortune Global 500 companies actively
                    recruiting on the Internet, January 1999

Top 10 Online Job Sites by unique visitors, all which can be linked to via
the UWT Career Services Website - www.tacoma.washington.edu/career.

           Site           Unique Visitors (3/99)

     1.  Monster .............2,137,000
     2.  CareerPath...........1,111,000										
     3.  CareerMosaic...........965,000
     4.  Jobsearch..............726,000 
     5.  Headhunter.............576,000
     6.  NationJob..............366,000
     7.  HotJobs................344,000  
     8.  Net-Temps..............268,000
     9.  Dice...................258,000
     10. CareerBuilder..........256,000


Visit Career Services for more Job Search information.

Source:  Fortune Magazine - July 5, 1999
         "For Sale Online - You" by Jerry Useem

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Judy Colburn				
Program Manager - Career Services		
University of Washington, Tacoma
1900 Commerce Street
Campus Box 358410
Tacoma, WA 98402-3100

253.692.4421
253.692.5872 (fax)
		
www.tacoma.washington.edu/career	

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