Mobile internet devices the key to finding a job?

The largest ever online recruitment survey shows that an increasing number of online job seekers are now using mobile internet devices in their search for a job.

Almost 10% of online job seekers now use mobile devices such as iphones, Blackberrys or other internet enabled phones to browse the web for jobs. The findings form part of NORAS 2009 – the UK’s largest online recruitment research project, surveying more than 50,000 candidates across 31 online job boards.

Interestingly, Chief Executives and Directors are the most highly represented, constituting around 13% of the ‘mobile job seekers’ category; more than double the percentage of CEOs and Directors in the general online job seeker population.

Mobile internet devices were also found to be used most by the truly career savvy – with ‘mobile job hunters’ more likely to visit job boards to make salary comparisons and conduct research into potential employers than the average online job seeker. They are also amongst the most active online being more than twice as likely to describe themselves as ‘heavy users’ of professional networking