New NORAS results, the Great British e-test and more

1 - NORAS 2007 Update results

The NORAS 2007 Update results are available to download for free by registering at NORAS. The results feature new ABC ELECTRONIC audits from 19 of the 27 job boards and show an average increase in Unique User numbers of 15% per site. Details of the six sites with the largest percentage growth in Unique Users are shown below.

Site                             Percentage increase in Unique Users
mad.co.uk                    84%
Blue Line Careers         79%
Brand Republic Jobs     45%
Guardian Jobs              45%
Grocerjobs                   25%
Prospects.ac.uk           25%    

In addition to updating the results booklet and highlights booklet, the new figures are also available through NORAS interactive and through the nine industry sector booklets that profile online job seekers in the Accountancy / finance, Customer services, Graduate, IT, Marketing, Sales, Secretarial / admin, Senior management and Teaching sectors. As always you can download the booklets and access the online tool for free by registering / logging into NORAS.

We've also just completed a survey of the 7,400 users that are registered at NORAS and found that on average they spend £64,000 a year on job boards, recruit for over 430 vacancies per year and 92% find NORAS useful, with 53% saying that the data has had a direct impact on an advertising decision.

2 - How 'e' are you? The Great British e-test

If you haven't already then please take the Great British e-test at www.howeru.com. Taking the test will generate your e-score (1-100), show you which e-group you belong to and show you the top ten websites for other people in your group. You can also use the site to challenge your friends to calculate their e-scores.

For every completed e-test we're giving 5p to Childnet - the charity that helps make the internet a great and safe place for children - and are aiming to raise over £1,000 for them by the end of the year. Please help this great cause by taking the test and telling your friends about the site - thanks.

3 - Forthcoming online recruitment courses

We've still got a few places left on the Effective e-recruitment course in London on September 20th and the Copywriting for online recruitment course in London on September 26th. Feedback from previous training delegates can be found here . Please call 0207 731 9640 for more information or click here to book your place online.

4 - Enhance Media Website

Finally, to compliment our video, we've added a gallery to the Enhance Media website that features photos from our 'Online Recruitment 2007 - the year ahead' conference, the launch of How 'e' are you? and the NORAS 2007 Pool Tournament.