Job seekers in Asia are choosing online employment sites over newspaper
classifieds, according to a recent report by NetValue.
"The fact that people in Asia are turning to employment sites for job
opportunities shows that internet users bring their offline activities
online," said NetValue vice-president of sales and marketing, Clayton
Fitts.
"This also indicates that some people are using the internet wisely by
choosing tools which apply to their professional needs rather than
merely for entertainment or gathering basic information."
Jobsdb.com was the most popular website in the employment sector for
three consecutive months. However, the report added, "In terms of page
views per user, jobsdb.com does not appear to have the muscle of its
competitors".
While the site has high traffic of visitors at 5.1 per cent, its unique
pages per user were low at 12 per cent.
Meanwhile, employment site mpgoldenet.com had the "opposite conditions",
with 24.3 unique pages per user and a 2.6 per cent reach, while
pandaplanet.com presented a more balanced formula with a 4.4 per cent
reach and 27.4 per cent unique pages per user.
Separately, the researcher found the profile and composition of visitors
to gambling sites remained relatively unchanged since January.
