SAB NewsLife Scientists and Medical Professionals Are Staying PutPosted 6/30/2003 Could it be because recent economic woes are making job openings few and far between? Or perhaps it’s because people are happy and content in their current jobs? Regardless of the reason, 55% of the 1655 individuals who participated in a recent Instant Poll sponsored by The Science Advisory Board state that they spend less than one percent of their time on the Internet searching for employment opportunities. Another 34% claim to spend between one and twenty-five percent of their time surfing the World Wide Web for position openings. “I was quite astounded by our findings,” observes Tamara Zemlo, Ph.D., MPH, Director of Scientific and Medical Communications for The Science Advisory Board, “on the surface this data belies the oft quoted statistic that for each job opening, employers receive on average 20-30 qualified applications.” Of course another reason for the low numbers of people prowling Internet job sites is that they prefer to rely on old-fashioned information sources such as the printed word (i.e., journals and newspapers) or tips from friends and colleagues. |
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