Study: Internet increases lead over newspapers in the job market
The Jobpilot Index reached a level of 98 points in the quarter from November 2005 to January 2006.
In the November quarter, the Jobpilot Index
2005 reached a level of 98 points by January 2006. Thus
the online index records the largest lead to date (69 points)
compared to the print index of the daily press in the job vacancies section.
The measurement basis for print media development is the
Advertising statistics from Werbemedienforschung (Wemf) for the
job advertisements in the daily newspapers. The previous
The record value of the Jobpilot index (113 points) was set in July 2001.
registered. From then on, the index fell continuously to the
record low of 37 points in July 2003. Similarly, the
Print Index fell from 86 points in July 2001 to 30 points in July 2003.
The Jobpilot index has risen steadily since 2003, while the
Print Index has virtually stagnated at 29 points since 2003.
In January 2006, the number of job vacancies on the Internet grew again by one
point compared to October 2005 and confirms the upward trend in the
Online job market. While the sub-index for job boards rose by 8 to
93 points better than in October 2005, the number of vacancies
on the websites of companies scores 11 points and reaches 109
Points. The online job vacancies in the
Medical, nursing and social professions (+14 points),
technical and scientific professions (+8 points) as well as office and
Administration (+2 points). The occupational groups are in decline
Human resource management/training and continuing education (-22 points),
commercial and industrial occupations (-17 points), sales and
Customer consulting (-14 points), finance and accounting (-8 points)
as well as marketing, advertising and PR (-1 point).
The representative labor market study covers 1000 companies and nine
and is supported by the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland and the
University of Zurich.
2005 reached a level of 98 points by January 2006. Thus
the online index records the largest lead to date (69 points)
compared to the print index of the daily press in the job vacancies section.
The measurement basis for print media development is the
Advertising statistics from Werbemedienforschung (Wemf) for the
job advertisements in the daily newspapers. The previous
The record value of the Jobpilot index (113 points) was set in July 2001.
registered. From then on, the index fell continuously to the
record low of 37 points in July 2003. Similarly, the
Print Index fell from 86 points in July 2001 to 30 points in July 2003.
The Jobpilot index has risen steadily since 2003, while the
Print Index has virtually stagnated at 29 points since 2003.
In January 2006, the number of job vacancies on the Internet grew again by one
point compared to October 2005 and confirms the upward trend in the
Online job market. While the sub-index for job boards rose by 8 to
93 points better than in October 2005, the number of vacancies
on the websites of companies scores 11 points and reaches 109
Points. The online job vacancies in the
Medical, nursing and social professions (+14 points),
technical and scientific professions (+8 points) as well as office and
Administration (+2 points). The occupational groups are in decline
Human resource management/training and continuing education (-22 points),
commercial and industrial occupations (-17 points), sales and
Customer consulting (-14 points), finance and accounting (-8 points)
as well as marketing, advertising and PR (-1 point).
The representative labor market study covers 1000 companies and nine
and is supported by the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland and the
University of Zurich.
