The percentage of jobseekers using job boards to locate jobs (whether on an employer site or a job board) has grown significantly since 2019. Job boards are increasingly important for jobseekers
What are the primary ways you have used job boards in your career?
73%
59%
56%
51%
33%
34%
28%
27%
17%
16%
13%
10%
4% 8%
Locate Jobs And Apply On Employer Site
Locate Jobs And Apply On Job Board
Research Salary Information
Identify Relevant Employers In My Profession
Network With Potential Employers
Find Career Resources And Tools
Network With Other Jobseekers
Significantly lower than previous year
Significantly higher than previous year
2019% 2023%
But what do professionals want to see on a job board? of jobseekers consider salary to be ‘Important’ or ‘Very important’ when reviewing a job advertisement, compared to 89% for ‘role responsibilities’ and ‘location.’ 95 %
Professionals are using job boards to research salary information – 51% in 2023, up from just 28% in 2019.
51%
28%
2023
2019
In our Wiley Society Member Survey, we also discovered that society career center usage is up, meaning jobseekers are looking for work at higher rates, and members are turning to societies for help.
Niche job boards connect with the relevant employers and deliver the specialized content and job roles that jobseekers want to find. Utilizing a targeted job board enables jobseekers to reduce time on other sites filtering through the jobs that don’t match their search criteria. - Dana
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The jobseeker survey report 2023
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