Jobsearch on Thursdays

This is probably not written in any agenda of any employee, but it is a clear trend according to our data. The number of visits in findjobsin.com, and confirmed by other jobboards statistics I have had access to, shows peaks on Thursdays amongst all the other weekdays.
Although there is bias we need to consider that affects overall Internet usage, this data could probably be explained by the fact that Thursday is usually the day of the week where work load and tension reach its highest point. Friday doesn't really count on this math; preceeding the weekend traditionally brings a more relaxed atmosphere to the working place (I am talking about office schedules), being even a day off or a half day for some people in countries like The Netherlands and France, where they enjoy reduced hours weeks, or Spain.

It also shows the emotion component in a jobsearch and the importance of opportunism for online recruitment. There is a certain percentage of jobseekers who do not plan their jobsearching and react to a specific uncomfortable situation at work (spare time, excessive work load, bad working environment, no salary raise, etc). These casual jobseekers probably do not perform a thorough jobsearch in many sites, they most likely check one or two and do not even bother to add their complete profile because it takes too long. They are not determined to find a job. The online recruitment site that comes to these jobseekers mind at the appropriate time will get their visits. If it makes their jobsearch easy and fast to match their expectations at that specific time (see my previous post on Time&Money spent on (job) searching), while showing hints of other appealing features to make the jobseeker intrigued, they will most likely turn the occasional visit into a registered user in the short future.

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