- 38% of employers took on more support staff in 2007
- A third of employers plan to employ more more support staff in 2008
- 53% of employees are less satisfied in their jobs than last year
- The Guardian is the most popular publication for job hunting
- guardianjobs.co.uk is the most popular jobs site for job hunting
A popular choice online
47% of permanent staff and 54% of temporary staff would use guardianjobs.co.uk when job hunting
A well educated audience
- 32% of permanent staff and nearly half of all temps have a degree
- 77% of support staff using guardianjobs.co.uk are degree educated.
- 77% of Office Hours readers are graduates.
The right audience of jobseekers
- Almost one in eight users of guardianjobs.co.uk work in an admin/secretarial role
- PA is used as a search term over 1,500 times a week
- Admin 1,300 times a week
- Receptionist is searched for 900 times each week
A difficult market for recruiters
- Only 8% of employers found it easier in 2007 to recruit skilled support staff
- 30% found it more difficult
- They have trouble finding people with the "right" attitude, described as enthusiasm, initiative, thoroughness and common sense
