Smartphones
Of all Americans who have oriented the past two years on the job market, 28 percent use their mobile phones on their quest. Among young people, that percentage is much higher. More than half (53 percent) of 18 to 29 year olds have used a smartphone when looking for a (new) job.
Using the online capabilities of phones, Job seekers have searched for jobs (94 percent), emailing employers (87 percent) and fill an online application form (50 percent). More than a fifth of those who used a smartphone to apply even suggest writing a CV and cover letter via the same phone. Lower educated labourers are more often posing a resume or a cover letter via their phone than educated labourers.
Issues
But employers and recruiters are not making job seeking an easy task. Many vacancies do not look good on a phone. Long pieces of text types will also not look good. There are also problems with adding attachments such as CVs or diplomas.
Social media
Over one-third of Americans use social media to get a new job. 21 percent have applied for a job they found through social media. Social media can also be used to alert others on interesting vacancies. For example, 34 percent of respondents pointed out a job vacancies to family or friends via social media. At present, social media has helped 13 percent of respondents to find a job.
Not surprisingly, especially young people use social media in their job search. However, over a quarter of over-50s have also used social media to find a job and 11 percent have actually used social media to secure a new job.