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RBI Jobs Sites – User Profile Survey 2012: New Scientist Jobs UK

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User Profile Survey 2012
New Scientist Jobs


Two thirds of respondents are actively looking for a job

I am a jobseeker, actively
looking for a job
67%

I am a browser. I look at
jobs, but I'm not actively 33% Potential job seekers
applying

I am an employer / recruiter
looking for candidates Excluded from subsequent analysis

Q. Which of the following best describes your job seeking status?

Base: all respondents (832)

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Half are currently in permanent roles, while nearly a fifth are unemployed

Permanent - working full time (30+ hrs per
week)
45%

Unemployed 17%

Temporary / Contractor 12% 50% are in
permanent roles

Permanent- working part time (less than
30 hrs per week)
5%

Student / Recent graduate 18%

Retired 0%

Other 2%

Q. What is your current working status?


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Around 40% work in the commercial industry sector

Commercial Industry 41%

Education 23%

Healthcare - Public 13%

Government 11%

Healthcare - Private 9%

Charity 3%

Q. Which of the following sectors do you work in?

Base: all working respondents (517)

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Around a third of respondents work in pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals 31%
Food, drink, tobacco 10%
Chemicals 10%
IT Information (Information Technology) 5%
Retail, wholesale, trade 4%
Media 4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing 3%
Gas, water, electricity, nuclear 3%
Transport, communications 3%
Oil and Gas 3%
Renewable/Cleantech 2%
Banking/Finance 1%
Mining, quarrying, petroleum 0%
Medical Health (e.g. MD/Physician) 0%
Education 0%
Computer Science 0%
Other 19%

Q. What is the main business of your organisation?

Base: all working respondents in industry (210)

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20% of respondents are managerial level or above

Chief Exec/MD /Owner/Partner 2%

Director 1%
20% managerial
level or above
Senior Manager 3%

Manager/Team leader 14%

Employee (without managerial responsibility) 36%

Researcher 30%

Graduate/Postgraduate 5%

Self employed/Freelance 4%

Trainee 1%

Other 4%

Q. What is your position within your company/organisation?


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Around a third specialise in Biological Sciences

Biological sciences 32%

Chemistry 21%

Medicine related science 13%

Earth sciences/environment/energy 6%

Biotechnology 6%

Engineering 4%

Computer/IT related 3%

Physics 3%

Clinical 2%

Operational 1%

Mathematical science 1%

Other 9%

Q. What is your main area of specialism?


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94% have a first degree or higher

29%
28%

23%

11%

3%
2%
1% 1%
0%

Professional Postdoctoral PhD Masters/MSc First degree Diploma /HND / A-level GCSE / O-level Other
qualification (BA, BSc) NVQ

Q. What is your highest qualification?


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Respondents are 35 years old
on average Just over half are female

18-24 16%

25-34 42%
Male Female
48% 52%
35-44 25%

45-54 12%

55-64 4%

65 or
0% Average age= 35 years old
over

Q. How old are you? Q. Are you …?

Base: all respondents (826) Base: all respondents (825)

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Around 40% are from the South
Greater London 18%

South East 15%

Outside UK (Europe) 14%
South= 41%
Outside UK (Rest of the world) 10%

Midlands 8%

South West 8%

East Anglia 7%

North West 6%

Scotland 6%

Yorkshire & Humberside 4%

North East 3%

Wales 2%

Northern Ireland 0%

Q. Which region are you based in?


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16% of respondents have had an interview as a result of NewScientist Jobs

Seen a job of interest 84%

Referred a job to a friend 29%

Applied on-line for a job 60%

Applied off-line for a job 11%

Set up an email alert/RSS 41%

Got a job interview 16% Good proportion of jobseekers are
successful on the site

Received a job offer 8% High quality candidates

*Compare to competitors on the next
slide
Moved into a new job 7%

Q. As a result of visiting NewScientist Jobs, have you ever


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14% of those that have used NatureJobs.com and 9% that have used
JobsinScience.com have got to the interview stage via those sites

Seen a job you would be interested 88% Seen a job you would be 84%
in applying for interested in applying for

Referred a job to a friend 27% Referred a job to a friend 19%

Applied on-line for a job (via the Applied on-line for a job (via
47% the website, e-mail or mobile 49%
website, e-mail or mobile app
app

Applied off-line for a job (by Applied off-line for a job (by
6% 2%
letter, fax, phone) letter, fax, phone)

Set up an email alert/RSS feed to
17% Set up an email alert/RSS feed
receive jobs 13%
to receive jobs

Got a job interview 14%
Got a job interview 9%

Received a job offer 7%
Received a job offer 6%


Q. As a result of visiting NatureJobs.com, have you ever … Q. As a result of visiting JobsinScience.com have you ever…

Base: all that have used NatureJobs.com (257) Base: all that have used Jobsinscience.com (86)

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Science industry job sites are considered most useful
Internet - Science industry job websites (e.g. NewScientist Jobs) 30%

Internet - General job websites (e.g. Totaljobs.com, Monster.co.uk) 18%
Internet - Science industry-specific websites (e.g.
newscientist.com) 12%
Internet - Employer websites 8%
Recruitment consultancies 5%
Word of mouth/contacts 4%
Science & Technology industry magazines 3%
Internet - Other 2%
National newspapers 2%
Internet - Social Media websites (e.g. LinkedIn) 2%
Local/Regional newspapers 1%
Job Centres 1%
Networking/events 1%
Other business magazines 0%
Other 2%

Q. Which ONE of the following sources is the most useful to you when looking for a job?


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Jobs.ac.uk and totaljobs.com are the most commonly used competitors
Jobs.ac.uk 41%
Totaljobs.com 38%
NatureJobs.com 37%
Reed.co.uk 37%
Monster.co.uk 32%
Jobsite.co.uk 30%
SRG.co.uk 20%
Guardian 18%
Fish4jobs.co.uk 16% How does this compare to 2008
FindaPhD.com 15% results?
Jobsinscience.com 14%
NatureJobs was top at 47%.
ScienceDirect.com 14%
Prospects.ac.uk 13% NatureJobs.com, Jobsinscience.com and
Postdocjobs.com 9% Monster have decreased in popularity
Milkround.com 9% whilst generalist job sites such as
TotalJobs, Reed.co.uk and Jobsite have
Telegraph.co.uk 7% gained in popularity.
Careerbuilder.co.uk 7%
Access-sciencejobs.co.uk 7% So whilst it looks like Jobs.ac.uk has
become more popular, it has only risen
Sciencemag.org 6%
1% since the last results.
Workthing.com 2%
Other 16%

Q. Which other websites have you visited in the last 6 months to look for a job?


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77% of respondents feel the new site is better than the previous version
of New Scientist Jobs

Much better than the previous site 36%

77% better
than previous

A little better than the previous site 41%

About the same as the previous site 19%

A little worse than the previous site 2%

A lot worse than the previous site 2%

Q. And, overall how would you rate the new NewScientist Jobs site compared to the previous site?

Base: all excluding those that said ‘don’t know’ (602)

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