World Cup Exit Spurs IT Job Searches

Findings from The IT Job Board Indicate That Following England's Disastrous World Cup, IT Employment Searches are on the Increase

LONDON, July 13, 2010 - Since England's exit from the World Cup, there has been a 23 percent
increase in employment searches online, according to Experian Hitwise[1], the
leading global online competitive intelligence service.

And, it seems the IT community has played its part in this trend.
Reinforcing the Hitwise statistic, the UK's largest IT jobs site, The IT Job
Board, www.theitjobboard.co.uk, has undertaken its own research -
analysing the two weeks pre- and post-England's knockout against Germany[2].

Comparing the week before and after the match, the site saw an 18 percent
increase in natural traffic, and a 10 percent rise in total site visits. Did
the World Cup distract IT pros from their job searches? Or did they choose to
just put their hunting on hold?

When it came to the all important CVs, there was a 20 percent increase in
new CVs being uploaded to the site, and 25 percent of existing documents were
updated.

Alex Farrell, managing director of The IT Job Board, commented: "Looking
at the stats, it seems the World Cup acted as a real distraction from UK job
searching; with the IT sector proving to be no exception.

"Our recent World Cup survey highlighted tournament fever was failing to
distract UK IT departments, but this doesn't seem to be the case when it
comes to IT pros' job searches. Since the Germany match, The IT Job Board has
seen a real increase in site visits, and in the number of CVs being uploaded
and updated online. Perhaps an early bath for the team has stimulated
movement in a traditionally sluggish summer period."

Notes to editors

About The IT Job Board:

The IT Job Board group of companies was set up in April 2002 in
recognition that recruitment in the IT sector was increasingly dominated by
the internet.

Today, The IT Job Board (www.theitjobboard.co.uk) is the UK's
biggest IT specialist recruitment website with over 17,000 vacancies
advertised (as at June 2010).

Online technology enables sophisticated targeting - for example by skill,
region or experience - of The IT Job Board's database of 800,000 IT
professionals. The company always tries to get closer to candidates either
via planned content campaigns, or through the use of social networks.

The site also offers employers services such as branded job postings, a
featured employer zone, targeted email campaigns and guidance on advertising
copy. The managed campaign service filters responses to provide companies
with a shortlist of applicants most suitable for the advertised position.

www.theitjobboard.co.uk's clients include Accenture, Bloomberg,
TOMTOM and Britvic.

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[1] Since England's knock out, visit traffic to Banking (+23%), Travel
Agencies (+11%) and Employment (+23%) have all increased.

[2] England v's. Germany. Pre-week, 20-27 June; post-week (28 June - 04
July).

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