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More 'Online' Job Seekers
By Hazlinda Hamzah
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 (Bernama) -- This decade has seen the explosion of
information and communication technology (ICT), where jobs are available at
one’s fingertips, unlike that of yesteryears.
According to the Singapore-based 'JobsDB.com', the number of job seekers
searching for jobs online is on the rise.
"Between January 2011 and February 2012, the number rose by 365 per cent for
mobile visits from Malaysia alone," Jake Andrew, product manager at JobsDB.com
told Bernama.
The term 'online' refers to being connected to the Internet.
Andrew said Malaysia is the third Asian nation, after Hong Kong and
Singapore, with a high number of online job seekers.
JOB SEEKERS
According to a quantitative study, which involved 2,000 people, held by
JobsDB.com, 82 percent of the job seekers in Malaysia chose online job portals
for looking for new and challenging opportunities.
Forty one per cent were said to be exploring better prospects in their
careers, checking the site three to four times every week.
Some job seekers browsed job portals to satisfy their curiosity over the
value of their current job marketability, while others did it to gauge their
current abilities in a similar job discipline.
Jobs seekers, who belong to this category, will apply for suitable jobs when
opportunities arise, even when they are not intentionally looking for new job
openings or positions.
COMPUTERS
Job seekers today can search for jobs anywhere and anytime.
Even Malaysians are becoming savvier on their high-tech mobile gadgets.
Sheldon Fernandez, general manager at JobsDB.com Malaysia, confirmed that
the number of Malaysians browsing for jobs online is on the rise.
"Job seekers are looking for the right careers for them," Fernandez
explained, emphasising that job seekers today are actually seeking positive
change.
Statistics provided by JobsDB.com reveal that some 800,000 Malaysian job
seekers have been looking for new and better job opportunities, and it is
believed that those with existing jobs make up 60 percent of this group.
INTERNET
The Internet has become a major channel for job searches today, with the
ever growing popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices, hand in hand
with technological advancements.
JobsDB Malaysia has invested substantially to further enhance its technology
and product development services to provide more accessibility and flexibility
to job seekers.
This job search engine aims to cement its leadership role as the preferred
online job portal in this region.
Besides helping employers obtain relevant applications from candidates for
their job vacancies via this popularly growing online option, job seekers also
get to be ‘matched’ appropriately.
The success rate currently is no less than four to five employment
opportunities every month in Malaysia.
PLANS
"Domestic growth in Malaysia is exciting - about six percent in the last
quarter of 2012 - and the same is targeted for 2013, especially where the SME
sector is concerned.
"There are huge opportunities in the job market here in Malaysia, in line
with our growth strategy and expectations," Angeli Beltran, managing director of
JobsDB said.
The region is definitely becoming increasingly borderless today; thus, there
is a possibility for Malaysians to be sourced for posts overseas within the six
regions across Asia.
How long would one take to ‘land’ a job position via this search engine?
Beltran said since the searches are done online, matching job seekers to
available jobs are easier, and applications can be done via the Internet from
anywhere in the country.
"From the application to hiring, it depends on different processes taken by
companies.
"JobsDB provides a wide coverage and a wide reach. That is important to us
as a platform. It sure is challenging to fulfill the needs of our clients,"
Beltran said, when asked on how JobsDB can help reduce unemployment woes in
Malaysia.
The responsibility of JobsDB is not only to place job adverts but also to
get candidates, among interested job seekers, a job.
-- BERNAMA