Three out of four job-seekers still use newspapers to look for employment, according to a report released by the Conference Board. The survey of 5000 households found that three out of five job-seekers use the Internet to look for employment.
Newspapers are still the most common method of looking for a job in three of the four major regions across the United States and in all but the top income group, according to the survey. The Western U.S. is the only area of the country where the Internet topped newspapers among those seeking jobs, the survey found.
"Despite the growth of the Internet, help-wanted advertisements in newspapers are still attracting large numbers of job seekers," says Linda Barrington, research director at the Conference Board. "Job seekers are combining newspaper ads and checking Internet job postings as part of their job search efforts. It is a minority that only uses the Internet."
Nearly 60 percent of respondents combined newspaper searches with the Internet or another search vehicle such as a search agency.
Among job seekers with household incomes of $50,000 and over, more than three-quarters reported using the Internet in their job search, while roughly 70 percent used newspapers. Those with household incomes below $25,000 were more likely to search newspapers than the Internet (80 percent to roughly 50 percent, respectively).