Desperately seeking Mondays

Monday is the most popular day to job search, but over 40 per cent of jobseekers spend their Saturdays sending out applications and over a third continue the search on Sundays. Ten to 11am is the most popular hour to look for a job, but a fifth of respondents job seek in the evenings, even after 8pm, and 15 per cent start the search before 8am.

The findings come from MyWorkSearch, which reports that over half of jobseekers are facing six months or more without a job and 30 per cent have been unemployed for more than 12 months. More than a third of jobseekers have made over 100 applications but for a staggering 32 per cent, none or only one job interview.

Although all ages are being affected by unemployment, the majority of respondents are over 45 years old and 47 per cent educated to graduate or post-graduate level, demonstrating that even qualifications and experience are no guarantee of a new job.

Are you a job seeker. How does this experience chime with yours?

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