TheLadders Insights!Career and Hiring Trends!

October 1, 2014

Follows population hubs, Operations go beyond the major metro areas

Technology jobs are becoming most competitive in NYC

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30

45

60

75

90

Year

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

# of jobs per 100 Professionals Technology

Finance

Sales

Marketing

Operations

Avg. jobseeker per 0 5

West coast is more competitive, Atlanta less

NYC

ATL

Technology Landscape

Avg. jobseeker per job0 5

Competitive trends expected to continue in 2015

From 2013 to 2014

NYC is the most desired external location for jobseekers in these metro areas…

Looking for a job outside of current location

AtlantaSan Francisco

New York

Houston

Los Angeles

… and Atlanta is no exception

Reaching out to these jobseekers

Average number of daily views per job drops by 4x on day 8 compared to day 1

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2

3

4

5

6

7

Days since published1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50

Average number of views per job

4x

23% more views for jobs posted on Wednesday compared to Sunday

Relative job view %

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday 0%

2%

18%

20%

23%

17%

20%

Mobile users are 34% more likely to view job posts between 6-10am

2%

5%

7%

9%

Hour of the day

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

% of views within a day

Mobile

Website

Trending keywords

22 Million+words in job titles

200 Million+words in job descriptions

4 Billion+words in resumes

Changing world of data management

Mobile supremacy

Mobile supremacy

Financial Crisis

Higher demand in jobs, before resume picks up

Keyword appearance in jobs leads resume by 2-4 months

To Summarize…• Technology is the fastest growing function area in NYC in

last 3 years!

• It may help to expand search beyond NYC for relevant and interested candidates!

• Wednesdays are the best days to publish jobs!

• 4x more views on day 1 than day 8 and beyond!

• 34% more views on mobile between 6-10am!

• New keywords show up in job descriptions 2-4 months ahead of resumes

Appendix

Follows population hubs, Operations go beyond the major metro areas

Outline (to be removed)• Where the jobs are today? Which areas (geo and functional) are seeing heavy

growth? In NYC, which are the kind of jobs that are growing fast?!

• Where are the jobseekers? By function, which other location may be your best bet? !

• How competitive different locations are? What’s the story with NYC on competitive front?!

• Coming to NYC - which locations are the top ones moving here?!

• How do you reach these jobseekers - best ways to use job as the medium!- activity chart - leaving it out there vs. re-publishing (either it’s already stacked with applicants or it’s not

desirable!

• Optimal activity time-windows - which day/time are jobseekers most likely to look at a job!

• Stay ahead of the keyword trap - new keywords show up in job descriptions typically 2-4 months prior to resumes. Knowing related skills may get you ahead in the marketplace

West coast is more competitive, Atlanta less

NYC

ATL

Avg. jobseeker per job0 5

2013 2014

Competitive trends expected to continue in 2015