Sr Professionals using mobile to search jobs: HeadHonchos' Study

HeadHonchos.com, India’s premier job search and career management portal exclusively for senior professionals, has reported that share of traffic from mobile devices to its site has doubled in the last 12 months. This is indicative of the fact that more and more senior professionals are making use of high end smartphones for their career management activities. It also reflects that a greater number of senior professionals are relying on mobile internet to log on to job search portals, while on the go.

This has also brought forth interesting information about the operating systems. Amongst the operating systems used to access the senior job search portal, there has been a massive increase of 255% in access via Android devices in the last 12 months, followed by increase in access via iOS (108%) and Blackberry (61%). Together the three operating systems, Android, Blackberry and iOS make up for most of the mobile traffic.

From the product perspective a chunk of traffic comes from Apple (36%) and Samsung (23%) devices. The largest growth in traffic has come from Samsung devices and this has grown at double the pace at which traffic from Apple devices has grown. Tablets are fast becoming an important device for job search for senior professionals. From almost a negligible share in usage last year, almost 30% of all mobile traffic usage is from tablets.

Speaking about the trend, Mr. Uday Sodhi, CEO, HeadHonchos.com said, ‘Job Search by senior professionals is a very personal and confidential activity. Smartphones and tablets allow users to do their job search on the move, in complete confidence and away from their desktop PCs. As one never knows when one is face to face with a suitable opportunity, people prefer to stay updated on mobile.’