The Online College Labor Market
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The Online College Labor Market: Where the Jobs Are More than 80 percent of job openings for workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher are posted online. This report analyzes the demand for college talent in the job market by examining online job advertisements for college degree-holders by education, occupations, and industries.
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The Online College Labor Market
- 1. The Online College Labor Market Anthony P. Carnevale, Tamara Jayasundera, Dmitri Repnikov April 22, 2014
- 2. Overview • Employers are increasingly utilizing online job boards and their own websites to fill job openings • Out of 3.7 million jobs, there are 2.7 million jobs posted online monthly • Jobs that require a B.A. are more likely to be posted online, while those below the B.A. level are underrepresented
- 3. Job Ads by Education Level • More than 80 percent of job openings for workers with a Bachelor’s degree or better are posted online • Less than 50 percent of job openings for workers with less education are posted online
- 4. Occupational Clusters • Managerial/professional office occupations are the most in- demand occupational cluster for college graduates, representing 33 percent of online job ads
- 5. Management Occupations • Medical/health services; sales; financial; and marketing managers are the most in-demand management occupations
- 6. STEM Occupations • STEM occupations account for 28 percent of online college job ads • Online job ads for STEM occupations are growing twice as fast as job ads overall
- 7. Information Technology Occupations • For information technology occupations, the most promising opportunities are for application software developers and computer systems analysts
- 8. Healthcare Occupations • For advanced degree-holders, healthcare professional/ technical occupations are the second-most in-demand occupational cluster after managerial/professional office occupations • Healthcare professional/technical occupations represent 11 percent of online job ads
- 9. Consulting/Business Services Industry • Consulting/business services is the top online advertiser among industries, where two out of three jobs require a Bachelor’s degree or higher, and 14 percent require a graduate degree
- 10. Conclusion • Online job ads can be a valuable tool for connecting real people with real jobs, in real time, especially for college graduates, who are more likely to search for jobs on the Internet
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