Jobs2Web, a Web 2.0 interactive recruiting solutions provider, today announced the results of its October 2008 Job Search Statistics Report.

The Jobs2Web Job Search Statistics Report examines job-related Web search traffic, as well as when job candidates look for new jobs. The report draws its findings from Google’s keyword search tool, as well as Jobs2Web’s client network, which consists of over 60 major companies that reported close to 500,000 career site visitors during October.

According to Google, the search term “jobs” ranked sixth in the top ten search terms, above cars, games and porn. On average, more than 151 million searches were conducted on this search term during October (up from 124 million per month average on the major search engine).

Jobs2Web identified that most job-related searches are performed in the middle of the work day (1:00 p.m. CST was the peak time of day for visitors), which means many people perform job searches around the lunch hour with search activity remaining strong through the work day and into the evening hours. Wednesday is the peak traffic day for job-related searches; however, search activity starts strong on Mondays and is sustained throughout the work week, with a slight drop on Fridays.

Top job categories that saw dramatic increases in searches during October included clerical jobs with an 83% increase followed by customer service jobs, executive jobs, attorney jobs and technology jobs, all with 50% increases over an average month’s traffic.

Doug Berg, Jobs2Web’s Chief Innovation Officer, commented, “According to Google’s keyword search tool, searching for job-related content is one of the top ten things people do on Google. Our findings are consistent with trends being driven by the current economic conditions.” He continued, “Ironically, despite massive increase in job seeker activity on the major search engines, candidates rarely find employers’ jobs directly on Google and similar search engines, because career sites and jobs aren’t optimized — and are therefore hidden — from the search engines and job seekers, who only see paid job board listings online. As a result, nearly 80% of all jobs are hidden from the average job seeker.”

Commencing with the October 2008 report, Jobs2Web Job Search Statistics are published monthly and can be requested by emailing kkanis@jobs2web.com

Source: Jobs2web.com