Search Engine Optimization Facts for the HR Industry

1. Over 400 million jobs searches are initiated each year on the major search engines.

2. 90% of these results lead to job boards, while less than 5% lead to corporate career sites.

3. Job seekers are using Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, and other search engines as their first step in job searching.

4. Job boards receive between 24 - 40% of their traffic from the major search engines.