Fri, 22 Jun 2012

There are 199m people worldwide who are interested in working in Brazil

Compared to the global workforce this group is more likely to visit a company website, but much less likely to attend a job fair, finds research from Dutch recruitment and labour market communications firm Intelligence Group (IG).

rGlobally, 81% of the workforce use job websites to find a new job – this lowers slightly to 80% among those interested in working in Brazil.

Every day this week, recruiter.co.uk has looked at some of the factors affecting recruitment and talent mobility in this emerging economy.

Three major differences in the way those interested in working in Brazil differ in their job search from the global workforce as a whole are the likelihood to visit a company website, consult in-store advertising or attend a jobs fair or other career event.

Here is a selection of responses to the question ‘Which sources would you use when looking for a new job?’:

	Global workforce	Those interested in Brazil
Company website	46%	60%
Search engines	36%	26%
Local newspaper	21%	28%
National/regional paper	18%	22%
Speculative applications	13%	25%
Job fair/careers event	12%	28%
In-store advertising	6%	17%

This is the final article in a week-long series by recruiter.co.uk using IG’s research on Brazil.