INTERNATIONAL Special week-long feature on Brazil: Where people are looking for their job

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).
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.

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