Worktime is prime time for job hunting

Many employees are spending valuable time during the working day looking for another job. According to recent research, the prime times for job hunting are between 10.00am and 3.30pm

A 12-month survey carried out by Jobpilot across the UK, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, Hungary and The Netherlands found that employees are using company time and resources in their pursuits.

As the working day draws to an end the number of employees browsing job websites drops.

The research also reveals that the French are the early birds, with a high number of employees searching between the hours of 5.00am and 7.00am.

Workers seem reluctant to encroach on their free time, with Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays being the least popular day to go job hunting. Tuesday is the most popular day, says the report, followed by Wednesday, Monday and Thursday.

VNU Business Publications launched a recruitment network last week featuring eight online careers centres aimed at professionals in the IT and finance industries.

Brin Bucknor, managing director of VNU, said: "This service is particularly appealing to those recruiting in the field of IT, where high quality staff are still hard to find. Recruiters can target their vacancy at IT professionals in the UK's leading weekly IT publication, Computing." Other candidates can be targeted online at jobs.vnunet.com.