The Online College Labor Market

The Online College Labor Market

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  The Online College LaborMarket Anthony P. Carnevale, Tamara Jayasundera, Dmitri Repnikov April 22, 2014
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  Overview •  Employers areincreasingly utilizing online job boards and their own websites to fill job openings •  Out of 3.7 million jobs, there are 2.7 million jobs posted online monthly •  Jobs that require a B.A. are more likely to be posted online, while those below the B.A. level are underrepresented
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  Job Ads byEducation Level •  More than 80 percent of job openings for workers with a Bachelor’s degree or better are posted online •  Less than 50 percent of job openings for workers with less education are posted online
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  Occupational Clusters •  Managerial/professionaloffice occupations are the most in- demand occupational cluster for college graduates, representing 33 percent of online job ads
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  Management Occupations •  Medical/healthservices; sales; financial; and marketing managers are the most in-demand management occupations
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  STEM Occupations •  STEMoccupations account for 28 percent of online college job ads •  Online job ads for STEM occupations are growing twice as fast as job ads overall
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  Information Technology Occupations • For information technology occupations, the most promising opportunities are for application software developers and computer systems analysts
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  Healthcare Occupations •  Foradvanced degree-holders, healthcare professional/ technical occupations are the second-most in-demand occupational cluster after managerial/professional office occupations •  Healthcare professional/technical occupations represent 11 percent of online job ads
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  Consulting/Business Services Industry • Consulting/business services is the top online advertiser among industries, where two out of three jobs require a Bachelor’s degree or higher, and 14 percent require a graduate degree
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  Conclusion •  Online jobads can be a valuable tool for connecting real people with real jobs, in real time, especially for college graduates, who are more likely to search for jobs on the Internet
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