Job hunters use employers’ time to look for alternative work and surfing the Net for jobs during working hours is common practice amongst unsettled staff, according to Parity, the IT services company.
Over 60% of those seeking alternative employment do so during work, with peaks first thing in the morning and before hometime. Parity found that 40% of job applications are sent to its Web site between 10 and 11am, and around 5pm. However, only 6% of applications are received during lunch, indicating that job hunters are apparently reluctant to give up their own time.
Parity also receives 4% of applications between 1am and 6am every day, proving that some people are willing to sacrifice their beauty sleep in the hunt for alternative employment.
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Can employees be prevented from searching for new jobs while at
This issue deals with whether the company or organisation in question permits personal surfing. If they do and have a policy of allowing surfing outside of working hours, then checking on what sites staff go to breaches Human Rights Law, Data Protection Law etc. If personal surfing is banned, then site auditing is possible. The other mechanisim to prevent job surfing is to block the websites in question.