Individuals using the Internet for looking for a job or sending a job application

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Análisis

In the EU-27, the percentage of individuals who used the Internet for looking for a job or sending a job application was 15% in 2010. Denmark and Finland are the countries recording the highest values for this indicator. At the other extreme, there are countries like Romania and Cyprus with values far below the European average. Spain records a value of 16%, above the EU-27 average, and also a greater growth rate, since in 2008, the value for Spain was below the EU-27 average.

    

Ficha técnica
Origen
Entidad
Eurostat
Informe
Eurostat ‘Information Society Statistics’
Frecuencia
Annual
Descripción

Number of individuals, expressed as a percentage of the total population, who have used the Internet for looking for a job or sending a job application in the last three months.

Período
2004-2010
Observaciones

Last update: February 2011

 

Data provided to Eurostat by the competent authorities of the Member States (Eurostat: Statistical Office of the European Communities responsible for providing the European Union with statistical information at European level and promoting the harmonisation of statistical methods across the Member States). 

The sample is composed of individuals between the ages of 16 and 74 years.