A new study has found that many people job hunt at work. This really isn't much of a surprise since people spend a lot of time at their jobs in front of a computer which can be a great tool for job seekers. Newsone.ca reports that the study found 1/4 of workers still use their office computer to job hunt even though they know web use is monitored by their employer.
Among workers who believe their Internet use is monitored by their bosses, one-quarter use their work computer for job-hunting, according to research conducted for professional staffing company Hudson Highland Group Inc.
"It's one of the ways employees deal with work-life balance issues," said Robert Morgan, chief operating officer at Hudson Talent Management, one of the company's divisions. "Because we're spending so much time at work, that's the only time we have to schedule some of those appointments."
One-third of workers who think their managers are unaware of their personal Web surfing use their work computer to find a new job, according to the study.
Half of the workers surveyed said their companies monitor their computer use, while three-quarters said they believe their bosses know how much they use the Internet for nonwork activities.
Because a lot of employers do monitor Internet use it is probably wiser to make time at home for the bulk of your job seeking activities. However, sometimes people will want to reply urgently to a hot job prospect they discover in a rss feed or on a job board.
