The Online College Labor Market: Where the Jobs Are More than 80 percent of job openings for workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher are posted online. This report analyzes the demand for college talent in the job market by examining online job advertisements for college degree-holders by education, occupations, and industries.
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The Online College Labor Market
1. The Online College
Labor Market
Anthony P. Carnevale, Tamara Jayasundera, Dmitri
Repnikov
April 22, 2014
2. Overview
• Employers are increasingly 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
3. Job Ads by Education 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
6. STEM Occupations
• STEM occupations account for 28 percent of online
college job ads
• Online job ads for STEM occupations are growing
twice as fast as job ads overall
7. Information Technology Occupations
• For information technology occupations, the most promising
opportunities are for application software developers and
computer systems analysts
8. Healthcare Occupations
• For advanced 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
9. 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
10. Conclusion
• Online job ads 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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