If the proliferation of mobile phones is upending the banking market in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa, what could they do for the job search?
The number of Americans that own smart phones has passed 100 million; in Europe, the most connected region of the world, a significant number of people own more than one.
But these numbers become even more important with research by done by marketing research company Kelton Research, which shows that nearly 90 percent of jobseekers use or would use their smartphones for job searches, but end up being deterred by the difficulty of entering in so much information into sites that are not optimized for small touch screens. With increasing numbers of people looking only to their mobile devices for computing needs, many companies realize they need to disrupt the job applications process, but none so far have been able to create an optimal platform.
As CES attendees walk away from the annual tech conference overwhelmed by all the new ideas, perhaps 'frictionless' job applications should be the next big idea.
Infographic by JIBE. Source: Mashable.
Follow the Diplomatic Courier's discussion on the future of work on Twitter and Facebook at #2050jobs.
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Filling Job Openings with Mobile Platforms [Infographic]
January 8, 2014
If the proliferation of mobile phones is upending the banking market in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa, what could they do for the job search?
The number of Americans that own smart phones has passed 100 million; in Europe, the most connected region of the world, a significant number of people own more than one.
But these numbers become even more important with research by done by marketing research company Kelton Research, which shows that nearly 90 percent of jobseekers use or would use their smartphones for job searches, but end up being deterred by the difficulty of entering in so much information into sites that are not optimized for small touch screens. With increasing numbers of people looking only to their mobile devices for computing needs, many companies realize they need to disrupt the job applications process, but none so far have been able to create an optimal platform.
As CES attendees walk away from the annual tech conference overwhelmed by all the new ideas, perhaps 'frictionless' job applications should be the next big idea.
Infographic by JIBE. Source: Mashable.
Follow the Diplomatic Courier's discussion on the future of work on Twitter and Facebook at #2050jobs.
