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LOUIS (PRNewswire), November 12, 2006 - Seventy percent of all job seekers reported using newspapers and online ads to look for employment, The Conference Board reported recently. Online and print ads were not mutually exclusive, with most job seekers using more than one method. But searching print and online ads ranked well above other job search methods such as networking with friends and colleagues (50 percent of job seekers) and other activities including using employment agencies (26 percent of job seekers). "The Internet has definitely become an established method of job search," said June Shelp, Economist and Director, New Initiatives at The Conference Board, "but job seekers are still combing print ads as well." The research shows that the Internet is being used for a variety of job search functions from gathering employer/job information (68 percent of job seekers), submitting resumes and applications (66 percent), to posting resumes on a website (42 percent) and signing up for email notifications (39 percent). This recent data on job search methods is based on a nationally representative sample of 5,000 households surveyed monthly for The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index and is conducted on behalf of The Conference Board by TNS. Job Offers Most Often Attributed to the Internet Among respondents who received a job offer, the largest percentage (38 percent) feels that their job offer resulted from their Internet search. About one-third attribute their job offer to networking with friends and colleagues (27 percent) and "other," including employment agencies (30 percent). Newspapers were the least likely to be cited as the source of a job offer with 24 percent of respondents citing print ads. Just under half of the job seekers in this survey reported receiving a job offer. Respondents could include more than one source in their answer to the question on the source of their job offer. On the advertisers' side, jobs in a variety of occupations are now posted on job boards and the Internet sites of newspapers. Management jobs, along with healthcare practitioners and business and financial operations are among the leading occupational categories with online advertised vacancies. Over 1200 Internet job boards are tracked monthly in The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series(TM), which now publishes monthly data for 50 states, 52 major metropolitan areas as well as occupational data. Major Railroads Cited as Top Military-Friendly Employers ST. LOUIS (PRNewswire), November 12, 2006 - The nation's four largest railroads have all made the list of "Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers" as determined by GI Jobs magazine. The railroad industry is creating 80,000 American jobs over the next six years, and is one of the few industries that doesn't outsource its jobs or facilities overseas. Thousands of those being hired are former military personnel, including both officers and enlisted personnel. The jobs they perform cross the entire spectrum of railroading, from locomotive engineers to conductors to civil engineers to information technology to marketing. "Today, railroads are going through a hiring boom as more and more freight moves by train," said Edward R. Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads. "The railroad industry finds that veterans are some of the best people they can hire to handle those jobs." For the second consecutive year, Union Pacific Railroad was judged the country's most military-friendly employer. Also making the top 50 list were BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation. The magazine considered 2,500 companies in developing its list of top 50. "As the nation prepares to commemorate Veterans Day this weekend, I can think of no greater honor for an industry than to be singled out as being a military-friendly employer," said Hamberger. "The support shown by railroads for employees with military backgrounds goes back to our earliest days when many of those first railway lines were laid out by civil engineers who graduated from West Point." People with a military background are well suited for railroad employment. They pay attention to detail, are extremely safety conscious and are comfortable working in weather conditions that accompany railway operating jobs. In addition, officers and noncommissioned officers have leadership skills that transfer well to the railroad environment. Because many railroad employees are reservists or members of the National Guard, they are subject to possible call-up, and hundreds are currently serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and other military locations around the world. Most railroads provide those employees with extended benefits, including wage protection and health insurance. 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