Beyond·com, the world’s largest network of niche career communities is pleased to present The Milgram Report for November 2008. The monthly report highlights key recruitment trends and statistics related to online jobs, resume postings and salary information collected from the Beyond.com Network of thousands of geographic, industry and specialty sites.

In addition, Beyond·com publishes its Quarterly Career Trend Analysis and Industry Outlook Reports which highlight online job posting and candidate resume trends, as well as a variety of candidate attributes such as experience level, length of job search and ethnicity. Quarterly reports are available at http://www·beyond·com/Media/QuarterlyReports·asp.

National Job Posting Trends

There was a -13.87% decrease in the number of jobs posted in November 2008, compared to the number of jobs posted in October 2008.

Job Posting Trends by Experience Level

The following data represents the percentage change in the number of jobs posted for each candidate experience level in November 2008, compared to the number of jobs posted in October 2008.

Jobs by Experience	Percent Change
< 1 year	-14.14%
1-3 years	-38.70%
3-5 years	-29.43%
5-10 years	-33.75%
10-15 years	-43.42%
15-20 years	-21.35%

National Resume Posting Trends

There was a -6.00% decrease in the number of resumes posted in November 2008, compared to the number of resumes posted in October 2008.

Resume Posting Trends by Experience Level

The following data represents the percentage change in the number of resumes posted for each candidate experience level in November 2008, compared to the number of resumes posted in October 2008.

Resumes by Experience	Percent Change
< 1 year	-4.62%
1-3 years	-1.19%
3-5 years	0.99%
5-10 years	-2.78%
10-15 years	-5.38%
15-20 years	-5.53%/td>