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The Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion, through the Directorate of Socio-Economic Labor Research of the General Directorate for Employment Promotion, has prepared the study "Job search methods in Peru: Profiles and Determinants" with information from the National Household Survey (ENAHO) to 2021.
This study, published in the Labor Economics Bulletin No. 54, reveals that most of those looking for a job vacancy in 2021 mainly used the internet to know if there is a position according to their occupational profile (57.8%).
This finding has represented a historical break in relation to the normal job search process in recent years, which used to be dominated by the search through physical intermediaries (friends, relatives or job boards).
Mostly women
As part of the characterization of job seekers, the study indicates that within the group that searched online or ads, most were women and people who reached some instance of higher education.
In turn, within the group of unemployed who used physical intermediaries (that is, consulted directly with the potential employer or used some job exchange service), the majority were men and those who managed to reach secondary school.
On the other hand, research shows that the older the unemployed are, the less likely they are to use physical intermediaries or search the internet or advertisements; while the condition of poverty has a negative effect on the possibility of using the internet.
"In general, the evidence suggests that the choice of search method responds to specific profiles that have among their determinants the age, sex, education and economic situation of the individual," says the bulletin.
In addition, the study has found that job seekers through employers/employers, as well as those who searched via internet/advertisements have higher job placement rates than individuals who searched through physical intermediaries.
For more information, the full study can be found at:
https://www.gob.pe/institucion/mtpe/informes-publicaciones/4217142-bel-n-54-metodos-de-busqueda-de-empleo-en-el-peru-perfiles-y-determinantes
