JobsInRI.com Releases First Quarter Employment Index Showing Small Business Growth

WESTBROOK, Maine, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- JobsInTheUS.com, one of the largest Internet recruiting companies in the Northeast and the fastest growing recruiting site in the South, released JobsInRI.com's Employment Index for First Quarter 2007. JobsInTheUS.com is owned by Journal Register Company and operates 19 web sites including JobsInMS.com (Mississippi), JobsInAL.com (Alabama), JobsInME.com (Maine), JobsInNH.com (New Hampshire), JobsInVT.com (Vermont) and JobsInRI.com (Rhode Island) and others.

The index reveals job growth in Rhode Island is strong over all with small businesses posting more than 55% of the jobs in the first quarter. Healthcare continued to be one of the leading industries posting jobs while seasonal jobs were the most searched on the site.

First Quarter 2007 Summary Background:

JobsInRI.com is one of the fastest growing internet job sites in the state. With 3,303 jobs posted this quarter, and over 200,000 searches being done, we are in a unique position to monitor and report on the employment trends within the state. The JobsInRI.com Jobs Index is a statistical summary of the data compiled for the quarter by month. The Index identifies key trends based on job openings posted, searches performed by job seekers and key metrics from the web site. Taken together they offer a unique perspective into the key trends for employment in Rhode Island.

Job Trends: The following are the significant trends for Q1 2007: -- The number of jobs posted this quarter (3,303) is up 41% from Q4 2006. There is also general strength in many areas of the state and across many industries. -- A majority of the new job openings were in Providence County (41.9% of all job openings), Kent County (20.8%) and Newport County (6.6%). -- Job openings activity covered a number of job types: -- Health Care (12.8% of all job openings) -- Nonprofit (9.2%) -- Sales (8.3%) -- Customer Support (6.8%) -- Advertising/Marketing (5.5%) -- 55.4% of the job openings posted were from companies with 50 or fewer employees. -- Companies with 51 - 100 employees accounted for 11.2% of the total. -- Companies with 101 - 250 employees accounted for 14.7% of the total. -- 64. 2% of job openings were for Full-time positions. -- 31.1% were part-time -- 4.7% were contract or per diem Job Search Trends: The following are the significant trends for Q1 2007: -- The number of qualified (job seeker used specific parameters to search for a position) searches this quarter was 608,427, up slightly from Q4 2006. -- The top job categories searched by job seekers were: -- Health Care (9.4%) -- Clerical (7.7% of all qualified searches) -- Customer Service (4.5%) -- Seasonal Nov-Apr (5.8%) -- Seasonal May-Oct (5.8%) -- 31% of the qualified searches also contained a geographic preference: -- Providence County (56.5% of qualified searches) -- Kent County (18.1%) -- Washington County (10.6%) -- A majority of the job seekers prefer to look for positions within close proximity to their home. The commuting preference for job seekers was: -- 1-30 miles - 62.5% -- 31-40 miles - 17.3% -- > 40 miles - 20.2% Web Site Trends:

JobsInRI.com had a total of 433,305 unique visits for the quarter, up 32% from the Q4 2006 figure. Average time per visit increased substantially from 3 minutes, 54 seconds to 6 minutes and 52 seconds, well above industry averages. During an average visit, a job seeker will download 7.9 pages.

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About JobsInTheUS

Founded in 1999, JobsInTheUS is one of the fastest-growing local job Internet sites -- both in terms of unique visits to the Web sites and jobs posted. Headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, the company specializes in state-specific job Internet sites where qualified candidates who want to work in a particular state find a match with local employers at a lower cost for employers than other recruiting methods. JobsInTheUS operates JobsInME.com, JobsInNH.com, JobsInVT.com, JobsInRI.com, JobsInMA.com, JobsInCT.com, JobsInDE.com, JobsInAL.com, JobsInLouisiana.com, JobsInMS.com, JobsInKS.com, JobsInMD.com, JobsInDC.com, JobsInVA.com, JobsInWV.com, and JobsInAK.com.

About Journal Register Company

Journal Register Company is a leading U.S. media company. Journal Register Company owns 22 daily newspapers and 345 non-daily publications. Journal Register Company currently operates 222 individual Web sites that are affiliated with the Company's daily newspapers, non-daily publications and its network of employment Web sites. These Web sites can be accessed at http://www.journalregister.com/. All of the Company's operations are strategically clustered in six geographic areas: Greater Philadelphia; Michigan; Connecticut; Greater Cleveland; and the Capital-Saratoga and Mid-Hudson regions of New York. The Company owns JobsInTheUS, a network of 19 premier employment Web sites.

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