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CareerBuilder is currently evaluating how candidates feel about career sites. This quick 5 minute survey will ask your thoughts and opinions about how you use career sites when job searching.

As a thank you for your participation you will be entered into a drawing for a $500 Gift card.

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* What is your current employment status?

Employed, full-time

Employed, full-time, but not in my field of preference

Employed, part-time

Contractor or self-employed

Unemployed

* Which best describes your current situation?

Employed, not looking

Employed, but would consider a change

Considering looking for a new job opportunity

Actively seeking new employment

* Where do you look for job opportunities? Please select all that apply.

For the following questions, we’d like you to envision your most recent job search and the companies you researched and applied to.

Think about the most recent company you researched during a job search. Which of the following online and offline tactics were you aware the company used to attract candidates?

* When you visit a company’s career site, which of the following is important for you to see on the site? Please select the top five that apply.

* When you visit a company’s website during your job search, which of the following would make you less likely to pursue an opportunity there? Please select all that apply.

Outdated design

No information about the company’s culture

No insight into current positions

Little information

No quick searches for jobs

Too difficult to figure out how to apply

Lack of career site/page

Other

* When looking for jobs on a mobile device are you…?

Searching for jobs to apply to

Just researching the company

Both searching and researching

I don’t look at career sites on my mobile device

* If a company you were researching did not have a mobile-friendly site, would it deter you from applying for a position there?

Yes

No

* Thinking about the last job you applied for on a company’s career site, were the amount of steps to submit an application more or less than you expected?

More steps than expected

Fewer steps than expected

Same as expected

Have not applied through a career site

* On average, how many steps do you go through on a career site to submit an application?

* If you were researching a company’s career site and were not yet ready to apply for a specific position, would you join their talent community to keep updated on new positions and information about their company?

Yes

No

* Thinking about your most recent job search, how many company career sites did you look at?

* When looking at a career site, which of the following best describes what you are doing most often?

Visiting to gather information about the company I didn’t already know

Browsing which jobs are available

Taking action and applying for a job

* Do you expect a company you are researching to have a social media presence? (i.e. Facebook page, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest)

Yes

No

* If a company did not have a social media presence, how would it impact your decision to apply for a job there?

It would make me less likely to apply for a job

It would have no impact on my decision

It would make me more likely to apply for a job

If you could make one universal change to all career sites you see, what would it be and why?

Demographics

What is your age?

What is your gender?

Male

Female

What state do you live in?

Please indicate your level of education.

Which industry best describes your area of specialization?