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Staff aim to move on a Tuesday

Workers are most likely to surf the internet looking for a new job on Tuesday afternoons, it has been claimed. Recruitment website fish4jobs says productivity falls to its lowest point at 3.15pm on a Tuesday as workers rush online to hunt for new prospects.

Each jobseeker spends more than eight minutes surfing the internet for a new job once they have logged on, a survey of 700 workers found. Two thirds admitted they had been caught out job-hunting by their boss.

Joe Slavin, chief executive of fish4, said: “In our experience, Tuesday afternoons are the trigger point in the week when most employees’ minds start to wander and reflect on their current job situation. Hence we always see a spike in traffic just after 3pm. Not only do they start searching for jobs, but they also browse for cars and homes on our site during this period. It’s worrying to note that some jobseekers are blatantly looking for jobs during their current worktime - it’s a dangerous game and certainly one that we wouldn’t recommend.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .