Database Surges to Over 1.2 Billion Records as it Tracks 1,000’s of Job Boards and Social Media Sites around the World
San Ramon, CA — March 5, 2013 — eQuest today reported that its collection of job board performance statistics has been growing at exceptional volumes – garnering an impressive 100 million data points in just 92 days — bringing its present total to over 1.2 billion records. The dramatic rise was due in part to a noticeable increase in job postings from December, 2012 through the end of February, 2013, which in turn resulted in higher candidate response traffic.
Most data experts agree that eQuest’s data is the most highly prized in the Human Capital space because it measures the actual effectiveness of online job advertising across a multitude of career sites, social networks, and search engines.
David Bernstein, who heads up the Big Data division at eQuest, said, “…and by utilizing these billions of bits of information, we can peer into the future and predict an advertising outcome before it happens — our data components are that strong.”
eQuest is now providing predictive modeling to its corporate customers – a service that has never been offered in the industry at such a granular level. The service can point companies who advertise jobs on the Internet to the specific career sites where that talent is trending at optimum levels. It also provides competitive aggregated analysis enabling companies to resource talent faster than its rivals.
For additional information regarding eQuest’s Big Data for HR: david.bernstein@equest.com.
About eQuest
eQuest is the world’s dominant and most utilized job posting distribution company. Its primary customer base consists of the majority of the Global Fortune 500. It also provides job deliveries on behalf of the world’s largest Applicant Tracking Systems, ERP’s, and job boards – managing thousands of companies through these channels. Present job posting deliveries average 250 million annually. Its Big Data for HR division consults companies wanting to take advantage of its corporate intelligence and predictive analysis services. Other products include consulting, OFCCP compliance and audit protection, technology services, data analytics, Interactive media representation, SEO, and various predictive tools. eQuest was established in 1994. eQuest can be reached at www.equest.com.