HIGHEST EVER NUMBER OF VISITS TO SASKJOBS.CA IN MARCH

SaskJobs.ca experienced more than one million hits in March - the highest ever number of visits in one month since the site went live on November 1, 1999.

There were 1,074,900 visits to the site in March - an increase of 13.5 per cent over the same month last year.

Ireland ranked as the country with the most international traffic on SaskJobs.ca with 13,706 visits. Last month, Premier Brad Wall and Advanced Education, Employment and Immigration Minister Rob Norris led a labour recruitment mission to Ireland along with 27 Saskatchewan employers.

"More people than ever before are going to SaskJobs.ca to find great opportunities to work and live in Saskatchewan," Norris said.

In order to serve job seekers better, a brand new SaskJobs.ca mobile site is now operational. The new mobile site allows browsing by location, job category and key words, all from mobile devices.

"SaskJobs.ca is now more accessible to people anywhere and anytime," Norris said. "In March alone, there was a 356 per cent jump in the number of visits from mobile users compared to March last year."

Today, there are 12,249 vacancies posted on www.SaskJobs.ca.

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For more information, contact:

Bonny Braden
Advanced Education, Employment and Immigration
Saskatoon
Cell: 306-221-1838