JECI poll, July 2008
It was as expected. Though the effect was delayed, we anticipated the JobStreet Employee Confidence Indices could dip in July, and they did so in three of the four countries where we run our JECI poll monthly. Job seekers are generally getting more concerned about the impact of higher consumer prices on the job market in their respective countries.
In Malaysia, the JobStreet ECI dropped to 47.9 from a month earlier. The decline had been felt slowly since March but this drop came in the wake of the increased fuel and food prices. In Singapore, the JobStreet ECI settled at 53.5 from 54.0 a month earlier. In India, the decline in employee confidence continued with the JobStreet ECI registering a drop to 66.1 index points. The only country to buck this trend was the Philippines where job seekers expressed more confidence in the employment market in July than in June, pushing the index up to 57.3 points.
The JobStreet.com Employment Confident Index is a measurement of job seeker confidence in finding a job in the countries where we hold our monthly polls.




Jerry Seinfeld, the American stand-up comedian, was featured on a talk show that I was watching briefly yesterday as I darted in and out of my living room. I don't know whether you have heard of his Three Rules Of Life? He was talking about them yesterday and I thought to myself, yes, they make very good sense!







Today's blog item is NOT a publicity promotion for any organisation. It's just that we couldn't help wondering whether it's a first for JobStreet.com.