Delivering job search services in rural labour markets: the role of ICT

Table 4 Job search methods used to identify most recently pursued job opportunity
(percentage of long-term unemployed respondents using same job search methods)

Job search method	Wick and Sutherland	West Lothian	Combined study areas
Personal contacts/direct approach	41 (34)	28 (24)	33 (29)
Jobcentre notice boards	14 (19)	32 (36)	25 (29)
Newspaper advertisements	21 (19)	17 (15)	18 (17)
Advice from Jobcentre staff	14 (23)	11 (17)	12 (20)
Other	4 (2)	9 (2)	7 (2)
Community bodies/facilities	5 (3)	4 (5)	4 (4)
Internet	1 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)
Total	100 (100)	100 (100)	100 (100)

Table 5 Access to ICT, by duration and study area (%) (percentage of long-term
unemployed with access to ICT in brackets)

Form of access

Wick and

Sutherland

West Lothian

Combined

study areas

Internet

19 (13)

26 (18)

23 (16)

Telephone

76 (66)

83 (75)

80 (71)

Table 6 Respondents with home Internet access and using the Internet to look for work
on a weekly basis, by educational attainment (%)

Respondents’ general educational attainment	% with Internet access	% using Internet weekly
None	12	8
SVQ1-2/SCE O Grade or equivalent	25	16
At least SVQ3/SCE H Grade or equivalent	37	34
All respondents	23	18

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