Online Jobseeking in Brazil Adzuna survey

Nowadays in Brazil more and more people seeking jobs use the internet rather than more traditional offline means. However, some locations are much more successful for this than others.

According to a recent survey conducted by jobseekers’ website Adzuna, the three most effective cities for job hunting online are respectively Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba. This seems to be because in these bustling centres there are fewer applicants per advertised vacancy, on average and therefore less competition per job.

In the most recent update of the survey, Sao Paolo had 16 applicants per online-advertised job on average and Rio had 17

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Population Explosion in Sao Paolo

With over twelve million people the Sao Paolo area is easily the largest metropolis in Brazil. But it’s also notable for another kind of population…motorcycles.

There’s been such a rapid expansion of numbers in recent months that this form of transport is becoming of really major importance. The DMV-SP ( State Department of Motor Vehicles) estimates that there are now very nearly one million motorbikes. That’s an average of one per every three households and represents an increase of 3.6% over last year.

There are still many more cars or trucks of course, but the popularity of two-wheeled transport is starting to close the gap. Relative cheapness to buy and run, ease of parking and storage and ‘nippy-ness’ in traffic congestion are all factors, say the Department.

 

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