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Where in the UK does the typical worker tend to work? The answer seems to be that Tesco leads the way in job and career searches on Google, with an average of 362,000 people. Search by keywords on the Internet per month.
Despite the negative publicity over their employment practicesAmazon appears to be in second place, followed by Asda, another grocery chain. Indeed, supermarkets dominate the list, occupying seven of the top ten spots..
The study was conducted by the marketing training center. School of Marketingwith data provided digital magazine for consideration. The company analyzed the top searches for jobs and careers on Google to see which private sector companies people living in the UK most want to work for at the moment.
Tesco has become the most searched company, with the multinational supermarket averaging over 362,000 job searches per month. On average, there are 232,000 searches per month for “work at Tesco” and 130,000 searches for “career at Tesco”. It is by far the most popular company to work for, with over 150,000 searches compared to second place Amazon.
Amazon records over 184,000 searches per month for “Amazon jobs” and over 12,000 monthly searches for “Amazon careers”, which adds up to an average of 196,000 searches for Amazon opportunities from people per month.
In third place, with over 138,000 job searches per month, was Asda. This was made possible by over 114,000 searches for “Asda jobs” and 24,000 searches for “Asda careers” per month.
Sainsbury’s ranks fourth on the list with 111,000 searches per month for “work at Sainsbury” and 17,000 searches per month for “career at Sainsbury”, for a total of 128,000 searches per month. This represents another grocery store.
The Royal Mail postal service is ranked fifth as one of three non-supermarket top ten positions. On average, there are 116,000 searches per month for “Jobs at Royal Mail” and 11,000 searches for “Careers at Royal Mail”, for a total of 127,000.
Full list:
| # | Company | Searches “Job” | The search for a “career” | Total requests per month |
| one | Tesco | 232 000 | 130 000 | 362 000 |
| 2 | Amazon | 184 000 | 12000 | 196 000 |
| 3 | Asda | 114 000 | 24000 | 138000 |
| four | Sainsbury | 111 000 | 17000 | 128000 |
| 5 | royal mail | 116 000 | 11000 | 127 000 |
| 6 | Morrisons | 71000 | 9300 | 80 300 |
| 7 | Waitrose | 64000 | 4400 | 68 400 |
| eight | Lidl | 44000 | 18000 | 62000 |
| 9 | Aldi | 50,000 | 10,000 | 60 000 |
| ten | Primark | 41000 | 13000 | 54000 |
Commenting on the findings, says Richie Mehta, CEO of the School of Marketing. digital magazine: “It is clear where the interest in the labor market in the private sector is now, and this is in supermarkets. Also, some supermarkets are much more popular in terms of job search than others.”
Mehta adds that the reputation of the company she is affiliated with is critical, noting: “Because big brands are the focus of many people when they start their job search, small businesses need to work harder to find and attract qualified employees. One extremely effective way to do this is to take advantage of initiatives such as the Levy Apprenticeship scheme to attract new employees or train existing digital and data-driven programs, with the vast majority of training costs covered by the collection.”
