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Workers job hunt on company time

A quarter of US workers who use computer admit using it to hunt for a new job on company time according to the survey. Among workers who believe their Internet use is monitored by their bosses, one-quarter use their work computer for job-hunting, according to research conducted for professional staffing company Hudson Highland Group Inc.

"It's one of the ways employees deal with work-life balance issues," said Robert Morgan, chief operating officer at Hudson Talent Management, one of the company's divisions. "Because we're spending so much time at work, that's the only time we have to schedule some of those appointments."

One-third of workers who think their managers are unaware of their personal Web surfing use their work computer to find a new job, according to the study. Half of the worker survey said their companies monitor the computer use. Well 3 quarter said they believe their boss know how much they use internet for non work activities. job hunters may not be overly concerned about what their bosses know, Morgan said, One save me decision to make a job change, they properly less concerned about their current employer finding out, he said, what employers really need to focus their effort on is why people are looking for a job。Boss is trying to get them to stop from looking for it at work. Among mangers, 24% admit to job hunting on their work computer, they survey showed. Among 9 managers, the figure is 23%, more than 2/3 of workers said they spend hardly any time on personal emails, surfing the web, in chat rooms or blogging in typical workday they said, 1/3 said, they spend 2 hours a day at work as such activities as said.