totaljobs.com has revealed that 34 per cent of visits to its website now come from people using their smartphone or tablet – up from 23 per cent in October 2012. In addition, the number of people completing their application on mobile has increased by 68 per cent, driven by the Google Drive compatibility introduced by totaljobs.com earlier this year.

This allows jobseekers to upload their CVs on the go and comes as a result of increased demand for greater mobile functionality. Google estimates that 50 per cent of recruitment-related searches will be conducted from a mobile device by the third quarter of 2014.

The research has found that multichannel isn’t just for retailers. Jobseekers are conducting searches from their mobile devices and sending the application to themselves to complete on a desktop. The two most popular mobile devices for searching on-the-go are the iPhone (40 per cent) and the iPad (25 per cent).

“The continued evolution of mobile technology is driving the use of mobile devices as part of a jobseeker’s recruitment search,” said totaljobs.com director, John Salt. “We book holidays and buy Christmas presents online, now people are also finding their next jobs. Using mobile for job-hunting is only going to grow in the years to come. It’s an exciting, life-changing technology; there’s a reason billions of people use mobiles every day to do life admin whilst out and about. At totaljobs.com we encourage people to get mobile and find that next job.”