Federal labor website registers 10M searches in ’10; ‘teacher’ most searched

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said its website had nearly 10 million searches in 2010, and the most often searched terms were related to occupation information.
“Teacher” was the most-searched term in 2010 and accounted for nearly 1 percent of all searches. Other hot job title searches included lawyer, nurse, doctor, chef, accountant and physical therapist, the organization said on Jan. 21.
About half of the 20 most-searched terms are occupations related to the health care industry. The BLS also noted that the number of people employed in most of the occupations related to the most-used search terms is projected to increase over the 2008-2018 period.
Registered nurses are seen growing by 581,500 or 22 percent, teachers are seen jumping by 468,000, or 13 percent, and accountants and auditors are jumping by 279,400, or 22 percent.
Of the non-occupation-related queries, “unemployment rate,” “unemployment” and “CPI” were the most-searched terms.
The BLS said it had developed an enhanced website search application in 2010 and plans to implement it soon.