State Of Media Job Boards: Flat Is The New Up

In June, the growth in job postings on some major media job boards flattened off a bit, signaling that job openings may have reached a plateau.

Mediabistro.com’s board, which ended the month of May with an average of 1300 postings on any given day, saw the steepest moderation, finishing June with an average of 1180 openings per day. But Bookjobs.com and journalismjobs.com both saw upticks in the number of postings on their boards.

In the following graphs of the three months ended June 30, the blue line represents the number of postings on a given day; the red is a seven-day average meant to smooth out weekend fluctuations.

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