--- title: Why Today Is the Most Important Day of the Whole Year for Job Seekers description: Monster.com found that the first Wednesday of January is the busiest day of the year for job searches. authors: - name: Martha C. White role: Writer url: https://money.com/author/martha-c-white/ education: BA, English, Princeton University at_money_since: 2015 articles: 350 covers: - Career Advice - Banking - Business - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Federal Reserve Rate Cuts - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology published: '2016-01-06T20:33:15.000Z' modified: '2016-01-06T20:33:15.000Z' section: Career Advice tags: - find new job - hiring managers - HR - HR manager - job advice - job search - pubdesk word_count: 226 canonical: https://money.com/most-important-day-of-year-for-job-seekers/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![job seekers at a job fair](https://img.money.com/2016/01/160106_car_mostpopday.jpg) Looking for a job? You'll have lots of company today: [Monster.com found](http://www.monster.com/about/a/Monster-Uncovers-the-Busiest-Day-for-Job-Searching-is-the-First-Wednesday-of-the-Year) that the first Wednesday of January is the busiest day of the year for job searches. Last year, the site said there was a 70% jump in job searches on that day compared with the average day. While more competition might sound like a bad thing, it's actually not, because this is the time of year when HR departments also dive back into the resume pool after a holiday lull, so if you want to get noticed, be quick about it. "As soon as you see a job that you are interested in, apply," Monster careers expert Vicki Salemi advised job-seekers [on CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/06/its-the-most-popular-day-to-look-for-a-job.html). Monster also noted that job searches fell 7% from November to December, so if you'd rather have the odds in your favor, consider continuing — or even stepping up — your job search around the holidays. Yes, more HR people might be on vacation, but the ones that aren't are more likely to appreciate a job seeker who's also putting their nose to the grindstone rather than kicking back with a cup of hot cocoa. "Many employers are not as busy during the holidays, so candidates may have a better chance of getting the attention of HR departments and hiring managers,” [advised](http://business.time.com/2013/12/09/5-reasons-you-should-look-for-a-job-right-now/) Society for Human Resource Management expert panelist Art Glover. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/most-important-day-of-year-for-job-seekers/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Career Advice", "item": "https://money.com/career-advice/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Job Search Sites", "item": "https://money.com/job-search-sites/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Why Today Is the Most Important Day of the Whole Year for Job Seekers" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/most-important-day-of-year-for-job-seekers/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/most-important-day-of-year-for-job-seekers/", "name": "Why Today Is the Most Important Day of the Whole Year for Job Seekers", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-01-06T20:33:15.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/most-important-day-of-year-for-job-seekers/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/most-important-day-of-year-for-job-seekers/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2016-01-06T20:33:15.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Why Today Is the Most Important Day of the Whole Year for Job Seekers", "articleSection": "Career Advice", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/160106_car_mostpopday.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1400, "caption": "160106_CAR_MostPopDay" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martha C. 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