JobsGroup.net Survey Reveals 84% of Employees Support Smoking Ban

(PRLEAP.COM) JobsGroup.net, the award-winning online recruitment network, has revealed today that 84 per cent of employees support a complete smoking ban in all enclosed public places, including the smoking rooms still found in many workplaces. The survey had 1,200 responses and was conducted across the company’s network of leading job sites, which includes JustEngineers.net, Just4Finance.net and JustSalesandMarketing.net.

The smoking ban is due to be implemented next year. It will apply to all enclosed workspaces except for a very small number where it is impossible for smoking to take place outdoors for health and safety reasons, which includes oil rigs, prisons and care homes.

Mark Hepworth, Managing Director of JobsGroup.net, comments, "Our survey reveals the overwhelming majority of employees are happy to see the end of smoking in the workplace. This seems to reflect the mood in the country overall, where health concerns about passive smoking are now being given more weight than the individual rights of smokers.

"Interestingly, the majority of smokers are also in favour of the ban, perhaps seeing it as an opportunity to cut down. The ban should also help bridge the divide between smokers and non-smokers that seems to exist in many companies, which will improve working relations. Overall it’s a popular move that will lead to a cleaner and healthier working environment for everyone."

JobsGroup.net operates niche sites for the engineering; rail; construction; utilities; aviation; defence; sales and marketing; finance; executive; and graduate sectors. The company was recently recognised by Online Recruitment Magazine as the number one site for placements and is the first in the UK to be awarded the W-Mark website quality accreditation by the EIQA.

Jobseekers can register free and within minutes gain access to the UK’s most active recruiters. Career tools and advice are available on all the sites, including free CV reviews and discussion forums, to help job seekers maximise their chances of success.

For information on why over 2,000 recruiters use JobsGroup.net as their number one choice for recruitment advertising solutions please call 0845 050 2000. www.JobsGroup.net

About JobsGroup.net
Established in 2000, JobsGroup.net operates a network of award-winning websites for sector specific jobseekers. Attracting 388,816 unique users a month and with over 210,000 CVs available across ten specialist sites, JobsGroup.net offers a high quality targeted approach to online recruitment. JobsGroup.net helps to fill over 24,000 vacancies a year.

 JobsGroup.net has been short listed for Best Online Service at the Recruiter 2006 Awards.
 JobsGroup.net has been short listed for Best Technical Innovation in Online Recruitment at the Online Recruitment Magazine (OnRec) Awards 2006
 JobsGroup.net has been nominated for Innovative Online Marketing at the Online Recruitment Magazine (OnRec) Awards 2006
 JobsGroup.net is the Online Recruitment Magazine 2005 Number One Site for Placements.
 JobsGroup.net sites were the first in the UK to be awarded the W-Mark website quality accreditation by the EIQA.
 JobsGroup.net sites are subject to ABCe auditing.
 JobsGroup.net is a member of the Online Recruitment Marketing Council (ORMC)
 JustEngineers.net has twice received the National Online Recruitment Award (NORA) for Best Specialist Job Site.
 JustEngineers.net is an affiliate of the Engineering Council.
 JustRail.net is approved by Link-Up, the rail industry supplier qualification and verification scheme.
 JustUtilities.net is approved by the Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) supplier verification scheme.

JobsGroup.net leading niche sites include:
www.JustEngineers.net – Engineering jobs
www.JustRail.net – Rail jobs
www.JustUtilities.net – Utilities jobs
www.JustConstruction.net – Construction jobs
www.DefenceJobs.com – Defence jobs
www.Just4Aviation.net – Aviation jobs
www.JustSalesandMarketing.net – Sales and Marketing jobs
www.Just4Graduates.net – Graduate jobs
www.Just4Executives.net – Executive jobs
www.Just4Finance.net – Financial jobs
www.JobsInABox.net – Specialist recruitment industry internet services

JobsGroup.net is the co-publisher of JustTechnical Jobs, the UK’s first technical jobs newspaper. More information can be found at www.JustTechnicalJobs.net