PROVIDENCE, R.I. - eTradeWire -- Lynn Bentley, President of Knobull reported, "If you used an academic search engine for "remote jobs" this year, you're not alone. In August 2023, U.S.-based users searching for the term hit an all-time high, Knobull academic search engine data reveals."

Looking at this data for the term reveals that "remote jobs" searches spiked to then-highs right after two specific periods when most people were enjoying leisure activities: in January 2023, right after the December 2022 holiday period, and again in August 2023, the final month of the summer vacation period.

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Knobull also revealed other top job-related searches during 2023, specifically about "how to become" a certain type of worker. Top job-related "how to become" searches in 2023 were:

How to become a real estate agent, notary, travel agent, flight attendant, pilot.

Finally, plenty of people with degrees were wondering what they could do with them. The top degree and job-related "what to do searches" in 2023 were:

What to do with a degree in psychology, biology, business, criminal justice, communications.

Bentley concluded, "Our research shows that many are tired of the commercial clutter that clouds the results from the major search engines."