Are You in the 80% of Graduates Who Searches for Jobs Online?

A study reported by ComputerWeekly says that 80% of university graduates only use the web to search for jobs. A mere 3% use newspapers.

What other statistics did the report find?

• 57% of students spend less than an hour researching the company before a job interview (who has time for more?)
• 9% of college graduates do not research companies at all before attending a job interview (bad move, grads)
• 18% of students utilize recruiters to find jobs
• 8% of graduates apply to the job in person

This is generation Google, generation Facebook, and others. Eighty percent of these users are also heavy users of Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube.

What does that mean for future employers? It’s time to rethink the strategy when it comes to targeting students, as social networks are where the students flock. As an example, awhile ago, the CIA brought its recruiting to Facebook. While the recruiting group doesn’t exist anymore, it turned out to be a huge success among students.