Spotlight for Recruiting Professionals, September 14, 2011
How do students look for jobs? What tools do they use?
Your organization’s website is key, according to results of NACE’s 2011 Student Survey. Nearly all participating seniors said they use the company website to search for jobs and nearly as many specifically cited using the company website for job postings.
| Top 5 Activities |
% of Respondents |
| Company website |
95.5% |
| Job postings (company website) |
89.0% |
| Networking |
89.0% |
| Career fairs |
83.4% |
| Job postings (career center website) |
80.4% |
| Source: NACE 2011 Student Survey |
Nearly 20,000 graduating seniors took part in the survey, conducted mid-February to April 30, 2011. A report of the survey results will be available in September.