Pursuing Employment
PURSUING
EMPLOYMENT
Generation Direct actively use social to seek employment - how would you support them?
“This research paints a very clear picture of Generation Direct: an empowered generation accelerating their prospects through active use of social media.”
Two-thirds of young European jobseekers who have used social media to find a new job opportunity found it useful (66%), and 43% of European students feel that social media has improved their prospects of finding a job post-education. Our survey found that young people are, in essence, reaching out to their online peer network in a digital ‘word-of-mouth’ campaign. Generation Direct are successfully using social media to circumnavigate traditional employment processes, accessing work opportunities directly and helping to tackle the unemployment challenge in Europe.
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EUROPEAN LEADERS THOUGHTS ON PURSUING EMPLOYMENT
Chairman and CEO, Covestro
Germany
”Young people want to feel part of the company they work for.”
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Research Fellow, CEPS
”This makes it a natural place for them to seek employment.”
