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.
EUROPEAN LEADERS THOUGHTS ON PURSUING EMPLOYMENT
Chairman and CEO, Covestro
Germany
”Young people want to feel part of the company they work for.”