Careers advisers tell young jobseekers to get online

A survey of university careers advisors has found that colleges are now recommending to job-hunting students the need to spruce up their online image in order to get the job they want.

The research by Webjam found that 80 per cent of university career's services recommend that candidates monitor their web-presence and 60 per cent suggest that additional material should be put online to support a paper-based CV.

The results underline the increasingly powerful role of the internet for self-promotion and how a well-managed web-presence can help with career success.
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Yann Motte, co-founder and CEO of Webjam said: "It's good to see that young people are recognising the power of the web as a tool for self-publicity. Online, employers can learn that a candidate has more to offer than an application form can show."

Source:  Rec-con.co.uk