Graduate Recruiters take note: Students attend class through screening technology

According to a recent survey by Intercall students in the US are attending their courses "virtually" rather than in person. This may not be that new i.e. students lie in bed rather than attend lectures (not true of course!) but now, they can lie in bed and watch the lecture online or a recorded version etc. You can read more about this www.intercall.com.

What is interesting though is how this could impact graduate recruitment. We are about to enter the graduate recruiting season and let's be honest, it is must be a full time activity applying for graduate vacancies with every major employer having their own online process. This does not of course stop our eager beavers putting in those job applications leaving the recruiters with thousands upon thousands of applications to trawl through. Then there are all those assessment centres to attend and whatever else is in play. I just wonder if webinars could play a part in the process to:

• Better inform candidates.
• Filter out the time wasters.
• Grab the best early on.

Or does one just accept the deluge and consider it "business as usual"? Just a thought.