Abolition of recruitment agreements between companies and new university graduates has helped ease the hectic job-hunting ritual, but class attendance is dropping as students take the hunt into their own hands, according to a survey released Thursday.
According to a survey of student recruitment activities released by a panel of academic and business representatives, a majority of schools polled said students this year began job hunting earlier than usual and for a longer period of time.
Nearly three out of four schools reported poor class attendance during the recruitment period, and more than two-thirds of 1,073 schools surveyed felt job-hunting activities negatively affected student performance.