With the presidential election just over a month away, a survey has shown that more than 60 percent of this year's graduates are less interested in campaigning and more concerned with finding a job.
According to the results of a poll released on Sunday by the research Web site www.1111.com.tw, nearly half of this year's 450,000 graduates from universities, colleges and senior high schools do not pay attention to political issues, but 65 percent are concerned about being able to find a job after leaving school this summer.
Some 53 percent of the would-be graduates responding to the poll said they would immediately enter the job market in June -- the equivalent of at least 270,000 new job seekers.
Around 60 percent said they had started looking for work, while 60 percent also said they had taken language and computer courses to sharpen their competitiveness, the poll indicated.
But the poll also found that more than 80 percent of employers attach most importance to new job seekers' communication abilities, professional knowledge and ability to adapt. Language proficiency and computer skills came second.
Sixty-seven percent said they would use the Internet to look for work, followed by 48 percent who would use newspapers and 39 percent who would use government agencies or Web sites.
The survey was carried out between Feb. 6 and Feb. 14. Results were based on data from 1,386 valid questionnaires.
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