Share Paper: Recruiters’ Perceptions of Graduates with Online Studies

1. Manouchehr Tabatabaei, Georgia Southern University, United States
2. Adrian Gardiner, Georgia Southern University, United States

Abstract: Many colleges now offer online courses, and accordingly, an increasing number of graduates are appearing in the job market with a substantial amount - if not all - of their studies having been completed online. To date, however, there has been little research into the issue of whether students completing their education through non-traditional forms of instruction are regarded, within the wider job market, as being of the same quality, compared with students completing their studies through more traditional modes of delivery. This study investigates this issue through a vignette-based survey of job recruiters in which they are asked to ...