UNB, Dhaka :
Most internet users in Bangladesh and India avail themselves of the internet facility for searching jobs, according to a survey conducted by Washington-based Pew Research Center.
The majorities of internet users in Bangladesh — 62 percent and India 55 percent-say they have looked for a job online in the past year, the highest rates among the 31 countries surveyed that have enough internet users to analyse.
Indians and Bangladeshis use the internet for job hunting and very few people in India and Bangladesh use the internet-only 20 percent and 11 percent respectively. “But among those who do, job searching is a popular activity.”
The Pew Research Center surveyed thousands of people across 32 emerging and developing nations about their technology use and how the rising influence of the internet affects their daily lives.
The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other data-driven social science research.
Many people worldwide are skipping the fixed telephone line that many Americans grew up with, and this fact is most apparent in many emerging and developing nations.
Only 1 percent of the population in Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh and Uganda say they own a working landline telephone in their household, while 89 percent in Nigeria, 83 percent in Ghana, 76 percent in Bangladesh and 65 percent in Uganda own cell phones. This compares with 60 percent landline penetration in the USA.
Most internet users in Bangladesh and India avail themselves of the internet facility for searching jobs, according to a survey conducted by Washington-based Pew Research Center.
The majorities of internet users in Bangladesh — 62 percent and India 55 percent-say they have looked for a job online in the past year, the highest rates among the 31 countries surveyed that have enough internet users to analyse.
Indians and Bangladeshis use the internet for job hunting and very few people in India and Bangladesh use the internet-only 20 percent and 11 percent respectively. “But among those who do, job searching is a popular activity.”
The Pew Research Center surveyed thousands of people across 32 emerging and developing nations about their technology use and how the rising influence of the internet affects their daily lives.
The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other data-driven social science research.
Many people worldwide are skipping the fixed telephone line that many Americans grew up with, and this fact is most apparent in many emerging and developing nations.
Only 1 percent of the population in Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh and Uganda say they own a working landline telephone in their household, while 89 percent in Nigeria, 83 percent in Ghana, 76 percent in Bangladesh and 65 percent in Uganda own cell phones. This compares with 60 percent landline penetration in the USA.
