A new survey shows getting a College education is still one of the best ways to finding work in the real world.
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) released by Ontario’s community colleges show 84.8 per cent of the graduates in 2009 managed to find work within 6 months of graduating.
At Georgian College in Barrie, Owen Sound, Midland and Orillia — the rate of grads finding work is slightly higher — at 87.1 per cent.
Georgian College Manager of Corporate Communications Sharon Burkhart says the results of the latest survey do show a drop in the number of students finding work shortly after graduation.
However she says given the economy at this time last year, it still shows going to College is a good path to the work world.
Stats Canada says for those who do not have post secondary education the rate of employment is only 75 per cent.
The new KPI report also shows 93 per cent of employers are satisfied with the quality of graduates they hired.