By Rob Basso on
12/5/2011 12:47 PM
I recently read an article that I found, well, extremely surprising. Astounding, even. As part of its second annual Connected World Technology Report, Cisco surveyed 1,400 students and 1,4000 young professionals aged 21-29 in 14 countries, inquiring about their technology behaviors and viewpoints. The results of the survey were released in mid November and show startling results. One in three colleges considers the Internet to be as important as fundamental human resources like air, water, food and shelter.
The survey took things a step further and found that one in three college students and young employees under the age of 30 would priorities social media freedom and device flexibility over salary in accepting a job offer. Even more unbelievably, over half of college students globally would turn down a job with a company that banned staff access to social media, or would find a way around the policy...