• by Wendy Davis  @wendyndavis, February 13, 2006

Almost seven in 10 recent college graduates--69 percent--posted resumes online last year, with the majority of that group using Monster.com, according to a new study by Y2M: Youth Media + Marketing Networks.

The study, based on a survey of 1,500 recent graduates, found that usage of all three major online job sites surged between 2002 and 2005. Last year, 62 percent of respondents who used Internet job sites posted resumes on Monster.com--up from around 30 percent last year. Forty-nine percent used CareerBuilder.com, an increase from around 10 percent last year; and 31 percent posted on HotJobs.com, which last year drew less than 10 percent of respondents.

The survey also found that recent grads were large consumers of online media in general. Almost half--47 percent--said they downloaded music, up from less than 20 percent last year.

Fifteen percent of recent graduates surveyed said they kept a blog. By contrast, a May 2005 study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 9 percent of U.S. Internet users have created a blog.

Additionally, 78 percent of respondents said they read news online--up from 20 percent last year. Almost 80 percent had made a purchase on the Web last year--up from 21 percent the year before.