Abstract

In recent times, the quest for online activities has generated a lot of concerns. Digital footprint is at the front burner of this whole episode. Stakeholders, educators and employers of labour had questioned the relationship these digital footprints have on graduate’s employability potentials. It is against this premise that this study examines the acquisition of digital footprint skills and employability potentials of Business Education graduates in Rivers State Universities. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population consists of 212 MED students in the department of Business Education, Rivers State University. There was no sampling as the entire population was used for the analysis of the study. The instrument for data collection was researchers designed instrument titled “Digital Footprints Skills and Employability Potentials Questionnaire (DFSEPQ)”. The instrument was subjected to face and content validation by two experts in Business Education and Measurement and Evaluation. The Cronbach Alpha statistics was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and the general coefficients index of 0.82% was obtained. The data collected were processed with the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The research questions and hypotheses were answered and tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC).The findings revealed among others that employability potentials depend on digital literary skills acquisition. Based on this, the study recommended among others that university students before graduation should acquire digital safety skills cum digital security skills so that they can protect what they share and post online.