2009-2010 review

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Career Services Division of Student Services

Year in Review, 2009-2010 Division of Student Services Year in Review, 2007-2008

Mission Statement Career Services supports the mission and goals of Utah State University by assisting students and alumni in exploring and pursuing meaningful careers over a lifetime. This is accomplished by providing a broad range of developmental programs, services, and events which are delivered in a state-of-the-art, student-centered environment. This mission is met through:

1. Career Exploration & Counseling 2. Internship Opportunities 3. Graduate School Prep & Testing 4. Career Employment/Recruitment

Services Offered Fulfilling this mission is a group of highly trained career coaches, peer mentors, support staff, and an employer relations specialist. Specific college assignments allow career coaches to facilitate the career exploration and success of students and alumni. The audiences served by Career Services’ staff include: students, alumni, faculty, advisors, employers, parents, and alumni. In order to develop lifelong career search skills in students and alumni, Career Services provides one-on-one career coaching; customized workshops and panels; alumni mentors; virtual mock interviews; on-campus recruiting; fairs/expos; “satellite” advising locations; and a computer lab in the career café/library. Additionally, a variety of online career exploration and search tools are available.

Audiences Served A total of 13,626 students and alumni received assistance at Career Services. Over 78 percent of students and alumni were very satisfied or satisfied with overall services received. Over 48,000 hits to our dynamic website helped students and alumni reach their career goals. The following graphic illustrates the number of audiences served with the associated delivery method.

1. Career Exploration & Counseling Career Exploration & Counseling programming includes: assessment instruments, one-on-one interpretations with specially trained career coaches, workshops in small and large class settings, and a career exploration course (PSY 1220). Career Services purchases, provides, and interprets various career exploration assessments for a total of 1,570 uses of these important career tools including FOCUS2, Meyers Briggs, Strong Interest Inventory, and Work Importance Profiler. A strategic change in the way Career Exploration tools were used and delivered resulted in an increase in assessments taken.

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2. Internship Opportunities Formal internship programs exist in all seven colleges on campus and involve over 50 faculty internship coordinators working to support the academic and “real-world” experiences of students. A total of 1,829 students participated in formal internship experiences for a total of 6,671 credit hours.

3. Grad School Prep & Testing Beginning with the Graduate School Fair in the fall, Career Services supports students continuing their education by providing information about grad school with particular emphasis on graduate school applications and essays. There were 3,854 tests were given in the areas of graduate admissions/entrance (GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, MAT); undergraduate admissions/entrance (national and residual ACT, GED, SAT, TOEFL); exams for credit and placement (CLEP, DSST, AP, Math);

and certification exams (FE, Praxis, ISO Quality, Kryterion).

4. Career Employment/Recruitment From on-campus recruiting to fairs/expos, the majority of career employment preparation takes place in the form of one-on-one career coaching and customized workshops to a variety of students. On-Campus Recruiting During the 2009-2010 recruiting year, 151 employers conducted 1,303 interviews. While the number of employers recruiting on campus remained the same, the number of students interviewed increased. See Appendix A for the list of organizations recruiting Utah State students and alumni.

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Career AGGIE Career AGGIE is Utah State’s premier online job posting and networking system. In addition, jobs are posted through Rocky Jobs, a consortium of Intermountain Career Services Centers and those numbers are included in the graphic below.

Fairs/Expos Career Services continues to host the state’s largest Career Fair, in addition to four other targeted events including:

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

Career Fair 185 132 121

2000 2275 2500

Grad Fair 83 95 97

300 425 489

Tech Expo 96 89 58

500 569 600

MBA Fair 15 14 36

18 36 23

Teacher Fair 127 94 77

84 714 1,311*

Red= Organizations Blue= Students *2009-2010 saw the addition of a 2

nd Teacher Fair in

the state due to statewide collaboration of Career Services’ Centers

Assessment and Evaluation To continue improving services offered, a comprehensive program of assessment and evaluation is undertaken throughout the year. Each major program/event is evaluated by attendees, and an overall satisfaction survey is conducted each semester. Career Services also surveys graduates four times annually. Assessment and evaluation data is reviewed by the staff annually to create specific goals for making improvements to programming and services offered. Additionally, Career Services’ staff is involved in regional/national associations and user groups in addition to benchmarking with other centers to assess programming trends. Each career coach maintains relationships with key constituent groups both on- and off-campus including all academic colleges, divisions in Student Services, and professional organizations.

“Career Services continuously fosters positive partnerships with students, alumni, faculty, staff,

administrators, employers, and the greater community. These partnerships are critical in helping students and

alumni discover their career potential.”

--Donna Crow, Career Services Director

Top 10 Places Employers Find New Hires

1. On-Campus Recruiting*

2. Organization’s Co-op/Internship Program*

3. Employee Referrals

4. Career Fairs*

5. Faculty Contacts*

6. Job Postings on Career Services Websites*

7. Job Postings on Organization’s Website

8. Internet Job Postings (commercial website)

9. Resume Requests from Career Services*

10. Job Postings to Career Services*

*All coordinated through Career Services at USU

Source: Job Outlook 2010, National Association of Colleges & Employers

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