Annual Report, 2008-09

Career Services for the Perdue School

Career Services extended to YOUR students this past academic year include:

·  Conducted 120 presentations, 30 presentations for Perdue students and included:

Intro to Business-3 classes
Management-11 classes
Other Business classes-2 classes
Focus Presentation (MGT 300)-
10 Workshops / MBA-1 Orientation
Perdue School Orientation-1
Myers Briggs for Perdue-2 presentations
ABLE Workshop-many brief talks
35 orientation sessions conducted for first-year students, preparing them for program planning activities.

·  Career Services had 2,012 individual student appointments, 899 appointments or 45% of all appointments were with Perdue students. (Table 1). The vast majority of students were most often referred to the Career Office by “self”, with “faculty” and “friends” being the next biggest source of referrals.

·  eRecruiting (Our online database providing services to students, alumni and employers.) 849 Perdue students logged into the system. 128 Perdue students found/contacted at least one mentor (800 SU alums who have volunteered to assist current students in their career pursuits) using the Mentor Network on eRecruiting. Our student’s resumes were viewed 2,851 times by 335 different employers through this system.

·  Communicate opportunities via email to students:

o  Job Alerts emailed to seniors-606

o  Internship Alerts emailed to Juniors-441 (100 more internship listings this year)

·  Organized 5 Job Fairs for students, including:

o  Fall General Job and Internship Fair- 87 employers attended, 428 student attendees

o  Spring General Job and Internship Fair- 80 employers attended, 638 student attendees, 180 Perdue students

o  SU/UMES Education Job Fair- 47 employers participated, 200 student attendees

o  Summer Job Fair- 25 employers participated, 284 student attendees, 50 Perdue students

o  Health Care Job Fair- 35 employers participated, 8 Perdue Students attended

·  Over 36 employers conducted 394 on-campus interviews, 30 employers held Information Sessions or hosted information tables on-campus. During On-Campus Interviews employers rated our students on average 2.21 in questions concerning interview preparedness and quality. (1-5 scale with 2 being “Above Average”). The vast majority of students interviewing on-campus were Perdue students.

·  Over 400 students signed up to receive weekly text messages from the Career Services Office.

29 other Workshops/ Presentations, reaching over 600 students (and over 200 parents) included:

·  Etiquette Dinner, sponsored by the AMA club- 60 students

·  Developing Federal Resume (2)- 124 students

·  Succeeding in Federal Interviews (NEW)- 21 students

·  Getting a Job in a Weak Economy (2)- 46 students

·  Interviewing and Dress to Impress - 20 students

·  How to Approach a Job Fair in 30 minutes or Less (2)- 58 students

·  How to Use and Understand e Recruiting in 45 minutes- 6 students

·  Job Hunting , Down, Dirty and Fast-23 students

·  Resumes from an Employers Perspective- 23 students

·  Resume Workshop (2)- 79 students

·  Your first Year on the Job Workshop - 17 students

·  Lend assistance with the still-deciding student presentations and registration processes

·  Orientation to parents in the Summer - 10 sessions

·  On the Spot Resume Reviews (2)-Reviewed resumes in HS and TETC – 20 students

·  Fashion show (NEW) – 95 students

Table 1: Individual Student Appointments

Fulton / Henson / Perdue / Seidel / Other* / Total
Career Exploration & Career Assessment
(Focus testing) / 46 / 8 / 301 / 8 / 47 / 410
Graduate School Assistance/Essay / 17 / 8 / 6 / 4 / 1 / 36
Interview Assistance, Mock interviews, & on-campus interview critiques / 23 / 2 / 28 / 1 / 3 / 57
Job Search &
eRecruiting Assistance / 75 / 12 / 190 / 24 / 24 / 325
Internship Exploration
/ 15 / 3 / 14 / 2 / 3 / 37
Resume Assistance/ Cover Letter Critique
Resumes critiqued via erecruiting**
/ 304
94 / 135
21 / 360
321 / 198
95 / 150
35 / 1147
566
Total
/ 574
22% / 189
7% / 1220
47% / 332
13% / 263
10% / 2578

*Includes Alumni, Undeclared or Unrecorded Majors

**In response to employer feedback, resumes were not allowed to be uploaded into eRecruiting before being reviewed. Not considered in the count for individual appointments.

First Destination Survey: Every year as students pick up their caps and gowns we set up several computers in the Bookstore for them to complete an online survey that lets us know where they are going after graduation…their “first destination”. Below are some of the highlights of the data. You can look at all the survey data, including some major information at the following link. Don't forget to click on Graduation Date as one of the Qualifiers. http://www.salisbury.edu/careerservices/Facstaff/Survey.html This year 716 students completed the survey, 637 were at the Bachelor’s level.
In response to: What best describes your post-graduation status as of right now?

·  Employed Full Time in a Career-Related Job after Graduation. 20.7%

·  Enrolled in School for Further Study. 13.1%

·  Employed Part-Time/Seasonally. 16.6%

·  Not Employed and Still Seeking Employment. 46.9%

·  Not Employed, Not Enrolled in School, Not Seeking Employment. 2.7%

Fulton / Henson / Perdue / Seidel
Salaries Reported / $35,125
(43 reporting) / $46,381
(61) / $42,236
(54) / $36,933
(43)
Reported Jobs in MD / 63.0% / 86.2% / 84.4% / 82.8%

First Destination specifics by Major

Accounting majors report going to work/school at:

Salisbury University

Aarow Equipment and Services

Mullen Sondberg Winbish & Stone

Santos, Postal & Company (2)

Goodman & Company (2)

McGladrey & Pullen, LLP.

RSM McGladrey (2)

Mullen Sondberg Wimbish & Stone P. A.

Watkins, Meegan, Drury & Co (2)

TRICE GEARY MYERS

KPMG LLP

Business Administration majors report going work/school at:

Masters, Industrial Engineering Technical University of Berlin

Financial Planner, Holloway & Associates

Office Automation Clerk ,US Department of Housing And Urban Development

Economics majors report going school at:

Doctorate Economics, University of Delaware

Finance majors report going to school/work at:

MBA, Salisbury University (2)

MBA Management, Drexel University

Business Manager, Synergy

Contract Specialist, Department of Defense

Cost Analyze, Northrop Grumman

Credit Manager, Wells Fargo Financial

Data Analyst I Information, Millenium Group

Financial Planner, LPL Financial

Gateway Agent, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Recruit Police Officer, Gainesville Police

Sales Representative, Iron World Inc

Management majors report going to graduate school and work at:

MBA, Towson University

MBA, Salisbury University

MBA, UTK

MD Contemporary Communications, College of Notre Dame of Maryland

Administration, Tony Nonn

Administrative Assistant, DeCaro Doran

Assistant Manager, Walgreens

Configuration Management

Contract Specialist, NAVAIR

Coop Student Trainee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Estimator, Machado Construction Co., Inc.

Executive, Target

Office Administrator, Sneade's Ace Home Center

Personal Trainer/Adult Wellness/ Youth Wellness, YMCA

Marketing majors report going to graduate school and work at:

Bachelors (2nd degree) Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University

Masters, Conflict Analysis & Dispute Resolution, Salisbury University

MBA, University of Baltimore

MBA, Salisbury University (2)

MBA International Business, Grenoble Ecole De Management

MBA, Marketing Hood College

Branch Account Manager, Orkin

Community marketing representative, Wyndham resorts

Gateway Agent, Finra

Industrial Engineer, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems

Masters Swimming Head Coach, Mid-Delmarva Family YMCA

United States Marine Corps

Server, Harborside Bar and Grill

Soy clerk, Perdue Farms

Master of Business Administration majors report going to work at:

AVP/Credit Administrator, Easton Bank and Trust Co.

Contract Specialist, C4ISR

Credit Manager, Wells Fargo

Economic Development/Transportation Planner, Tri-County Council of the Lower Eastern Shore

Marketing Administrative Associate, Wor-Wic Community College