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UNLV Career Outcomes Survey
UNLV Career Services
About Career Services
Comprehensive programs & services- career development process: Career decision & exploration, career experience, professional job search
Services: career counseling/coaching, career assessment, resource center, resume & interviewing assistance, internship assistance, career fairs, on-campus interviewing, on-line job posting and referral database.
Purpose of Career Outcomes Survey
Find out where UNLV graduates begin careers
Assess student career experience profiles while attending college
Identify career services/resources that are most helpful
Provide information to campus on company’s and salaries of grads
Assist departments with information often requested for accreditation
Provide job market trend information
Assist employing organizations to package opportunities
Provide information to prospective students about outcomes of college graduates
SURVEY METHOD
UNLV CareerLink email system and SEND college systems
Joint letter from Deans and Career Services Executive Director
Sent email the week after finals with letter following, then 2 weeks later, another follow up email.
Some surveys last week in capstone classes
Collect responses up to 2 months post graduation.
RESPONSE RESULTS
Responses for 2007/08 Graduates more than tripled from 03/04 at 300 to over 1094 respondents- 1094 representing 21.5% of 07-08 graduates (78% UG, 22% G).
High number of responses from the Joint letter from the Dean and Career Services Director (40%) followed by each college SEND email (19%)
What We learned – Data Highlights
Over 86% of all respondents worked while attending College (95% hotel-75% sciences)
Of those working 55% worked full time Of those working, 65% worked in Career related jobs
(hotel 85%- 35% lib arts) The majority of UNLV students pursue a degree to
“reach a career goal”. In contrast, Liberal Arts ( 55%) to “study field of interest”, followed by Fine Arts (50%)
What we learned … continued
More than 85% of UNLV graduates responding believe their education prepared them for their chosen profession
70% of UNLV graduates responding were employed within 2 months after graduation, 69% in career positions (compares to 50% nationally)
21% of respondents pursuing graduate school
Average Graduate Salaries 2007/08
All Bus Ed. Eng. FA Hlth. HOA LA Sci. UA NUR MBA
Avg
Salary
UNLV
$43 $45 $43 $57 $33 $43 $36 $37 $45 $45 $56 $70
Top Salary Reported
College of Sciences –DOE Project Manager = $115,000
Location of Employment
88% of graduates reporting employment positions were staying in Nevada
Hotel and Engineering Majors were most likely to relocate with 25% and 27% locating outside Nevada respectively
Most frequent state reported for relocation was CA followed by WA, GA, IL and AL,OR,MT, DC, MA, CO, PA, S Korea, Japan
Services Utilized – Top 7
#1 – “Backpacks to Briefcases” Career Services Handbook
#2 – UNLV Career Day #3 – Career Services Web
page #4 – Walk-in Resume
Critique #5 – In-Class Presentation #6- Career Counseling #7- In-office computer lab
TRENDS/THEMES
Increasing desire to stay in Las Vegas Continued phenomena of busy working
student, benefit of career related experience Job market favoring college graduates 07/08
to downturn and competition 08/09 Slight lag in salaries compared to national
average
Data Access & Communication
Memo with Executive Summary sent to all Deans, Associates, Directors, Department Chairs, Assoc Provost, Assessment, VP Student Affairs
Executive Summary, College Reports and Database on CS Web site – http://hire.unlv.edu – “Reports”
Graduating Survey Response Database also on Web site - to select filters
NACE Salary Survey data contributor