About CMAA

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West Florida Chapter Student Liaison Committee
Student / Industry Expectations
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Welcome to the Construction Industry!

• High student turnover rate
• Discouraged recruiters
• Declining loyalty
• Differing expectations

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Student / Industry Expectations Survey

• 82 Students completed the Student Survey
• 23 Companies completed the Industry Survey
• Presentation to Students
• Presentation to West Florida CMAA members
• Raw data supplied to participating companies

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• Degree Awareness

PE License
Students 71 Answered Correctly 5 Answered
Incorrectly 24 Unsure
Industry 57 Answered Correctly 17 Answered
Incorrectly 26 Unsure
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• Degree Awareness

CM Certification
Students 40 Answered Correctly 8 Answered
Incorrectly 53 Unsure
Industry 52 Answered Correctly 0 Answered
Incorrectly 48 Unsure
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• Degree Awareness

GC License
Students 77 Answered Correctly 8 Answered
Incorrectly 15 Unsure
Industry 57 Answered Correctly 4 Answered
Incorrectly 39 Unsure
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Type of Work
Commercial
Residential
Industrial / Tech
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Location of Work

• 84 of students want to start in Florida
• 76 Have entry level positions in Florida

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Relocation
9 Have not Yet Hired a New Graduate
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Job Advancement
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Job Advancement
Type of Company
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Working hours
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Show me the money!
Average Starting Salaries
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Medical Benefits
3 Students will be self-insured 5 Companies
do not provide insurance
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Extended Benefits
401K Matching
Stock/Profit Program
77 Students want a stock/profit program
74 Companies have a stock/profit program
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Company Vehicles
When to receive, on Average
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Responsibility
Average Time for a new grad to earn a 500,000
project
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Titles
Likely starting title
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6K
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Leadership Case Study 1 Responsibility
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Leadership Case Study 2 Emergency Situations
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You will never be ready for everything that can
go wrong on a construction project. Leadership
is making the best decisions possible with the
given information you have available. The
failure to make a decision is in itself a
decision, but that is usually the worst choice
you can make.
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Rankings
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Rankings
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Rankings
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Training
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Hiring Process
Most important part of a resume
X
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Hiring Process
Where to Find a job
X
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Questions ?
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Credits

• Slides prepared by Lance Dengerud on behave of
  the West Florida Chapter of CMAA -
  Student Liaison Committee
• Lance Dengerud Chairperson
• Bill Brown - Committee member
• Ron Fields - Committee member
• Some slide backgrounds provided by
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