UNLV Career Outcomes Survey

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UNLV Career Outcomes Survey

• UNLV Career Services

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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.

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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 companys 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

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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.

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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Top Salary Reported

• College of Sciences DOE Project Manager
  115,000

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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

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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

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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

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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

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THANK YOU

• Eileen McGarry
• Executive Director
• UNLV Career Services
• X50616
• eileen.mcgarry_at_unlv.edu