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

THANK YOU

Eileen McGarry

Executive Director

UNLV Career Services

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eileen.mcgarry@unlv.edu