Thank you for taking time for this brief survey. Answering the following questions accurately and honestly will guide you through the survey quickly as this process should take approximately 10 minutes.
In order to be asked the correct set of questions, we need to know your current student and job status…
Are you (or have you been since graduation) employed in a full-time job that pays over $28,000/year and provides you health or other benefits [i.e. do you have (or have had) a “real job”]? What year did/will you complete your undergraduate degree? You answered that you have not graduated yet. This survey will ask several question regarding the online job search. If you have not started a job search please answer "No." If you have started doing some job searching please select "Yes" with the understanding that you may need to answer "N/A" on future questions. What best describes the Undergraduate Univeristy you reveived your degree from? Approximately how many students are/were enrolled while you were there? Did you (or will you) go straight to graduate school without seeking employment after your graduation? Are you (or have you since graduation been) employed in a full-time job that pays over $28,000/year and provides you health or other benefits [i.e. do you or have ever had a “real job”?] Now, let’s take a time machine back to your senior year of college (at least what you remember of it...) we will be talking a lot about your first job – this means your first job into the "real world" out of college meaning something that probably paid over $30K and was a full-time entry-level position most likely with benefits, etc. Mid-way through your Senior year, did you know where you wanted to work after college (i.e. what company)? 1) No Effin' Way 2) Kinda 3) I Had Pretty Good Idea 4) Heck Yes! Mid-way through your Senior year, did you know what you wanted to do after college (i.e. what type of job)? 1) No Effin' Way 2) Kinda 3) I Had Pretty Good Idea 4) Heck Yes! During your career search, did you have a preference to work at a Large company (Fortune 500), Medium, or Small Company? 2) Medium 4) Didn't care, just needed a job! Mid-way through your Senior year, did you know where you wanted to work (i.e. location)? 1) Anywhere in the world 2) Anywhere in the US 3) Anywhere within 500 or so miles 4) Anywhere in my state 5) Close to home How Long Did You Look For a Job (starting when you job search began to when you found your job – if you were that lucky): How easy was it to find your first "real job" out of school? My Career Center Helped me Get My Job My Career Center Helped me Get My Job In the process of my Career Search, I used the Internet to learn more about: Looking back, I would have found the following advice (or advice sources) useful: 1) Resume Advice 2) Interviewing Advice 3) Other Preparation Advice that my Career Center would normally provide 4) Videos Providing Advice 5) Podcasts or other Audio Providing Preparation Advice Looking back, I would have found the following features useful: 1) Resume Advice 2) Interviewing Advice 3) Other Preparation Advice that my Career Center would normally provide 4) Videos Providing Advice 5) Podcasts or other Audio Providing Preparation Advice Looking back, I would have found the following information useful 1) General Company Information 2) Insider Company Information/Secrets (from people that work at the company) 3) Ability to Talk to Young People that work at the Company 4) Videos About Companies 5) Podcasts or other Audio Providing Company Information 6) Social Networking w/ Options to see if I have friends at specific companies Looking back, I would have found the following features useful: I paid money for the following services online: On to Part 3 (and you thought you were done… don’t worry, you almost are) When searching for my entry-level position, I would prefer college specific job search niche websites to large job databases (Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, etc) When searching for my entry-level position, I would prefer: If the following box was your search engine, what would you have typed in to help find a job out of college? My first entry-level job was what I was looking for: I selected my employer because: How long did you stay with your first employer? If a current student from your undergrad university were to ask you a question about your current place of employment via e-mail, how likely are you to help? Thank you for making the effort to take this survey. Unfortunately we are looking for someone who graduated or will graduate from an undergraduate university between 2000 through 2009.
If you know anyone who fits this profile please forward them the following survey invitation:
A friend of mine is launching a new business concept to revolutionize the job search for college students and would greatly appreciate your feedback. Since you have spent time searching for a job he would really like to understand your use of the Internet and other resources used during your job search out of college. If you have other friends who would be willing to participate in this brief survey, please feel free to forward this email too! |
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