Internship Survey
Dear College Graduate:
Grand Valley State University graduate students in the School of Public and Nonprofit
Administration are conducting a survey under the direction of Professor Donijo Robbins.
The purpose of this class project is to study the impact of internships on job placement after graduation. The survey is a Word document attached to this e-mail.
Participation in this survey is voluntary and should take no longer than five minutes.
Your participation is encouraged and your input will allow us to examine this important topic. Your participation is very important to us. All submitted information will remain confidential.
Please complete the survey, save your results, and forward them to internshipstudygv@hotmail.com
. Please return the attached survey no later than
November 20, 2006 . Surveys returned after this date will not be included in this study.
Thank you in advance for participating in this survey. If you have questions or concerns regarding this survey, please contact Professor Robbins at robbinsd@gvsu.edu
. Your feedback and information are valuable and will help further research in this important field.
Sincerely,
Nicolette Basinger
Mark Breon
Brian Smit

Part I – Education
Please select the most appropriate response for each of the following questions.
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What year did you graduate from Grand Valley State
University?
2.
Please list all majors / minors completed.
3.
Were you a full-time or part-time student? (Full time students are defined as taking 12 or more credits per semester.)
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Part II – Employment
Please select the most appropriate response for each of the following questions.
4.
Have you been employed since graduation?
If no, please skip to PART III . If yes, please answer the questions below.
5.
Was a bachelor’s degree required for your first job?
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6.
How many months did you search for a job after graduation? Click here
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Were you searching for a job in your field of study before graduation?
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8.
Were you searching for a job in your field of study after graduation?
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9.
Was your first job within your field of study? Click here
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If your first job was not in your field of study, how long did it take before you obtained a job within your field of study?
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Part III – Internship
Please select the most appropriate response for each of the following questions.
For this section, the word internship is defined as any official or formal institutional training program to provide practical experience for students in an occupation or profession. They may be taken during the summer or regular academic semester, be paid or unpaid, full or part-time, and taken for credit or noncredit purposes.
11.
Did you participate in an internship while obtaining your undergraduate degree?
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If no, please skip to PART IV . If yes, please answer the questions below.
12.
How many internships did you participate in?
13.
During which class ranks did you participate in your internships? Please check all that apply.
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Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Please consider your most recently completed internship for the following questions.
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How long did your most recent internship last? Click here
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How many total hours did your most recent internship consume? Click here
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Was your internship paid? Click here
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Was your internship for college course credit? Click here
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Was your internship for experience? Click here
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Was your internship for personal interests? Click here
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Please rank the following items based on how important you thought they were towards obtaining your first job after graduation.
(1 being the most important, 5 being the least important)
Internship
Reputation of school
Professional networking opportunities
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Classes taken/course work
Job placement services
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21.
Please rate your level of personal satisfaction with your internship.
(1 being very satisfied, 5 being very dissatisfied)
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22.
Do you feel that an internship should be a required element during an undergraduate education?
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Part IV – Demographics
Please select the most appropriate response for each of the following questions.
23.
Gender Male
Female
24.
What is your age? Please type your answer
Thank you for your participation! Your results are extremely important. Please remember to save a copy of your results and return them as an attachment to internshipstudygv@hotmail.com
. We need your survey results no later than November
20 th
, to be included in this important study.