Annual Report, 2011-12
Career Services
Career services extended to students this past academic year include:
 60 class presentations conducted, with a minimum average of 22 students per class.
o Fulton-27
o Henson-9
o Perdue-16
o Seidel-8
 33 workshops facilitated with an average of 20 students attending each. These workshops are exclusive to
the workshops given at summer/winter Student and Parent Orientation, Family Weekend, Admitted
Student Day, Greek organizations (3) or Residence Halls (2). A sample of the 20 topics offered includes:
o Navigating the Federal Hiring Process
o I Declare…Figuring out your Major and Minor (collaboration with the academic advisors)
o How to Approach a Job Fair
o Successfully Gaining Admission into Graduate School
o Translating Study Abroad into Career Success
o The Dream Share Project (outside speakers brought in)
 2096 individual student appointments were held. We held 359 more individual appointments this year as
compared to 2010-11. On average these appointments are at least 30 min. Thursday walk-ins accounted
for 448 of these appointments. By far the most popular service we offer remains the resume assistance.
(Table 1)
 Communication to students is in various forms:
o Our newly introduced APP has 1200 subscribers. Its’ content in part is feed by our FaceBook,
LinkedIn and Twitter sites.
o 1398 students signed-up to receive weekly text messages from the Career Services Office.
 Fulton-399
 Henson-317
 Perdue-259
 Seidel-224
 Graduate/Unspecified-199
o 720 Job Alerts were emailed to seniors, targeted by majors.
o Internship Alerts were sent weekly in a digest to juniors, listing a total of 340 such opportunities.
 5 Job Fairs. Each Job Fair, save for the Health Fair, enjoyed at least a 10% growth in the number of
employers attending.
o Fall General Job and Internship Fair- 63 employers, 401 student attendees
 Fulton-140
 Henson-38
 Perdue-235
 Seidel-23
o Spring General Job and Internship Fair- 78 employers, 594 student attendees
 Fulton-190
 Henson-46
 Perdue-329
 Seidel-58
o SU/UMES Education Job Fair- 40 employers, 212 student attendees
o Summer Job Fair- 28 employers, 212 student attendees
o Health Care Job Fair- 15 employers, 82 student attendees
 eRecruiting is our online database providing services to students, alumni and employers.
o
1923 students have logged into this system at least once this year. (*Total represents inclusion of “still deciding”
students.)
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Fulton-627
Henson-296
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 Perdue-618
 Seidel-353
o 613 Documents (resumes etc.) were uploaded.
 Fulton-126
 Henson-52
 Perdue-285
 Seidel-150
Employers are a vital partner to Career Services.
o Over 50 employers conducted on-campus interviews/information sessions interviewing almost 300
students.
 Fulton-26
 Henson-5
 Perdue-184
 Seidel-78
o A total of 224 employers attended at least one of our Job Fairs.
o 235 new employers were added to our database.
o Career Services enjoyed partnering with the Perdue School to organize “Business in the Atrium” held throughout the year on Tuesday through Thursday, it is designed to introduce businesses and
organizations to all SU students. Over 40 organizations participated in this inaugural year.
o “Skyped” two employer on-campus interview schedules
o Gained yearly sponsorship of interview room with Trinity Logistics
Career Services also provides overall service to the University as well as the Division of Student Affairs and the
profession. Some highlights of this service include:
 Offered a 2 credit Career Planning class as a part of a new Living Learning Community, “The Explorers”.
Additionally taught a 2 credit Career Planning class for seniors each semester.
 Supervised 6 interns in our office (CMAT and Art).
 Served on 5 search committees and 6 University-wide committees.
 Assisted Dr. Ken Smith with accreditation by providing student graduation data
 Helped VP of Student Affairs with Leadership MD project
 Initiated and serve on student organization People Soft committee to figure out a way to capture
student activities for various departments on-campus
 Served on campus-wide “App” committee
 Active members with 2 career associations-Maryland Career Consortium and Selective Liberal Arts
Consortium.
 Presented at 2 professional conferences:
o Mid Atlantic Career Counseling Association (MACCA)-“How Career Services and Admissions
Can Work Together-an 8-year model
o Virginia Association of Colleges and Employers (VACE)-“Focus on the phone to reach students”
Table 1: Individual Student Appointments
Fulton
41
Henson
22
Perdue
26
Seidel
15
Total
154*
39
21
3
10
73
Interview Assistance, Mock interviews, &
on-campus interview critiques
Job Search
120
15
31
4
170
50
19
24
18
111
Internship Exploration
39
9
34
10
92
Career Exploration & Assessment
(Focus testing)
Graduate School Assistance
Resume & Cover Letter Assistance
450
214
512
320
1496
TOTAL
739
36%
300
15%
630
31%
377
18%
2096
*Total represents inclusion of “still deciding” students.