Annual Report, 2010-11
Career Services for the Perdue School
Career services extended to YOUR students this past academic year include:
 Conducted 90 class presentations (with a minimum average of 22 students per class and therefore 1,980
student contacts). 26 presentations were in Perdue classes and included:
Intro to Bus-7
Junior Orient-1
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MBA Orient.-2
Management 320-16
Career Services had 1,737 individual student appointments; about 29% of those one-on-one appointments
were with Perdue students. (Table 1). Typical length is over 30 minutes.
eRecruiting (Our online database providing services to students, alumni and employers.) 2,399 students
have logged into this system at least once and 225 new employers were added to our database this year.
Opportunities communicated to students:
o Over 3 Job Alerts emailed to seniors daily for a total of 437 (targeted by major)
o Internship Alerts (weekly digest) emailed to Juniors-349 listings
o 1,028 students signed up for and receive weekly text messages from the Career Services Office.
Organized 5 Job Fairs for students, including:
o Fall General Job and Internship Fair- 57 employers attended, 504 student attendees
o Spring General Job and Internship Fair- 63 employers attended, 453 student attendees
o SU/UMES Education Job Fair- 42 employers participated, 240 student attendees (SU and UMES)
o Summer Job Fair- 18 employers participated, 254 student attendees
o Health Care Job Fair- 19 employers participated, 105 student attendees
Over 30 employers conducted 321 on-campus interviews, 25 employers held Information Sessions or
hosted information tables on-campus as well.
37 Workshops* facilitated by Career Services: An average of 20 students attended each for a total of 749
participants. A sample of the 22 topics that were offered include:
o Navigating the Federal Hiring Process (2 outside speakers brought in)
o Electronic Portfolios
o LINKEDIN--This isn't Facebook
o Professionalism and Your First Year on the Job
o I Declare…Figuring out your Major and Minor (with the School’s academic advisors)
o How to Approach a Job Fair
o Managing Your Personal Brand
o Getting into Graduate School
o Interviewing Successfully (Guest speaker brought to campus)
o Fashion Show, Etiquette dinner
*These workshops are excluding the workshops given at summer/winter Student and Parent Orientation, Family Weekend, Admitted Student Day, Greek organizations or
in Residence Halls etc.
Table 1: Individual Student Appointments
Fulton Henson
Career Exploration &
106
30
Career Assessment
(Focus testing)
Graduate School
36
11
Assistance/Essay
Interview Assistance,
59
13
Mock interviews, & oncampus interview
critiques
Job Search &
102
34
eRecruiting Assistance
Internship Exploration
38
7
Perdue
41
Seidel
21
Total
198
5
4
56
22
10
104
36
18
190
22
5
72
Cover Letter Critique
22
22
12
10
66
Resume Assistance
288
191
373
199
1051
Total
651
(37%)
308
(17%)
511
(29%)
267
(15%)
1737
First Destination Survey: Every year as students pick up their caps and gowns we ask the graduates to complete
an online survey that lets us know where they are going after graduation…their “first destination”. Below are
some of the highlights of the data. You can look at all the survey data, including some major information at the
following link. http://www.salisbury.edu/careerservices/Facstaff/Survey.html
This year 1,030 students completed the survey.
In response to: What best describes your post-graduation status as of right now?
 Employed Full Time in a Career-Related Job after Graduation. 11.77%
o 81% of these students report going to work in Maryland (4.1% in NJ and 3.3% in DC)
 Enrolled in School for Further Study. 14.1%
 Employed Part-Time/Seasonally. 18.9%
 Not Employed and Still Seeking Employment. 52.1%
 Not Employed, Not Enrolled in School, Not Seeking Employment. 3.0%
First Destination Specifics by Major
Accounting majors report going to graduate school and work at:
3 Masters and 2 MBA at Syracuse University, Salisbury University (2), West Virginia University, Undecided
EMPLOYERS: Arthur Bell, Bechtel Corporation, Clifton Gunderson (2), DCAA, Ernst & Young, Fannie Mae,
KPMG, McGladrey (3), Office of Legislative Audits, Philip P. Wheatley, CPA
Business Administration majors report going to graduate school and work at:
MBA at Salisbury University
EMPLOYERS: Embers, Mears Marina, Perdue Agribusiness
Finance majors report going to graduate school and work at:
3 MBA at University of Maryland, Hood College, Rowan University
EMPLOYERS: First Command Financial Services, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Information Systems majors report going to graduate school and work at:
BS in Computer science (2nd degree) at Salisbury University
MBA at Salisbury University
EMPLOYERS: Department of Legislative Services with MGA, Enterprise RAC
Management majors report going to graduate school and work at:
JD at the University of Baltimore
MA in CADR at Salisbury University
MBA at University of Maryland
EMPLOYERS: Aerotek, Chick-Fil-A, Cloverdale Farms, Consulidated Graphics, Enterprise Rent-A-Car (2),
Mike's Crab House, Mobile Communications / AT&T, Salisbury University, Sperry Van Ness, Sunset Pools &
Spas, The Brickman Group
Marketing majors report going to graduate school and work at:
MBA at undecided University
EMPLOYERS: AFLAC, Aerotek, Fred Weingart, Graphtec, Maryland Capital Enterprises, Westminster
American