Annual Report, 2010-11
Career Services for the Henson School
Career services extended to YOUR students this past academic year include:
 90 class presentations (with a minimum average of 22 students per class and therefore 1,980 student
contacts). 20 presentations were in Henson classes and included:
Biol-6
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Math-3
Nursing-7
Resp Therapy-3
Nursing Club-1
Career Services had 1,737 individual student appointments; about 17% of those one-on-one appointments
were with Henson students. (Table 1). Typical length is over 30 minutes.
eRecruiting (Our online database providing services to students, alumni and employers.) 2399 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
o 1028 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.
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 includes:
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
Biology majors report going to graduate school and work at:
2- 2nd degree at Salisbury University and University of Maryland Horn Point Lab
4- Doctorates at West Virginia University, Virginia Tech, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
4- Masters at Salisbury University (2), Delaware University, University of Maryland
3-Medical Doctor at Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and
Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine
Non-degree at UMBC Training Centers
4 Other at Harford Community College, Anne Arundel Community College (2), Salisbury University
2 Veterinary Medicine at VMRCVM and VMRCVM (currently waitlisted)
EMPLOYERS: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/U of Penn, Johns Hopkins, Knowland Group, Lonza,
USDA
Chemistry majors report going to graduate school and work at:
Doctorate (medicine) at WV School of Osteopathic Medicine
Computer Science majors report going to graduate school and work at:
2nd Bachelors at Salisbury University
Masters at University of Leeds
EMPLOYER: D3 Corp
Geography majors report going to graduate school and work at:
2nd Bachelors at Kent State University
3- Masters at Salisbury University
EMPLOYER: Montgomery County Police
Mathematics majors report going to graduate school and work at:
Doctorate at Virginia Tech
Masters at Towson University
EMPLOYERS: Baltimore County Public Schools, United Dominion Realty, Inc and Wicomico County Board of
Education
Medical Laboratory Sciences majors report going to graduate school and work at:
Masters at Rosalind Franklin University
EMPLOYERS: Easton Memorial Hospital, NY Presbyterian, Peninsula Regional Medical Center
Nursing majors report going to graduate school at:
Masters at University of Florida
EMPLOYERS: Mercy Medical Center, Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Peninsula Regional Medical Center (3),
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center, , University of Maryland Medical Center
(3), Warren Hospital
Nursing Masters report going to:
EMPLOYERS: Care First, Easton Memorial, Peninsula Regional Medical Center
Respiratory Therapy majors report going to graduate schools at:
2- Masters at Salisbury University and Fort SAM Medical
EMPLOYERS: Johns Hopkins Hospital (2), Peninsula Regional Medical Center, U.S. Army