Annual Report, 2008-09
Career Services for the Perdue School
Career Services extended to YOUR students this past academic year include:
 Conducted 120 presentations, 30 presentations for Perdue students and included:
Intro to Business-3 classes
Management-11 classes
Other Business classes-2 classes
Focus Presentation (MGT 300)10 Workshops
MBA-1 Orientation
Perdue School Orientation-1
Myers Briggs for Perdue-2 presentations
ABLE Workshop-many brief talks
35 orientation sessions conducted for first-year students,
preparing them for program planning activities.
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Career Services had 2,012 individual student appointments, 899 appointments or 45% of all
appointments were with Perdue students. (Table 1). The vast majority of students were most often
referred to the Career Office by “self”, with “faculty” and “friends” being the next biggest source of
referrals.
eRecruiting (Our online database providing services to students, alumni and employers.) 849
Perdue students logged into the system. 128 Perdue students found/contacted at least one mentor
(800 SU alums who have volunteered to assist current students in their career pursuits) using the
Mentor Network on eRecruiting. Our student’s resumes were viewed 2,851 times by 335 different
employers through this system.
Communicate opportunities via email to students:
o Job Alerts emailed to seniors-606
o Internship Alerts emailed to Juniors-441 (100 more internship listings this year)
Organized 5 Job Fairs for students, including:
o Fall General Job and Internship Fair- 87 employers attended, 428 student attendees
o Spring General Job and Internship Fair- 80 employers attended, 638 student attendees, 180
Perdue students
o SU/UMES Education Job Fair- 47 employers participated, 200 student attendees
o Summer Job Fair- 25 employers participated, 284 student attendees, 50 Perdue students
o Health Care Job Fair- 35 employers participated, 8 Perdue Students attended
Over 36 employers conducted 394 on-campus interviews, 30 employers held Information Sessions
or hosted information tables on-campus. During On-Campus Interviews employers rated our
students on average 2.21 in questions concerning interview preparedness and quality. (1-5 scale
with 2 being “Above Average”). The vast majority of students interviewing on-campus were Perdue
students.
Over 400 students signed up to receive weekly text messages from the Career Services Office.
29 other Workshops/ Presentations, reaching over 600 students (and over 200 parents) included:
 Etiquette Dinner, sponsored by the AMA club- 60 students
 Developing Federal Resume (2)- 124 students
 Succeeding in Federal Interviews (NEW)- 21 students
 Getting a Job in a Weak Economy (2)- 46 students
 Interviewing and Dress to Impress - 20 students
 How to Approach a Job Fair in 30 minutes or Less (2)- 58 students
 How to Use and Understand e Recruiting in 45 minutes- 6 students
 Job Hunting , Down, Dirty and Fast-23 students
 Resumes from an Employers Perspective- 23 students
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Resume Workshop (2)- 79 students
Your first Year on the Job Workshop - 17 students
Lend assistance with the still-deciding student presentations and registration processes
Orientation to parents in the Summer - 10 sessions
On the Spot Resume Reviews (2)-Reviewed resumes in HS and TETC – 20 students
Fashion show (NEW) – 95 students
Table 1: Individual Student Appointments
Fulton Henson
Career Exploration &
46
8
Career Assessment
(Focus testing)
Graduate School
17
8
Assistance/Essay
Interview Assistance,
23
2
Mock interviews, & oncampus interview
critiques
Job Search &
75
12
eRecruiting Assistance
Internship Exploration
15
3
Perdue
301
Seidel
8
Other*
47
Total
410
6
4
1
36
28
1
3
57
190
24
24
325
14
2
3
37
Resume Assistance/
Cover Letter Critique
304
135
360
198
150
1147
Resumes critiqued via
erecruiting**
94
21
321
95
35
566
574
189
1220
332
263
2578
22%
7%
47%
13%
10%
*Includes Alumni, Undeclared or Unrecorded Majors
**In response to employer feedback, resumes were not allowed to be uploaded into eRecruiting before
being reviewed. Not considered in the count for individual appointments.
Total
First Destination Survey: Every year as students pick up their caps and gowns we set up several
computers in the Bookstore for them 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. Don't forget to click on Graduation
Date as one of the Qualifiers. http://www.salisbury.edu/careerservices/Facstaff/Survey.html This year 716
students completed the survey, 637 were at the Bachelor’s level.
In response to: What best describes your post-graduation status as of right now?
 Employed Full Time in a Career-Related Job after Graduation. 20.7%
 Enrolled in School for Further Study. 13.1%
 Employed Part-Time/Seasonally. 16.6%
 Not Employed and Still Seeking Employment. 46.9%
 Not Employed, Not Enrolled in School, Not Seeking Employment. 2.7%
Salaries Reported
Reported Jobs in MD
Fulton
$35,125
(43 reporting)
63.0%
Henson
$46,381
(61)
86.2%
Perdue
$42,236
(54)
84.4%
First Destination specifics by Major
Accounting majors report going to work/school at:
Salisbury University
Aarow Equipment and Services
Mullen Sondberg Winbish & Stone
Santos, Postal & Company (2)
Goodman & Company (2)
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP.
RSM McGladrey (2)
Mullen Sondberg Wimbish & Stone P. A.
Watkins, Meegan, Drury & Co (2)
TRICE GEARY MYERS
KPMG LLP
Business Administration majors report going work/school at:
Masters, Industrial Engineering Technical University of Berlin
Financial Planner, Holloway & Associates
Office Automation Clerk ,US Department of Housing And Urban Development
Economics majors report going school at:
Doctorate Economics, University of Delaware
Finance majors report going to school/work at:
MBA, Salisbury University (2)
MBA Management, Drexel University
Business Manager, Synergy
Contract Specialist, Department of Defense
Cost Analyze, Northrop Grumman
Credit Manager, Wells Fargo Financial
Data Analyst I Information, Millenium Group
Financial Planner, LPL Financial
Gateway Agent, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Recruit Police Officer, Gainesville Police
Sales Representative, Iron World Inc
Management majors report going to graduate school and work at:
MBA, Towson University
MBA, Salisbury University
MBA, UTK
MD Contemporary Communications, College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Administration, Tony Nonn
Administrative Assistant, DeCaro Doran
Assistant Manager, Walgreens
Configuration Management
Contract Specialist, NAVAIR
Seidel
$36,933
(43)
82.8%
Coop Student Trainee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Estimator, Machado Construction Co., Inc.
Executive, Target
Office Administrator, Sneade's Ace Home Center
Personal Trainer/Adult Wellness/ Youth Wellness, YMCA
Marketing majors report going to graduate school and work at:
Bachelors (2nd degree) Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University
Masters, Conflict Analysis & Dispute Resolution, Salisbury University
MBA, University of Baltimore
MBA, Salisbury University (2)
MBA International Business, Grenoble Ecole De Management
MBA, Marketing Hood College
Branch Account Manager, Orkin
Community marketing representative, Wyndham resorts
Gateway Agent, Finra
Industrial Engineer, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
Masters Swimming Head Coach, Mid-Delmarva Family YMCA
United States Marine Corps
Server, Harborside Bar and Grill
Soy clerk, Perdue Farms
Master of Business Administration majors report going to work at:
AVP/Credit Administrator, Easton Bank and Trust Co.
Contract Specialist, C4ISR
Credit Manager, Wells Fargo
Economic Development/Transportation Planner, Tri-County Council of the Lower Eastern Shore
Marketing Administrative Associate, Wor-Wic Community College