Annual Report 2012-2013

Building Shockers, Building Professionals

Annual Report ‘12-’13

Career Services

W U

S career services

What WE Do For YOU

We are committed to helping students develop lifelong career management skills and resources to obtain employment.

Appointments Held

1162

Individuals Seen

826 Overall: Current Students: 79% Graduate Students: 14% Alumni: 5% Community: 2%

Of Current Students:

FR: 7% SO: 14% JR: 16% SR: 48% GS: 15%

25% of all appointments were walk-ins

Individual Counseling & Advising

4 Graduate Student

Representation by

College/School

22% DECIDING 19% FAIRMOUNT COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES 19% W. FRANK BARTON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 19% COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 12% COLLEGE OF EDUCATION 7% COLLEGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS 1% COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS Appointment Breakdown Resume Critique: 59% Career Counseling: 18% Mock Interview: 13% Testing: 11% Job Search: 8% Choosing a Major: 6% *Total percentage will not equal 100 because more than one reason per appointment can be recorded.

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Presentations By Category

Presentations Total Number of Participants

3,137 Presentations

116

Fine Arts

By Topic

Engineering

1. Resume: 25% 2. Services: 18%

College Life & University Relations

3. True Colors*: 11%

Health Professions

4. Career-Related: 9%

Business

5. Interview Day: 9%

Student Groups

6. Other: 9%

Community

7. Holland Exam*: 8% 8. Interview Prep: 8% 9. Job Search: 8% 10. Strengths*: 8% 11. Cover Letter: 5%

Education University-Wide Liberal Arts

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

Note: “By Topic” will not equal 100% because of multiple topics within a presentation.

*Holland is an interactive activity during which students select themes related to career interests

Community Presentations:

*True Colors is an interactive activity which focuses on interpersonal and communication styles

Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita Collegiate School, Larksfield Place, AVID, Bridges Program, Cessna, KUMC Journeys and Destinations, Wichita Senior Center

*StrengthsFinder is an assessment which provides a customized report listing the top five talent themes, along with action items and suggestions for using talents.

New Event: Design of Networking The Design of Networking was held September 27, 2012 in Beggs Hall on the Wichita State University campus. The event was a collaboration with Mike McCoy, Mechanical Engineering Instructor. Kristy Laufer of Flint Hill Resources prepared 23 students for the evening, instructing them in the basics of networking. Following Laufer’s overview, students had the opportunity to practice their networking skills with 10 engineering employers representing Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, GKN Aerospace, Cox Communictions, Koch Industries, Vornado, Spirit and the Society of Women Engineers.

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Design of Networking

Beggs Hall, September 27, 2012

2013

school districts

28 14 125 Employers

Fall 2012

schedules

55 students

195

interviews

interviews conducted

Spring 2013

10 42 Employers

Interview Day

Education

Spring

19

Campus Interviews

interviews conducted

Resumania! Resumania

Resumania provides an opportunity for students to meet our staff, ask questions about resume writing and have a resume reviewed. Career counselors from Career Services were out and about on campus this spring to help students prepare resumes for the upcoming Spring 2013 Job Fair.

Resumania took place in the Rhatigan Student Center lobby on January 30. The counselors were in Clinton Hall on February 13. The final Resumania was held in the Career Services office in 203 Grace Wilkie on February 27.

Wednesday ary 27 Febr0u 0pm

8:00 am - 5: oom 203 Grace Wilkie Hall, R

7 3 Resumania Events = 104 Resume Reviews

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Hire a Shocker Total number of jobs posted July 1, 2012-June 27, 2013:

3,463

By Position Type:

Degree Preferred: 1815 Degree Required: 904 No Degree Required: 772 On Campus: 109 Seas/Temp/One-Time: 140 Volunteer: 17 *Total percentage will not equal 100 because more than one position type can be selected.

Shocker Outreach: Satellite Shocks September 10, 2012, West Campus

The Hire-a-Shocker system was promoted to students attending classes at the West Campus. Staff members were available for questions.

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706

New employers

registered on Hire-a-Shocker

Job Categories

Jobs Posted

Accounting/Auditing.........................................131 Administration..................................................121 Admin/Support Services...................................182 Analyst...............................................................95 Banking.............................................................103 Childcare.............................................................31 Computer-Information Systems........................141 Computer-Programming....................................116 Computer-Software Design................................84 Computer-Web Page Design..............................55 Correction/Juvenile Justice...................................6 Counseling..........................................................53 Customer Service...............................................144 Engineering.......................................................320 Environmental Science/Service..........................37 Finance..............................................................87 Government.......................................................84 Graphic Design...................................................40 Health Services/Healthcare..............................253 Hotel/Restaurant...............................................50 Human Resources..............................................49 InfoMgmt/MIS...................................................57 Insurance............................................................79 IT/Systems........................................................170 Journalism/Broadcasting....................................71 Laboratory Science.............................................14 Law Enforcement/Security................................30 Management.....................................................124 Marketing..........................................................127 Recreation/Leisure/Travel.................................53 Sales.................................................................215 Skilled Labor.......................................................38 Social Media........................................................16 Social Work........................................................131 Software Developer, Programming....................104 Supply Chain Mgmt/Logistics............................28 Teaching/Education.........................................400 Web App Developer............................................49 Web Development..............................................66

586 MORE jobs posted on Hire-a-Shocker

than last year Shocker Outreach: Technology Fair October 23, 2012, Ablah Library & MRC

Learn More...WSU Technology Fair At the Hire-a-Shocker booth, laptops were available so students could learn how to: - complete their profile - job search - upload a resume WSU staff members had the opportunity to discover how to post on-campus student jobs. They could see how Hire-a-Shocker works for their students pertaining to job search and Career Services events.

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60 56 JOB 64 JOB

FAIR

SPRING 2013

PHYSICAL THERAPY CAREER FAIR SPRING 2013

10

FAIR

employers

FALL 2012

students employers

Career Events & Fairs

students

5 3 0

20 25 11 1st year

students

2nd year students

3rd year students

students

3 0 2

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On-Campus Interviews Adams, Brown, Beran, Ball Allen, Gibbs & Houlik Beechcraft BKD Bunting Magnetics Comptroller of the Currency Consolidated Graphics Edward Jones Ernst & Young Family Heritage Grant Thornton Jet Aviation Kennedy & Coe Koch Industries Lindburg, Vogel, Pierce, Faris Menards Meraki Mutual of Omaha Palo Alto Networks Target Tinker Air Force Base University Directories

Andover USD 385 ANW Special Education Cooperative Arkansas City USD 470 Augusta USD 402 Cowley County Special Services Cooperative USD 465 Derby USD 260 Diocese of Wichita Catholic Schools Emporia USD 253 Garden City USD 457 Goddard USD 265 Haysville USD 261 Holcomb USD 363 Kansas City, KS Public Schools Mulvane USD 262 Special Education Cooperative at Goddard Spring Hill USD 230 Stafford USD 349 Wichita USD 259 Winfield USD 465

Employers

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Event Participants ABOX4U Adecco Aerospace Quality Research & Develop.

AFLAC AGCO Corporation Andover Police Department AXA Advisors, LLC Bartronics America Inc. B/E Aerospace Bombardier Learjet Campus Special CAV - Aerospace Cavalier IT, Inc. Cessna Aircraft Company Chipotle Mexican Grill Chit Chat Wireless City National Bank Comcare of Sedgwick County Consolidated Electrical Distributors Consolidated Graphics CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc. Defense Contract Audit Agency Dillards DOC- Juvenile Detention Facility Dodge City/Ford County Develop. Corp.

Dodge City Police Department Edward Jones Emprise Bank EN Engineering Enid Summer Achievers Program Enterprise Rent-a-Car Exacta Aerospace Inc. Exel Supply Chain Faith Roofing Company Family Heritage Farmers Insurance Group Feedstox Garmin International GE Aviation – Strother General Electric Engine Services, Inc. G.L. Huyett Go McPherson, Inc. Graybar Electric GTM Sportswear Hampel Oil

High Touch, Inc. Hospira ImageQuest Intrust Bank, N.A. iSi Environmental Journal Broadcast Group Kansasworks/KS Dept. of Commerce Kennedy and Coe, LLC KMUW Radio Koch Industries KVC Behavioral HealthCare KWCH KWIK Shop Marine Officer Selection Team Menards Meraki, Inc. Morrow Engineering, Inc. NASA Johnson Space Center National Credit Union Administration NetApp Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Panda Express Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. Pittsburg State University – Grad School Primerica Financial Services Protection 1 Pulse Systems, Inc. Rusty Eck Ford Signature Seafoods Spirit AeroSystems Standard Motor Products Sunflower Electric Corporation Superior Boiler Works, Inc. Target Corporation TEK Systems The Boeing Company The Coleman Company Tinker Air Force Base Topeka Police Department Torotel Products, Inc. Tulsa Police Department University Directories University of Kansas MBA Program U.S. Air Force Officer Program U.S. Army

U.S. Navy Officer Program Valent Aerostructures Verizon Wireless Walmart Westar Energy Western & Southern Life Insurance Co. Wichita Furniture Wichita Police Department Worldwide Express WSU – College of Education WSU – Rhatigan Student Center Youthville

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Our Mission:

To empower our clients with the skills, knowledge and resources necessary for effective career development, and to build partnerships with employers to expand client career opportunities.