Points of Pride 2010-2011

 The Career Center served 13,902 students and alumni during the 2010-2011 Academic Year. TCC staff conducted 2,222 individual advising/counseling appointments with students and alumni and presented 263 professional seminars, classroom presentations, and special programs which served 7,537 students.  In the 2010-2011 Academic Year classroom presentations, students received an average score of 87% on their overall Learning Outcomes score. For classroom presentations, 97.55% indicated their understanding of career readiness skills was increased.  For one-on-one appointments, 98.75% of students who completed the student satisfaction survey had a score of 4 or higher out of a possible score of 5. 94% of students stated they would recommend our services to fellow students.  988 students participated in the HIRED mock interview program. Out of the 988 students who participated in the HIRED Mock Interviews, 100% of students said participating in the HIRED interview process increased their career readiness skills.  During the Career Fair, 281 organizations participated in off- and on-campus Career Fair events.

2,106 students participated in off-campus career fairs. 28 companies scheduled on-campus interviews.  98% of employers attending our career fairs rated their recruiting experience as either good or excellent. 82% of students attending our career fairs rated the overall effectiveness of the Career Fair as good or excellent.  The Career Center’s Career Success Guide has been reviewed 17,023 times by students and alumni.

The Career Success Guide was viewed 12,255 times on-line and 4,768 Career Success Guides were distributed in presentations and one-on-one appointments.  Since May 2010, 525 new employer accounts have been added to the PirateJobs database. A total of 591 new jobs were created (posted) in PirateJobs.  Since Focus 2’s , The Career Center’s new career and educational planning system for students and alumni, implementation on August 25, 2010, there are a total of 863 new user accounts.  Optimal Resume, The Career Center’s online resource for creating resumes, portfolios, and professional websites, has a total of 5,755 student accounts and 304 alumni accounts.