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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CLASS OF 2012 POST GRADUATE REPORT
The Career Center at Westfield State University provides statistical reports to measure effectiveness, evaluate performance and promote transparency. Our purpose in capturing first destination, post-graduate information and compiling this report is to provide meaningful data that prospective students, parents, employers, the administration and the community can utilize. Our goal was to analyze a representative sample of the Class of 2012 to determine the post-graduation career and graduate school activities of individuals one year after graduation. We were very pleased with a 48% percent overall knowledge rate, achieved through a number of marketing initiatives and the Career Center’s tracking efforts. Knowledge rate refers to employment and graduate school information obtained through our survey, phone calling and LinkedIn efforts. Equally impressive in this economy is finding that approximately 93% percent, of those whose contact information we were able to locate, are either employed or attending graduate school. Also noteworthy, 30% percent of this group was engaged in public sector or non-profit employment, reflecting Westfield State University’s mission of assisting students to develop intellectually and to use their knowledge and skills to improve the social and economic conditions in their communities. It is exciting to see the wide range of professional activities of these new graduates. Members of the University community have worked diligently to guide and support these individuals during their undergraduate years. It is satisfying to see the outcome of these efforts as students launch their professional careers or pursue advanced study in a wide range of fields and industries. We are pleased to present our 2012 Post-Graduate Report. Using a systematic and comprehensive approach for gathering this type of data, we can examine our progress with students over time and guide future efforts on behalf of students and alumni. This project, compiled and managed by the Career Center, was truly a collaborative campus-wide effort, working closely with colleagues from Information Technology. We hope that you find this report to be informative and beneficial.
Sincerely, Junior Delgado Director, Career Center
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REPORT OVERVIEW The Class of 2012 Post-Graduate Report was compiled by the Westfield State University Career Center. Graduate information was obtained via an online survey, email, telephone and LinkedIn efforts beginning in November, 2013. Throughout the next year, the Career Center continued to search for accurate contact information for many of the 2012 graduates, while continuing to invite graduates to participate in the survey. The data collection process culminated in November of 2014 after two additional attempts via phone
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and extensive efforts to connect through LinkedIn. In total, 344 out of the 710 graduates for whom we were able to secure contact information or track, a 48% knowledge rate, provided the information used in this report. Information gathered regarding employment, graduate studies and related factors provided very interesting and significant analyses when compiling this data.
CLASS OF 2012 What is the Class of 2012 doing? Members of the Class of 2012’s primary activity six months after graduation.
75% Employment
What is the Class of 2012 doing?
4% Graduate School
3%
4%
14% Both Employment and Graduate School 3% Seeking Employment
14%
4% Other
4%
T he Report shows that 93% are either employed or in graduate school.
75%
Salary Information Respondents reporting some level of employment provided the following salary information:
Salary Breakdown by Percentage >$70,000 $65,000 – $69,999 $60,000 – $64,999 $55,000 – $59,999 $50,000 – $54,999 $45,000 – $49,999 $40,000 – $44,999 $35,000 – $39,999 $30,000 – $34,999 $25,000 – $29,999 $20,000 – $24,999 $15,000 – $19,999 $10,000 – $14,999 <$9,999
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EMPLOYMENT 75% of those employed indicate careers related to their major. 30% reported employment in the non-profit sector. Breakdown of when employment was secured:
When did they obtain employment?
23% 37% Before Graduation or < 3 Months After Graduation
22%
3 – 6 Months After Graduation
6 – 12 Months After Graduation
> 12 Months After Graduation
18%
Employment for 2012 graduates: Salary Breakdown by by industry Percentage
What industries are most represented for employing our graduates?
4.12 >$70,000 Education 16.89% Advertising & Marketing 4.00% 0 0 – $69,999 Health Care & Pharmaceuticals 14.22% Food & Beverages 3.11% 1.03 0 – $64,999 Finance & Financial Services 11.56% Insurance 2.22% 4.12 0 – $59,999 Government 10.22% Construction, Machinery and Homes 1.78% 14.43 0 – $54,999 Business Support & Logistics 9.33% Automotive 1.33% 9.28 0 – $49,999 Retail & Consumer Durables 7.56% Agriculture 0.89% 18.56 0 – $44,999 Telecommunications, Technology, Utilities, Energy, and Extraction 0.89% 9.28 0 – $39,999 Internet & Electronics 5.78% Airlines & Aerospace (including Defense) 0.44% 18.56 4.89% 0 – $34,999 Nonprofit Real Estate 0.44% 5.15 0 – $29,999 Entertainment & Leisure 4.44% Manufacturing 0.00% 8.25 0 – $24,999 Total 100% 5.15 0 – $19,999 0 0 – $14,999 4 | ’12 POST GRADUATE REPORT 2.06 <$9,999
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Employers of 2012 graduates
(Representative Sample)
Westfield State University graduates listed employment at the following: ABI Solutions Accenture Active Physical Therapy AdCare Hospital AEON English Language Education Air National Guard Aldi Alliance Medical Gas Allied Barton/Boston Properties American International College Amherst College Anytime Fitness APEX Behavioral Consulting APG Security Arbella Insurance Arbon Equipment Corporation Army National Guard Attain Therapy and Fitness Balise Motor Sales Barrington Stage Company Bay Cove Human Services Baystate Health Systems BEACON Services Beetlebung Farm Production Belmont Savings Bank Best Buy Best Fitness Health Club BevCam Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Biogen Idec Boisselle, Morton & Associates, LLP Bonacquisti Brothers Construction Boston Capital Boston Children’s Hospital Boston College Police Department Boston University Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital Bridging Care for Families Bulletin Newspaper BYN Mellon C&E Autobody C&S Wholesale Grocers Cambridge Computer Services Catchpoint Systems Catholic Charities of Brooklyn & Queens
CBS 3 Springfield Cegedim Center for Arabic Study Abroad Central One Federal Credit Union Charles River Bank CIGNA Healthcare CISabroad Citizens Bank Citizens Disability Claims Bureau USA Clemson University Coast Radio Inc. College of the Holy Cross Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company Comcast SportsNet New England Comcast Spotlight Commonwealth of Massachusetts Communications at Fuzion Design, Inc. Community Services Institute Conservation Corps of Minnesota & Iowa Consolidated Hydro Power Plant ContentLEAD Conway’s Kiddie Kollege Corporation for Public Management Creative Work Systems Crossroads for Children Cumberland Farms CVS Pharmacy Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Dawood Engineering, Inc. Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Dominion Dealer Solutions Dovetail Health Dunkin’ Donuts - NGP Management, LLC Easthampton Police Department Easthampton Savings Bank EMC Corporation EMD Millipore Emerson Hospital Engineered Tooling Corporation Enterprise Commercial Trucks Enterprise Holdings EPOCH Senior Living Erich Flood Everett and Sons
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EMPLOYERS OF 2012 GRADS (CONT) Evergreen Center Falcetti Music FarmCredit Financial Partners, Inc. Fidelity Investments Five Star Jet Center Florence Savings Bank Ford Law, PC FOX Television Studios Fuzz Productions G4S Technology Gary Rome Kia Genzyme Glide Gold Circuit E-Cycling, LLC Gold Medal Bakery Good Samaritan Hosptial Grace House Granite Telecommunications Grassroots Campaigns Greater Media Boston Greenfield Public Schools Guard Plus 24 Hampden County Sheriff’s Department Hampstead Hospital Harrington Memorial Hospital Harvard School of Public Health Harvard University Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, LLP HCC Specialty HealthWays Hillcrest Educational Centers Hockmeyer Studios, Inc. Holyoke Community College Hometown Bank Horizon Beverage Company Identical Films Individual and Family Services Institute for Health and Recovery Institution for Savings J.M. O’Brian & Co. Jewish Community Center Journey’s Justice Resource Institute Kel & Partners Kevin P. Martin & Associates, PC Key Program Keypoint Partners, LLC Keys for Kids Music School
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Kohls Konica Minolta Business Solutionas U.S.A., Inc. Law Offices of Howard M. Kahalas, PC Leeder Management LEGO Group Longmeadow Montesorri School Lustig, Glaser & Wilson, PC Martignetti Companies Massachusetts Army National Guard Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company Massachusetts National Guard, JFHQ MassMutual Financial Group McNeill Lehman Melanson Health & Company, PC Melmark New England Merrimack Valley Distributing Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Natixis Global Asset Management New England Apiaries New York Life Insurance Company Nonotuck Resources Associates, Inc. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Nover-Armstrong Associates, Inc. Numeric Investors On-Time Accounting Owens-Illinois PCT Federal Credit Union Peabody Properties, Inc. Peace Corps Penske People’s United Bank Petroise Enterprise, Inc Pioneer Valley Railroad Pittsfield Family YMCA Plymouth Rock Assurance Poincare Institute, Tufts University Portland Maine Police Department Prudential Life Insuance Company of America Public Schools Adams-Cheshire Regional School District Belchertown Public Schools Charleston County School District Chicopee Public Schools Gill Montague Regional School District Holyoke Public Schools Southborough Public Schools Perkins School for the Blind Quincy Public Schools
EMPLOYERS OF 2012 GRADS (CONT) Springfield Public Schools Westfield Public Schools Worcester Public Schools Quaker Special Risk Radius Marketing Group LLC Randstad Technologies US Ricoh Americas Corporation Sabic Polymershapes Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP Scratch Marketing + Media Seaview Retreat Securitas Service Net Seven Hills Foundation Shrewsbury Engineer Department Six Flags Sodexo South Bay Mental Health Center Southern Worcester County Educational Collaborative Springfield Water and Sewer Commission Staples, Inc. State Street Bank Steward Health Care Storybook Child Care StubHub Suffolk University Target Corporation TD Bank Teach For America Test America Labratories, Inc. The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield The Carson Center for Human Services The Family Pet Hospital The Hanover Insurance Group The Key Program, Inc. The Lexington Group The MENTOR Network The New England Center for Children The Red Lion Inn The Relationship Company The Rinaldi Group, LLC The Weymouth Club TigerPress Town of East Longmeadow, MA Town of Hopedale, MA Town of Mansfield, MA Town of West Springfield, MA Town of Yarmouth, MA Travelers
Trendsetters Media Group Techtronics Industries Co. (TTi) UCAN VISTA Coalition UMass Medical School Uni-Select USA United Bank University of Indianapolis Vaughn-Martel Law Verizon Wireless Vermillion Productions Vertafore Vital EMS Vive Communications Waddell and Reed Waste Management Wayne Alarm Systems WCVB-TV 5 Boston West Suburban YMCA Western Mass Women Magazine Westfield Bank Worcester County Sheriff’s Office
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GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Approximately 18% of the survey respondents indicated that they are currently pursuing a graduate degree
Westfield State University alumni reported attending the following schools: (Representative Sample) American International College Antioch New England Graduate School, Antioch University Assumption College Bay Path University Boston University Bridgewater State University Cambridge College Capella University Clemson University Colorado State University Columbia University Endicott College Fitchburg State University Florida Coastal School of Law Fordham University Framingham State University Georgetown University Northeastern University Salem State University San Francisco State University
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Simmons College Southern New Hampshire University Springfield College Suffolk University Suffolk University School of Law Syracuse University College of Law The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh Tufts University University of Albany University of Indianapolis University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Massachusetts, Medical School University of Massachusetts, Worcester Graduate School of Nursing Western New England University Westfield State University Wheelock College Worcester State University
WHERE DID THEY GO? Westfield State University Graduates by Location
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Other U.S. States (CA, CO, DC, FL, IA, MD, MI, NC, NY, SC, TN, WI)
Employed in New England (Outside of MA)
Employed in Massachusetts
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Graduates from the Class of 2012 live all across the U.S. and internationally as well. Eighty-one percent (81%) of graduates responding to our survey report Massachusetts as their top destination after graduation, choosing to remain in Massachusetts for employment opportunities. Twenty-five percent (25%) of those who remained in Massachusetts secured employment in the greater Springfield area.
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CAREER CENTER The Career Center strives to assist students and alumni find success in employment, educational advancement and career management. Some additional resources: Personal career advising Career Connections (online job and internship board) Career and job search workshops Career and graduate school fairs Employer networking events Job and internship postings Weekly electronic announcements to market jobs and events Graduate school advising Extensive web resources Mock interviews Career Mentor program Classroom presentations Etiquette Dinner/Fashion Show On-campus employer visits Of those graduates responding to our survey, they visited the Career Center 63% or saidparticipated in a Career Center sponsored program while at Westfield State University. in an internship. 57% participated
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REPORT HEAD
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REPORT HEAD
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION Dr. Elizabeth Preston, Ph.D. Interim President Dr. Marsha Marotta, Ph.D. Interim Vice President, Academic Affairs Dr. Kimberly Tobin, Ph.D. Interim Vice President, Administration and Finance
Kenneth Lemanski, J.D. Vice President, Advancement and University Relations Dr. Carlton Pickron, Ed.D. Vice President, Student Affairs Azanda Seymour, M.Ed. Interim Executive Assistant to the President
CAREER CENTER STAFF Junior Delgado, M.Ed. Director, Career Center
Jennifer Serra, B.A. Career Counselor
Giselle Abed, M.Ed. Associate Director, Career Center
Sharon King Administrative Assistant II
Dino Innarelli, B.A. Coordinator of Alumni Career Services
Lori Putnam Clerk IV
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