S PID 20092010 Annual Report Our mission is to empower people to clarify their values as they discover and develop their skills, abilities and passions for life. IO WA OFFICE OF CAREER SERVICES AND INTERNSHIPS

COE COLLEGE OFFICE OF CAREER SERVICES INTERNSHIPS 20092010 Annual Report During the 20092010 academic year, the mission and goals of Coe Colleges Office of Career Services and Internships were adjusted and evolved to address changing needs of students, faculty, and alumni. We reached our clients in new and different ways by successfully developing new strategies, new partnerships, and new programming. The following report details what our office accomplished during the 20092010 academic year. R

Figure 1 As Figure 2 below shows, Coes career counselors met with about 44 more women than men during the 20092010 academic year 41 of appointments were with men and 59 were with women. This is almost identical to last years percentages however, the Coe student body was 47 male and 53 female this year, so we met with comparatively fewer men than women during this time. As a result, we are looking for ways to successfully reach out to students of both genders. Figure 2 www.coe.educareerservices

Walkin Counseling Career Services offers regular walkin hours during the academic year each Monday afternoon from 100 400 pm in the Career Services office, upper Gage Memorial Union. Residence hall walkin hours are also offered on Wednesday afternoons from 230 pm 400 pm, rotating among locations. The purpose of the walkin hours is to make careerrelated services accessible to students at more convenient times and locations. Walkin sessions are limited to no more than 10 minutes. If a student ne

Figure 3.1 StudentsClients Served by Class Client data by class are depicted in Figure 4. Sixtyfive and a half percent of the students served through counseling appointments during 20092010 were juniors or seniors, which is a percentage that has been consistent over the last several years last year it was 64. As students approach graduation they naturally become more concerned with the job search and graduate school exploration. We also offer many services for firstyear students we see 99 of fi

Types of Assistance Requested by Coe Students Career Services uses Coe Connections, an online database, to track the purpose of each counseling appointment. Figure 5 shows the assistance requested by Coe students visiting Career Services during 20092010 Figure 5 When comparing this chart to the data from 20082009 in Figure 5.1, there are a few important items to note. The previous Job Counseling and Evaluation categories were eliminated and added into the new Career InterestsOptions category. T

Figure 5.1 Figure 6 depicts the types of assistance requested by students visiting Career Services over the last four academic years. The number of requests for assistance with a resume or cover letter has steadily increased over time, as have the requests for internship exploration. Requests for help in exploring career interests also continue to increase. For data collection purposes, the categorization of this topic has changed, making a direct yearly comparison challenging to interpret. Fig

This category, which was not used last year, includes appointments where career interests and various job and career options were discussed with the student. It may also include discussion about possible majors. Appointments that involved Job Counseling as defined in previous years were included this year in the Explore Career Interests and Options category this year. The numbers in this chart are greater than the total number of appointments for the year, reflecting the fact that many appoin

Figure 8 below depicts the changes in referral methods over the last several years. The data support an overall trend away from personal referral methods such as faculty and friends and toward technologybased referral methods. It also appears that far fewer students are being referred to us through print media than in years past. All of this suggests that we should concentrate our promotional resources on electronic referral sources. It also indicates that we should be intentional about teaching

Figure 9 Figure 10 below summarizes the various purposes, broken down by percentage, of the career counseling appointments with Coe alumni. The most common reason for alumni appointments was to work on a resume andor cover letter 33.8, and the second most common reason was job search assistance 31.1. In comparison, 27.2 of student appointments were for a resume andor cover letter and only 7.2 were for a job search. Alumni appointments are more focused on job searching since many alumni contact

Majors Figure 11 shows the number of studentsclients in each major who were served by Career Services in individual counseling appointments. The students selfreported their majors in an optional information field when updating their registration information in Coe Connections our online database. Because this was not a required field, the number of actual student appointments was higher than the number of students who provided information about their majors. Figure 11 Accounting Accounting, Mana

Workshops For college career centers across the country, workshops traditionally have been a foundational way to reach large numbers of students with information about various aspects of planning for life after college. For many years, Coes Career Services department conducted regular workshops on a variety of careerrelated topics, such as resume writing, interview skills, and job search strategies. Most of the workshops have historically been conducted in Career Services classroomlike facilitie

Figure 12 Workshops by Category Because the nature of our workshops changed this year, we decided to categorize our workshops and events to compare the relative success of various workshops from year to year. The following categories were created WorkshopEvent Category Campus Organization Definition Studentfocused workshop or event, developed, promoted, andor conducted in conjunction with a recognized campus organization, such as a fraternity or sorority. Workshop developed, promoted, andor con

Figure 13 below shows a breakdown of workshops and events for 20092010. Most of the workshops 40 were traditional however, the majority of workshop attendance 39 came from classroom or facultysupported presentations. Figure 13 Additional Programming Resume and Cover Letter Contest 16 students participated For the last nine years the Career Services office has sponsored a resume and cover letter contest featuring local professionals from a variety of backgrounds and industries who serve as judg

Resume CV Writing for Educators Health Science Internship workshop Internet Privacy Elevator Speeches Job Search Perspectives Employer and Student Biology Seminar for Juniors and Seniors Campus Organizations each of these was customized to the particular organization Effective Use of Social Networking presented to RAs and College Adjustment Peers Networking Student Alumni Association Resume Writing Phi Kappa Tau fraternity Communicating Effectively Alpha Omicron Pi sorority Sophomor

OffCampus MeetingsConferences Iowa Association for Internships and Cooperative Education IAICECCPI Summer Conference, Decorah, IA, July 2009 Iowa College Recruiting Network ICoRN Fall Planning Meeting, Ankeny, Iowa, October 2009 University of Wisconsin Center for Education and Work, Careers Conference, January 2010 ICoRN Spring Planning Meeting, Storm Lake, IA, April 2010 IAICE Spring Meeting, Dubuque, IA, April 2010 Professional Involvement Diana Patten IAICEpast president Mercy Medical

Resources Library Resources Two years ago we updated the entire Career Services library for students and added a professional development section for students, staff, faculty and alumni who are interested in the career development field. This past year we added to and updated our hardcopy career development resources. Every book and journal in our library can be accessed through the online Stewart Library System, which indicates the books are located in upper Gage Union. Career Services Web Site

On and OffCampus Recruiting Events The Career Services office facilitated student exploration of a variety of postgraduation career and grad school opportunities through several onand offcampus recruiting events. Iowa College Recruiting Network ICoRN Below are the employers who participated in both interview days. Several had multiple job openingsinterviews for different divisions and locations. The most popular interview day is the fall Accounting Interview Day close to 100 of our senior accoun

On Campus Visits by Organizations Employers and graduate schools interested in recruiting Coe students initiated facetoface meetings with our staff or conducted interview or recruiting events on campus, including AEGON Companies GoDaddy HyVee Iowa Workforce Development Logan Chiropractic Northwestern Mutual Student Conservation Association US Cellular Regional Career RecruitmentCareer Fair Events Career Services promoted and offered FREE transportation to the following events AEGON Comp

Office of Career Services Internships Upper Gage Memorial Union 1220 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 USA 319.399.8844 www.coe.educareerservices

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