Grad Interest Survey 2003

Grad Interest Survey 1 - 2003

(Graduate, PhD and Post Doctoral Fellow)

RESULTS

Total Participants = 63

End Date = 5/12/03

Bookstore Gift Certificate Winner: Xiaoye Lu

Questions or comments: gp3@ucsc.edu

 

1. PLEASE TELL US WHO YOU ARE
A.
Name of Department you are Registered or Affiliated with:
3 - Anthropology
14 - Biology
2 - Chemistry and Biochemistry
5 - Computer Engineering
11 - Computer Science
2 - Earth Sciences
2 - Electrical Engineering
1 - Environmental Studies
2 - Environmental Topology
1 - History
1 - Linguistics
4 - Ocean Sciences
2 - Other
8 - Physics
3 - Politics
1 - Psychology
1 - Sociology
Others:
1 - Bioinformatics
1 - Ecology and Evolution
2 - EEB
1 - Literature
4 - MCD
B. Do you use your Faculty Advisor for Career Development Advice? 42
C. Do you use your Graduate Advisor for Career Development Advice? 25
D. Degree you are registered for:
1 - MA
10 - MS
52 - PHD
Others:
1 - Bioinformatics
1 - Comp SCi
1 - Computer engg
1 - MCDB
E. Do you represent any of the following organizations?
13 Graduate Student Organization
1 Woman's Center
0 Postdoctoral Fellows
F. Gender (optional):
41 - female
21 - male
G. Do you have interests in any of the following special workplace issues?
12 Race / Ethnicity
6 Disabilities
22 Woman's Issues
5 GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender)

 

2. SERVICES AND PROGRAMS:
    
I would be interested in the following Services:
 
A. 35 Advising Appointments
B. 22 Career Center Library (reference books and videos)
C. 43 Career Center Computer Data Base Resources: Job Search-engines
D. 35 Career Advice Network (alumni network for informational interviewing)
E. 35 Database of Internship Opportunities
F. 37 Graduate Letter Referral Service (repository for letters of recommendation for academic applications)
G. 33 Interview Preparation & Mock Video Interviews
 
I would be interested in the following Programs:
 
A.  Job Search Core-Skills Series:
    32 Job Search Planning
    40 Job Search Strategies
    48 Resume / CV and Marketing materials
    32 Networking
    41 Interviewing
    38 The Applications Process: industry, government, research, university
    29 Career Exploration
B. 28 Academic Job Search: Panel of Faculty Experts
C. 37 Academic Job Search: CV Creation (curriculum vitae)
D. 36 Academic Job Talk / Interview
E. 29 PhD Career Path Inventories (values, personality, interests, skills)
F. 31 PhD Panel of Experts: Careers outside Academia
G. 27 PhD CV to Resumes and Resources program
 
Special Interest Programs:
 
A. Career Options Panel Series by Department:
    3 Humanities
    16 Engineering
    28 Natural Sciences
    8 Social Sciences
    3 Arts
B. 29 Marketing Yourself to: Career Fairs, Industry, Government
C. 17 Career Management Series: Entering the Academic Profession
D. 21 Succeeding at Grad School
E. 21 New Faculty Member Survival
F. 18 Career Planning for Dual career couples
G. 41 Grant Proposal Writing
H. 31 Publishing
I. 22 Teaching Portfolios
J. 24 Time Management
 
Programs specific to:
 
A. 17 Women
B. 7 People of Color
C. 3 GLBT People
 
Events I Would Be Interested In:
 
A. 20 Career Center Open House
B. 23 Events with Alumni
C. 33 Bay Area Networking Opportunities with different industries such AS Biotech, Hi Tech, Healthcare, Training

 

3. BIGGEST CONCERNS:
My biggest concerns about my job search are:
 
A. 32 Finding Academic Listings
B. Finding Job Listings for:
  32 Industry
    17 Government
    10 Non Profit
C. 13 Searching Career Options Outside My Field
D. 20 Job Preparation
E. 13 Personal Issues such AS "coming out" on the job, being an international student, stress, time management
F. 4 Finding a Job in a Specific Country
G. 22 Making important Career Decisions such AS Salary Negotiation, Moving
H. 28 Balancing Career and Family
I. 29 Finding Meaningful Work
J. Other
- disability affects my prfrmnce
- finding a job in California

 

4. PROGRAM DELIVERY:
The best way to advertise programs to graduate students is by:
 
A. 57 Email
B. 12 Flyers
C. 3 Newspaper
D. 10 Career Center Web Site
E. 12 Student Portal
F. Other Delivery
- announcing in grad classes

 

5. BEST TIMES AND DAYS FOR SERVICE:
Please indicate what Days and Times you prefer for Advising, Workshop and Event services to be offered. Days include: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Times include: 9 - 5.
     
A. Monday 16 Mornings 23 Afternoons
B. Tuesday 13 Mornings 23 Afternoons
C. Wednesday 18 Mornings 25 Afternoons
D. Thursday 15 Mornings 27 Afternoons
E. Friday 19 Mornings 26 Afternoons
F. Saturday 17 Mornings 17 Afternoons

 

6. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
- Developing on-campus interviews for graduating students from tech. companies would be great!
- Hmm. I expect that most of my job opportunities will occur through my advisor, who has an extensive network of people in the field. How will the career center add to this- will the information be specific enough to my small field? Comment space too smal
- I need to discuss my disability and its impact on my job search
- In general, I am interested in help searching for a career, and then preparing for applying, but not for a couple more years.
- It would be great to do/see more of opportunities like those suggested here!
- Many anthro grads do not live in Santa Cruz after fieldwork for a variety of reasons (economic, family or we decide to stay on at our research site while we write up). Even tho we're not in SC, we still need help with job search stuff! More on-line help!!
- No computer science job opportunities or cs companies on campus.
- Offer workshops at two different times, so that there is a better chance people can attend
- Thank you
- Thanks for asking us about this!
- This whole thing seems to be an enormous waste of money. How can a career center hope to help all grads, from across such different fields? I feel that it will be weighted to the specific needs and norms of the "hard" sciences grads, as reflected above.

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