CAREER CENTER

 

 

MISSION STATEMENT

 

GOALS

 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

 

&

 

STATISTICS

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

 

2002-2003

 

 

 

 

Barbara Bedford, Director &

Career Center staff

September  2003

CONTENTS

 

PART 1:

 

DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTION

 

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

 

MISSION STATEMENT

 

UNIT GOALS

 

 

PART 2:

 

PROGRAM CONSTITUENCY

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

PART 3:

 

STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

 

 

PART 4:

PROGRAM EVALUATION

 

 

 

PART 1:

UNIT MISSION &

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
DIRECTOR’S INTRODUCTION
CAREER CENTER

 

 

The primary mission of the Career Center is to assist registered UCSC students and other designated clients through all phases of their career development. To accomplish this goal, the Career Center staff works diligently to promote a greater awareness within the world of work and the need for and nature of career development over a student’s life span.  Additionally, the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education indicates: Career services must promote learning and development in students by encouraging outcomes such as realistic self-appraisal, appropriate career choices, enhanced self-esteem, critical thinking, clarification of values, intellectual  growth, ability to communicate effectively, leadership development, ability to work independently and collaboratively, social responsibility that is satisfying and appreciation of cultural diversity,  and achievement of personal goals, to name a few standards.

 

The Career Center actively promotes these standards by effectively implementing a variety of services and programs to meet the present and on-going career development needs of our overall clientele, which also include employers both for-profit and non-profit, faculty, staff, and the outside local, national and worldwide community. These services and programs include:

 

·        Career Advising

·        Quality/Practical Internship Opportunities

·        Part Time Employment both On and Off-Campus, Federal Work-Study Program, Student Corps Temporary Service

·        Corporate and Business Relations

·        Payroll Personnel Services

·        Information and Resources on Careers and Further Education

·        Opportunities for Career Exploration Through Experiential Learning

·        Job Search Services

·        Services to Employers

·        Consultation and Outcomes Assessment

·        Career Development Workshops

·        State-of-the-Art Technology

·        Student Leadership Opportunities

·        Student Appreciation Program

 

Other essential student-centered services include individual, drop-in career advising services, a variety of career fairs & special events, consistently updated library materials, and career development workshops that offer a variety of education/instruction.  In addition, an IMAC computer lab and state-of-the-art internet database computer services of the highest quality are available for students such as the on-line part-time jobs and internship Student Employee Request (ER) System, and the alumni Career Advice Network (CAN) data base.

 

UCSC students who seek a professional career must, upon graduation, enter the professional world of work well educated, refined with comprehensive career advice and quality/practical work experience.  For example, an internship, while attending UCSC, related to his or her career goals would be ideal.  Thus, the student would be more prepared to meet the challenges of today’s highly competitive job market. Students must be equipped to stand out amongst the increasing number of job seekers.  The Career Center can play a critical role in helping students to develop the proper skills and tools necessary to meet these challenges. The aforementioned services and programs have been implemented to support our efforts to prepare students for the world of work. These services and programs are continually reviewed and enhanced for the purpose of sufficiently preparing UCSC students for future careers.

 

Another component of the Career Center’s mission is to maintain a highly visible, state-of-the-art, student-centered, one-stop career services operation.  In order to accomplish this specific mission, the nexus between UCSC students, the faculty and the Career Center Academic Advisory Board, is continually nurtured, as well as significant outreach efforts to employers, now, and in the future.  To reach the level of performance that will attract visits from corporate America and the world, the Career Center continues to find ways to roll out the red carpet for all employers that visit UCSC. Therefore, the Career Center staff works effectively to attract all potential clientele to our one-stop operation and to maintain a reputable, welcoming environment that ultimately provides recruiters with the opportunity to interact with qualified and highly educated students. 

 

The new Bay Tree Conference Center, located next to the Career Center, continues to be one location that provides an aesthetically pleasing, professional environment for student interaction with employers who visit the campus for the purpose of offering workshops, conferences, and job interviews.  In the future, the Career Center would like to have the capability to provide students with the opportunity to interview with major businesses not only in Santa Cruz and the Bay area, but outside the US, via an electronic interview process using videoconferencing technology.

 

The Career Center continues to offer students the most up-to-date career advice in the form of high quality information on how to develop an appropriate career path. In 2002-2003, the advising staff increased by 1.00 FTE.  Obtaining additional advising staff will support our current endeavor to provide new and continuing graduate students with enhanced/increased graduate programs and services.

 

The goal is to keep pace with the forever changing technology here, at the Santa Cruz campus and the world.  On one hand, the demand for Career Center services, due to growth in student population, has been rewarding, on the other hand, extremely challenging.  The Career Center staff will endeavor to accomplish its current mission, barring any unforeseen occurrence that may mandate a change, for example, budgetary limitations. The Career Center staff looks forward to a continued long-term partnership with the leadership of the Division, campus administration, and our student/employer clientele.

 

 

 

 

Barbara Bedford,

Career Center Director

Please refer to "C Ctr Org Chart-2002-03"  (separate attachment, Power Point file)

 
CAREER CENTER
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

 

Administration & Director

·         Business Operation

·         Technology Enhancements and Maintenance

·         Research and Assessments

·         Outreach/Publicity

·         Developing and Maintaining Partnerships

·         Student Employment Compensation

·         Development of New Programs/Policies and Procdures

·         Professional/Staff Development

·         Student Regent Recruitment

·         Bay Tree Building 3rd floor & Conference Rooms

 

Career Advising

·         Drop-In and Individual Advising Services/Graduate student advising/services

·         Workshops (standard, special focus, departmental, college)

·         Service Orientations

·         Career Resource Library/Computer Lab

·         Graduate Reference Letter Service

·         Educational Placement Services

·         Career Advice Network

 

Internships Programs and Services

·         Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP)

·         Professions Training Program (PTP)

·         Kauffman Entrepreneur Program (PTP-EG)

·         PTP/COSMOS

·         University of California Center, Sacramento (UCCS)

 

Corporate & Business Relations

·         Career Job Fairs/High Tech, Non Profit, Last Chance

·         Local Jobs Development

·         Regional Jobs Development

·         Multicultural Career Conference

·         Graduate School Information,  Graduate Fair

·         MonsterTRAK & NACELINK

·         Reception

·         Partners for Progress

·         Student Employee Recognition program (SERAP)

 

On Campus Employment

·         PPS Training and Support (courses and on-line)

·         Work-Study Programs and Services (on and off-campus)

·         Non Work-Study Employment Coordination (on-campus)

·         Electronic Employee Request & Student Job Listing Service

·         Web base Policies and Procedures Manual

 

Student Corps

·         On Campus Temporary Student Staffing Service

 

Bay Tree Conference Center

·         Camps-wide Conference Facility Oversight

·         Oversight of 3rd floor Bay Tree Building 


MISSION STATEMENT

 

The Career Center’s mission is to provide comprehensive quality programs and resources preparing a diverse student/alumni community to successfully meet today and tomorrow's challenges by: offering financial support through practical and career related work experience; providing individual career advising, graduate student services, workshops, resource materials and special events to assist students with life planning; developing employment opportunities and fostering partnerships with on and off campus communities; enhancing services through innovative technology, program development and continuous updating of resources through research and analysis.
UNIT GOALS

Goal:

Enhance strategies to increase faculty interaction:

The Career Center staff will continue to partner with faculty. The Career Center has developed an Academic Advisory Board that consists of eight faculty members and six Career Center staff. A student member also serves on the board. The Academic Advisory Board is charged with the responsibility of collaborating and recommending effective methods in which to provide meaningful career exposure, internship opportunities, mentoring programs, Career Center interaction in the classroom, and continued collaboration with the UCSC Academic Career Pathways program.  Currently, the Academic Advisory Board meets quarterly. During 2000-2001, the Career Center established a strong partnership with the Economics Department Lecturer and Faculty Member Bob Shepherd.  Consequently, this faculty partnership resulted in a “Meet the Firms” career event where UCSC students had an opportunity to meet with four of the top accounting firms in the US. This year the number of firms will increase to eight.  Out of this event, some student career placements followed upon graduation. To continue this type of partnership with faculty on campus, a recommendation of a new partnership with the School of Engineering’s Dean Kang and staff has been proposed by the Academic Advisory Board. Meetings were scheduled, in 2002 – 2003, to begin strategic planning on how to enhance our outreach methods to students and employers, and to more aggressively develop career and internship opportunities in the academic area of Engineering and Information Science. In 2003 –2004, the Career Center developed a School of Engineering Internship data base, and partnered in the production of a TV commercial highlighting Engineering students. The Commercial will air six months. The success of these new endeavors will be reported on in our next annual report.

 

Goal:

More effective feedback:

The Career Center staff continues to enhance its efforts to receive comprehensive and effective feedback from our student clientele. The Career Center will seek out students to offer advice via surveys and innovative evaluation processes.  The goal is to identify more effective methods of interaction with students that will provide feedback for the Career Center Director on a quarterly basis to offer comments, suggestions regarding the Career Center.  Another goal is to enhance and develop a stronger relationship with the Alumni Office for the purpose of establishing a better measurement of success by collecting data related to career employment trends 5 to 10 years after graduation of UCSC students.

 

Goal:

To stay in alignment with Student Affairs strategic goals:

The Career Center goals continue to be in alignment with the majority of the divisional goals; student-centered ways of doing business, graduate student services, student and staff wellness, quality customer service, diversity, leadership, state-of-the-art technology, student retention, maximizing student financial support, and overall enriching student life before and after graduation by integrating academic and practical life/work skills.

 

 

 

 

Goal:

To effectively distribute existing resources in support of unit budgetary operation:

The goal is to continue to be frugal with resources. Resources will be distributed on a priority, need-by-need basis for each of the Career Center's specific areas of oversight: Administrative, Advising,  Corporate and Business Relations, Internship Programs, On-Campus Part-Time Employment, Student Corps and the Bay Tree Conference Center.

 

Goal:

To increase partnerships:

There are many opportunities to partner with staff and faculty to enhance the current services and programs provided by the Career Center.  For example, the Career Center seeks increased partnerships with UCSC Faculty, including Provosts and Deans.  The Career Center also seeks to continue enhancing our partnerships with staff from the Alumni office, COSMOS program, Student Life Services, Colleges, campus-wide technology staff, etc.  Partnering with off-site businesses, corporate and non-profit organizations in the community, Bay area and nationwide is a continuing goal. The Career Advice Network (CAN) has been upgraded and we continue to increase our partnerships with UCSC graduates and alumni by providing networking opportunities. 

 

Goal:

To enhance strategies to increase diversity efforts:

We will continue to put on special events such as the Multicultural Career Conference for the diverse representation of UCSC students.  With the move to the 3rd floor of the Bay Tree Building, the Career Center continues to work closely with our neighbors, the Ethnic Resource Centers.  In addition, our relationship with EOP has grown greatly. Career Center advisers assist in the Annual California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education.  The Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) consistently attracts a diverse student population.  Recruitment of CUIP positions that attract a diverse population of students will continue to be a strategic plan for meeting the increasing need.  The Professions Training Program (PTP) serves a diverse population.  Three components ensure a diverse population: 1) Students with work study financial aid allocations are served by the Professions Training Program in the social sector, 2) Relationships with on-campus programs which target underrepresented populations are cultivated, 3) Positions which attract a diverse population of students are actively recruited.  These three strategies in the PTP program will continue.  The newest outreach efforts to promote diversity include the campus COSMOS outreach program.  This program consists placing of highly skilled, motivated local high school students who are interested in math and science in internships at corporations locally and in the San Jose bay area.

 

Goal:

To enhance methods in which to measure unit achievements:

The Career Center continues to meet the goal of effectively tracking the progress of its programs and services by means of statistical/annual reports that are produced each fiscal year.  Methods of measurements include:  tracking, statistics, distributing surveys and evaluations, and analysis of that data.  For example, the Career Center tracks the number of Career Center web site hits on an on-going basis.  Another way to collect data is upon viewing electronic job listings, students are requested to complete a survey.  The Internships Program uses a California Matrix Model to track student progress towards the goal of meaningful professional employment. The Advising team surveys students upon graduation and all Career Center, Career workshops are evaluated.  The Corporate and Business Relations team compiles extensive data related to the job market via benchmarking and comprehensive surveys. The Payroll Personnel System (PPS) team compiles significant annual on-campus data via surveys and campus Development Support Services (DSS). The Student Corps program measures the number of jobs and placements per pool of student workers and distributes an evaluation quarterly to both students and campus employers.  Annually, the campus community is surveyed regarding use of the Student ER System.  Other measurements include comparisons between other UC Career Centers, annual increases in activities or statistical data, and incremental increases or decreases in benchmarking practices and standard measurements.

 

Goal:

To continue to utilize technology in a highly proficient manner:

The Career Center has made an investment in the future by using the latest technology. The goal is to maintain a start-of-the-art technology status.  When the Student Employee Request (ER) system was implemented, a couple of years ago, our standards were high. Thus, we can interface with other developing systems, particularly the AIS system to exchange data in real time.  With the Career Center's systems direct exchange data between AIS and PPS there is more opportunity to develop reports which give a better picture of statistics and trends in student employment and system use.

The Career Center's ongoing mission is to bring student employment services and other information to students via a streamlined web interface.  Also, the goal is to upgrade on a three to five year cycle (see technology highlights section of this Annual Report, for more details regarding technology upgrades and overall enhancements).

Currently, the goal is to continue with MonsterTRAK.com. They are utilized by more than 500,000 employers to feature a variety of jobs on-line. MonsterTRAK houses the largest database of full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities throughout the United States.  InterviewTRAK for College MonsterTRAK is essential to the success of our On- Campus Recruitment (OCR) program. The Career Center has enhanced and expanded job search options for our UCSC students by joining the National Association of Colleges and Employers, (NACE). NACELINK is a college based data system that provides an additional source of job opportunities for our UCSC students.  

 

Goal:

To increase collaboration with on-campus units:

The Career Center’s on-going goal is to continue forging positive collaborative efforts with Financial Aid, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Student Life Business Office to allow the most efficient processing of payroll and business transactions possible.  For example, the process to develop a method to pay stipends to high school students for their participation in the COSMOS program was developed through this collaboration.  Also, collaboration with University Extension provides a “Non-Profit/Entreprenuerial” course for the Professions Training Program which is not available elsewhere.  The Advising team collaborates with the colleges and divisional departments regularly.  The Career Center Student ER System training is done in collaboration with supervisors and Service Centers.  The Student Corps program hope hopes to collaborate with CATS and the campus community to establish a future Web/Technical Corps program. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goal:

To  increase fund-raising efforts:

With limited budgetary resources, the goal is to step up our fund raising efforts.  Recently, the Office of the President granted funding in the amount of approximately $39,900 to the on-campus Career Center Professions Training Program (PTP)/ COSMOS program.  The goal is to maintain an ongoing Career Center/COSMOS partnership. The program places high school students in internships related to science and math. These young high school students are potential future UC students.

A Kauffman grant provided over $60,000, cumulatively, in funds to promote a nonprofit off-campus (PTP) entrepreneurial internship program for UCSC students.  The new “Partners For Progress” (PFP) program is a revenue generating program that enhances services to selected employers and increases their visibility on campus to optimize their recruiting efforts.  Any (PFP) collected funds will be utilized to supplement the cost of nonprofit fairs, and other Career Center pertinent programs and services.  In addition, we will continue to apply for future grants and gifts from local businesses and others who partner with UCSC’s Career Center. 

 

PART 2:

PROGRAM CONSTITUENCY

&

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara Bedford, Career Center Director

 

 

Career Center Team Program Managers:

Pete Norton, Programmer Analyst

Joan Walker, Advising Services Manager & Adviser

Cyndi Edinger, Business, Administrative & Student Corps Manager

Judy McLaughlin, PPS Manager & Administrative Hiring Specialist

Nannette O’Connor, Off-Campus Employer Relations Manager

Barbara Silverthorne, Internships Manager

 

 

 

BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

 

The Career Center Business and Administrative team is comprised of four individuals: the Career Center Director, the Assistant to the Director & Non Work-study Coordinator, the Business, Administrative & Student Corps Manager, and the Programmer Analyst/Computer Consultant. Three of these individuals assist the Career Center Director in the facilitation of the operational needs of the overall Career Center, including administrative processes, budget, special programs, facilities and technical support.

 

Business & Administration

 

In the area of Business and Administration, the Career Center has achieved some new successes in implementing a programmatic budgeting structure to highlight the many activities that take place within all seven programs: Advising & Career Development, Bay Tree Conference Center, Student Corps, On-Campus Employment, Corporate & Business Relations, Internships, and the Director's Administrative program.  Please note, one of the areas of oversight includes the newly added program that the Career Center has been assigned to manage, the Bay Tree Conference Center which includes overall maintenance of the 3rd Floor of the Bay Tree Building.  The Career Center has assumed this responsibility since July 2001.

 

 

Technology

 

 

 

Web site "hits" are counts governed by a lot of variables, however, they can be used to show statistical trends. Career Center web pages are consistently ranked among the top ten of pages listed on the www2 web server. The following numbers were logged on the web server this year:

·        187,280 Jobs page

·        119,850 Career Center main page

·        14,779 Employer page

·        10,582 Staff page

 

New Web Applications:

The Career Advice Network program consists of members who are UCSC alumni, faculty, staff, parents and friends nationwide. CAN members help share career insights and personal experience in their perspective fields. It is a way to connect current students and alumni to knowledgeable professionals for the purpose of conducting research into potential careers.

The new system has been fully implemented and has been a great success. There are currently 750 member records posted, 631 of these are new since June 2003.

            Features:

 

 

 

 
ADVISING

 

 

The Career Center Advising Team is composed of four career advisers, the internship coordinator and the resource center/graduate school program coordinator.  Career advisers are responsible for general advising and outreach, creating and conducting workshops, and serve as liaison to departments and colleges. The internship coordinator compiles internship opportunities, provides specific advising on internships and general drop-in advising, and conducts workshops.  The resource center coordinator assists students with resource questions, orders books/newsletters, and maintains the library. In addition, as graduate school program coordinator, she coordinates the fall Graduate/Professional School Fair and maintains the Graduate/Professional School Reference Letter Service (GRLS).  The Advising Services Manager/Natural Sciences Career Adviser supervises team members.

 

A new career adviser position, specifically for Master’s and Ph.D students and postdoctoral fellows was added to the Advising Team thanks to the recommendation of the Student Registration Fee Committee.  The career adviser began in this new position in mid November.  Fall and winter quarters were spent in outreach to students, departments and Graduate Studies.  Workshops specific to this population were held in the spring quarter.  A student poll was conducted to determine what services and programs were most requested and needed by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.  The results of the poll are displayed in Attachment D.

 

As of early March, the resource center coordinator/graduate school program coordinator position was vacant.  The duties of that position have temporarily been completed by the Advising Services Manager.  The position will hopefully be filled in August or September.

 

Regular (standard) workshops on selecting an internship, applying to graduate school, interviewing, the job search process and resume development were held throughout the academic year.  These workshops were evaluated on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being excellent.  Overall, student rating of the regular workshops was 4.68. 

 

In addition, the advisers worked with departments, colleges and student organizations to sponsor special workshops. Workshops were conducted for STARS, EOP, the Ethnic Resource Center, Psychological Counseling Services, and the UCSC Inn.  Fifteen workshops were held for departments, ten for colleges, and ten special workshops for the general student population.  During the summer, advisers conducted four Choosing a Major workshops for undeclared freshman during Summer Orientation, three workshops for the COSMOS program, four for UCLEADS, and one each for CAMP and Upward Bound. Eight class workshops were planned and conducted by advisers at faculty request.  These included four job search workshops for Earth Sciences, two workshops for the Master’s degree program in Education, a Choose a Major workshop for Engineering 1, and an overview of Career Center services for a graduate Ocean Science course. In total, 120 standard or special workshops were offered in 2002-03. 

 

The number of clients served in advising sessions this year increased by 10.5% from last year.  The number of regularly scheduled drop-in advising appointments dropped by about 5%, however, the number of individually scheduled, longer appointments increased by 38%.  This is a trend we have seen developing for the last few years.  Students prefer a longer advising appointment with a specific adviser.

 

In addition to drop-in advising at the Career Center, remote drop-in advising was initiated at Baskin Engineering one afternoon per week to meet the needs of computer science and engineering students.  An informational bulletin board was created at Baskin to build greater awareness of Career Center services.

 

Overall attendance at regular and special workshops was up by 43% from 2001-02.  This was mainly due to an increase in attendance at the Choosing a Major workshops held during summer orientations (attendance more than doubled from the preceding year).  Attendance at academic year regular and special workshops (excluding summer orientation) was up by 15%.

 

A new event was implemented in the winter quarter called “Meet the School Districts.”  Representatives from seven school districts came to meet with candidates from the MA in Education program to discuss their districts and possible job openings.  About 60 MA students attended the event.

 

Updating resources for students was another major task.  New handouts on career development and the job search were developed and existing information was updated.  Most information is available on the Career Center’s web site.  The Career Center library was revamped with current editions of career books.  Underrepresented areas were enhanced including numerous resources for graduate students.

 

The Advising Team also was active in college, university-wide and community events.   In addition to tabling at such events as the Summer Orientation Resource Fairs, the Advising Team served as coordinators of the Multicultural Career Conference held in late January.  One adviser conducted a resume workshop for EPC; another adviser gave a career workshop for students and parents of Pacific Collegiate High School.

 

Outreach to on-campus and off-campus individuals was down by 22%.  This was due mainly to the cancellation of Banana Slug Day.

 

The October Graduate and Professional School Fair attracted 118 graduate and professional schools and approximately 420 students. Unfortunately, the fair was held on the same day as the staff/lecturer strike.  It was surprising that the attendance was as high as it was.

 

Team members enhanced and expanded their knowledge and skills by active membership in professional organizations including the Western Association of Colleges and Employers (WACE), the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), CAEE, Network, PCAPLA, and the Liberal Arts Connection (a northern California consortium of career advisers).  Two advisers attended the International Career Development Conference in Irvine; several members of the team attended on-campus training and development classes; two members attended a careers in art conference.

 

A survey was conducted in winter quarter to assess the effectiveness of drop-in advising sessions and advising services.  In addition to monitoring the quality of advising services, demographic information was collected.  The results of the survey are detailed in Attachment C.

 

A few statistics should be highlighted.  Approximately 33% of the individuals seen during drop-in advising were seniors.  About 33% of the respondents indicated their ethnicity as one of the following:  African American, Asian, Mixed Heritage, Filipino, and Latino/Chicano.  These percentages are almost identical to 2001-02.  The major reason for student visits was for resume review followed by assistance with the job/internship search and general career advice.

 

The overall rating of advising services (on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being excellent) was 4.8 with 83% of the respondents checking 5.

 

For the first time, the advising team took on the supervision of a graduate counseling intern from Santa Clara University Master’s degree in Counseling program during the months of June and July.  The intern participated in advising sessions, workshops, and assisted with administrative tasks along with creating new informational handouts.  

 

 

Advising Summary - 2002-03

Number of contacts/participants                                           Appendix A

 

 

Advising Sessions

2001-02

2002-03

Summer

419

408

Fall

914

1001

Winter

916

1034

Spring

762

883

 

 

 

TOTAL ADVISING SESSIONS

3011

3326

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard Workshops

2001-02

2002-03

Summer

0

0

Fall

102

74

Winter

115

151

Spring

87

87

 

 

 

Total Standard Workshops

304

312

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Workshops

2001-02

2002-03

Summer

362

821

Fall

137

256

Winter

479

564

Spring

254

151

 

 

 

Total Special Workshops

1232

1888

 

 

 

TOTAL ALL WORKSHOPS

1536

2200

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outreach

2001-02

2002-03

Summer

          381

258

Fall

          343

378

Winter                                              

Spring

               0

           135  

35

                     0

 

TOTAL OUTREACH

          859

671

 

 

 

Advising Sessions 2002-03                                Appendix B                                                          

 

 

Summer 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drop-in

Office Appt.

Phone

Email

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Student

71

72

32

26

201

UCSC Alumni

54

43

32

59

188

Community Member

1

3

8

7

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Total

126

118

72

92

408

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Student

428

202

47

77

754

UCSC Alumni

45

30

51

75

201

Community Member

7

16

13

10

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Total

480

248

111

162

1001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Student

446

285

67

119

917

UCSC Alumni

24

23

35

11

93

Community Member

4

6

9

5

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Total

474

314

111

135

1034

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Student

306

291

47

95

739

UCSC Alumni

23

23

37

35

118

Community Member

1

7

10

8

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Total

330

321

94

138

883

 

 

 

 

 

 

2002-2003 Total

1410

1001

388

527

3326

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advising Survey - Winter 2003       252 Responses      Appendix C

 

College

Number

Percent

Stevenson

Cowell

Eight

Merrill

Porter

Oakes

Kresge

Crown

Nine

Ten

Grad

Alumni

Other

17

25

25

27

11

23

16

26

23

6

35

17

1

  6.9

  9.9

  9.9

10.7

  4.4

  9.3

  6.3

10.3

  9.1

  2.4

13.8

  6.7

    .3

 

 

Undergraduate Major

Number

Undergraduate Major

Number

 

Art

American Studies

Anthropology

Art History

Biochemistry

BMB

Bioinformatics

Biology

Bus. Man. Economics

Chemistry

Community Studies

Computer Engineering

Computer Science

Earth Sciences

Ecology & Evolution

Economics

Electrical Engineering

Environmental Studies

Film & Digital Media

Global Economics

History

ISM

Legal Studies

Literature

Linguistics

Marine Biology

MCD Biology

 

2

8

4

2

4

2

1

4

28

1

6

4

8

2

1

13

2

5

5

6

6

2

2

14

1

1

10

 

Physics

Plant Science

Politics

Psychology

Sociology

Theater Art

Women’s Studies

Undeclared

 

Anth/Psych

Art/Am Studies

Econ/Art History

Environ. Studies/Bio

Film/Art

History/Lit

LALS/Global Econ

Legal Studies/BM Econ

Ling/Soc

Marine Bio/Envir. Studies

MCD Bio/Econ

Philosophy/Lit

Politics/History

Politics/Film

Psych/Econ

Wom. Studies/Politics

Wom. Studies/Soc

 

 

1

1

14

23

9

1

5

10

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

 

 

Graduate Department

Number

Graduate Department

Number

Chemistry

Computer Engineering

Computer Science

Economics

Education

Electrical Engineering

History of Consciousness

Literature

1

1

3

7

9

2

2

3

MCD Biology

Ocean Science

Physics

Politics

Psychology

Sociology

Theater Arts

1

2

1

1

2

1

1

 

 

 

 

Class Level

Number

Percent

 

 

Frosh

17

6.85

 

 

Sophomore

27

10.9

 

 

Junior

70

28.2

 

 

Senior

81

32.7

 

 

Graduate

35

14.1

 

 

Alumni

17

6.85

 

 

Other

1

.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethnicity

Number

Percent

 

 

African American

7

2.8

 

 

Asian

42

16.7

 

 

Filipino

8

3.1

 

 

Caucasian

115

45.6

 

 

Mixed Heritage

9

3.6

 

 

Latino/Chicano

17

6.7

 

 

Native American

1

.4

 

 

Other

15

6.0

 

 

No Response

38

15.1

 

 

 

Purpose of Visit

Number

Percent

 

 

Resume review

66

26.6

 

 

Job Search

26

10.5

 

 

Career Advice

51

20.6

 

 

Internship

48

19.4

 

 

Summer Job

1

.4

 

 

Graduate School

17

6.9

 

 

Work Abroad

3

1.2

 

 

Interviewing

4

1.6

 

 

Choosing a major

7

2.8

 

 

Law School

4

1.6

 

 

Assessments

7

2.8

 

 

Part-time work

Multiple Needs

Career Change

UCDC

            

6

6

                   1

                   1

2.4

2.4

.4

.4

 

 

 

Service Rating (on scale of 1-5 with 5 being excellent)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rating

Number

Percent

 

 

5

207

83

 

 

4

35

14

 

 

3

8

3

 

 

2

0

0

 

 

1

0

0

 

 

Overall rating

4.8

 

 

 

Career Center Advising Survey
Winter 2003
Summary of Comments

 

 

Suggestions/Comments

 

Multiple comments:  Very helpful, excellent advising, thank you

-Beyond helpful!! I am so grateful the Career Center exists.  It is especially helpful as an alumni

-Very helpful and informative

-This was incredibly helpful and concise

-She was excellent, informative, encouraging and exciting to talk with

-People at advising are kind and give decent (fair) comments on applications.  This has been greatly helpful

-I think the library/lab is great

-This was helpful.  A follow-up meeting to review/revise resume will be extremely useful

-Thank you for the availability.  She is always full of wonderful info

-The Career Center is a really beneficial tool for research.  Everyone is extremely helpful

-The drop-in advising was excellent

-Posting schedule of services (specific peoples’ schedules) on website so we can know about drop-ins before arriving

-She was very helpful and sincere in helping me find an internship

-She was amazing, very helpful and fit me into her schedule at the last minute

-Is it possible to extend Career Center hours into the evening?  I have trouble finding enough time to visit during the day

-She was incredibly enthusiastic and helpful.  She assisted me greatly in this early process for grad school

-Provide more detailed information pertaining to major job opportunities

-More examples of graduate students successfully transitioning outside academia

-There should be a section on the career web page that has descriptions of ideal jobs/careers

-I’m really glad this service is now available to graduate students

-Excellent idea to have someone handle graduate student issues and concerns

-The advising was insightful and helped me direct my search

-Maintaining special relationships with companies so that you will have them for employment

-CAN is an excellent resource

-She was very courteous, helpful and informative

-A comfortable environment I felt like I could talk freely

-Staff and advisors are helpful and friendly, spending time to show where the info can be found - I liked this very much

-I got a lot of helpful info from this appointment, but I had to initiate it.  It would help students to get this info w/o having to look for it (i.e., guest speakers in classes), because many don’t realize they need help.  I realized it by the adviser’s booth in Baskin

-I was given very good concrete ways to improve my resume

-I just want to say that she was the most helpful person I’ve talked to since I’ve been at UCSC.  She spent extra time with me making sure I understood all the information.  I feel much better about my career options now

-It was very informative.  I didn’t feel like I was rushed and saw genuine interest in me and my resume

-More workshops more often.  Advertise workshops more

-I was impressed with how well-informed she was - very well prepared to advise me - helped me look at my options

-She was very helpful and informative.  She gave me her time, energy and support.  She is a valuable resource for feedback and advice

-Service was prompt, informative and friendly.  Well done

-Advisers very thorough and knowledgeable

-The Career Center offers such a valuable service to students.  The guidance and direction are very important to our success in the job market.  I am very pleased with my advising session and she is very knowledgeable and great to work with

-Definitely better front desk -student communication skills

-Free food

-She is a great help for interview practice.  Great job.

-I like that you have different advisors for different career/job placement

-There are not a lot of contacts for areas in theater arts.  That would be more helpful.  Also an advising day just for theater artists would be helpful, for it is never done in the department

-This has opened my eyes tremendously

-She was an excellent adviser who provided sufficient information dealing with my major options and career options

-She is very helpful and inspiring.  I felt very comfortable talking to her about my future plans

-I’m very happy that the Career Center offers such valuable services.  Keep up the great work

-She was absolutely wonderful.  I really feel grateful that she is here.  Full of helpful information on a multitude of things

-She was very friendly and helpful.  She gave me many handouts, emails, websites, books to look at and listened with genuine curiosity.

-All of the Career Center, including online job postings should be available to graduates-figure out a way to make that happen

-There are so many resources here, I wish I had spent more time here as a junior.  I am looking forward to attending some workshops.  It is a friendly organized atmosphere

-It would be helpful to have longer advising sessions and have it easier to set up appointments if you can’t make drop-in

-More information and encouragement for freshmen/sophomores to come into the Career Center to start planning for after college

 

 

Suggestions for the resource center

 

-Able to check out books

-Internship and job opportunities specific to major and specific to Bay Area

-It would be nice to receive a printout of career or jobs if they have that information on a computer

-More career quizzes specific to majors

-Perhaps job listings tailored to individual majors

-Yellow pages access from different countries

-A typewriter for students to use for applications

-More well defined internship database.  Some categories of jobs are not easily found

-Resources should be more encouraged across campus.  I wish I would have been here a long time ago

-Offer a class in online resume building

-More resources on internships in Asia.  Organize the data to accelerate the process

-I’d like to see more networking with hiring companies
                                    Grad Interest Survey 1 - 2003               Appendix D
(Graduate, PhD and Post Doctoral Fellow)

 

RESULTS

Total Participants = 63

End Date = 5/12/03

 

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)

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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 performance
- finding a job in California

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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 small

·          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 though 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.

 

 


INTERNSHIPS

 

 

The Special Internships Office manages three programs, the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP), the Professions Training Program/Social Entrepreneurs Group (PTP/SEG,) and Professions Training Program/COSMOS (PTP/COSMOS) Internships.  Staff consisted of the Program Manager, Barbara Silverthorne, Coordinator Laurie Hauf (part-time student staff) and CUIP Intern Shelby Polakoff.

 

The CUIP develops and supports student leaders. In exchange for a years’ fees, interns work with a mentor on campus for a year, take a lead role in an important campus project, and participate in a 6-unit seminar led by the Chancellor and her administrative cabinet members. Over 92,000 intern hours have served the campus since the program’s inception in 1994.  The program has produced an impressive list of legacy projects for the campus and for the University.

 

PTP/SEG guides undergraduates to high paid professional internships related to the student’s career or academic goals. PTP's wage sharing program pays interns $10.00 per hour, in which the employer and the University each contribute $5.00 per hour toward the interns' wages. All the resources of the Career Center assist the PTP interns to be strong job candidates, through workshop and individual career counseling.

 

The PTP/COSMOS internships program is a partnership between PTP and the California State Summer School for Math and Science (COSMOS).  The purpose of PTP/COSMOS is to create opportunities for selected low-income students participating in the COSMOS program to participate in a complementary stipended internship program.  A long-term goal will be to utilize the business partnerships fostered through the PTP/COSMOS program to launch the PTP/SAGE program as a third component of the Special Internships Program, which matches underrepresented UCSC students with local businesses for a two to three year internship and financial aid commitment.  This program is funded by a grant secured through the UC Office of the President.

 

Primary Achievements

 

Development of Internship Team within Career Center

In alignment with administrative goals regarding internships expressed in the Long Range Academic Plan submitted by Dean Goff in December of 2001 and supported by the division of Student Affairs, the Career Center restructured to consolidate staff working on internships into one team.  The Special Internships Program Manager supervises the Internship Programs staff including the former Internship Coordinator as of July 1, 2003.  The new team will continue to manage CUIP, PTP, and the Career Center Campuswide Internship Resource.  A major goal of the new team is to improve the internship database with on line capability and collaborate with campus units to provide a coordinated listing service for students and employers.

 

Secured Kauffman Grant Funding for Fourth Year

PTP was funded $10,000 to continue the entrepreneurial program in the not for profit sector for a third year.

 

Applied for Skoll Foundation Funding

Entered into conversations with Skoll Foundation, which focuses on social entrepreneurship.  Established relationship with program manager.  Submitted letter of intent, which did not gain invitation for a proposal.   Program manager encouraged continued exploration of future partnerships.

 

Requested Funding from the Chancellor for a CUIP Intern

The Special Internships Office requested a commitment for support to cover the cost of a CUIP intern for the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 academic years.  Received confirmation of funding for 2003-2004.

 

Design and Preliminary Implementation of Fund Development Plan

The Special Internships Program received $1000 to support student stipends from a previous PTP intern.  The manager used the donation to establish a fund designation: “Student Internship Programs”.  The manager embarked on a fund development campaign which includes a web page inviting.  The new fund designation was used by the Telephone Outreach Program callers to solicit designated donations.  The web page was listed in a letter to parents sent out by the Student Affairs Development Office.  So far, the net result is $250 in donations.

 

The program manager sent out an electronic newsletter to all past CUIP and PTP interns with contact information gathered last year.  The newsletter can be viewed at: http://www2.ucsc.edu/careers/sip/newsletter_spr_03.pdf.  The newsletter allows the Special Internships Program to contact interns and mentors who have participated in PTP and CUIP in past years for career tracking, networking, donor development, and internship placement development purposes.

 

Continuous Improvement of Existing Web Site

The web site now includes several critical functions for both CUIP and PTP, which are available 24 hours a day seven days a week:

–        Both students and mentors have on-line access to syllabi for the required companion courses.

–        Interested students have access to on-line orientations.

–        Employers can propose internships on line and review student applications on line.

–        Students can apply for internships on line.

 

Program Evaluation

On-line year-end evaluations for both mentors and students have been continued.  Surveys for students document their involvement, measure their growth, and provide constructive feedback.  Mentors are able to assess the program by giving constructive feedback on the application process as well as the strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities of the program.  Mentor feedback on program design elements has been incorporated into the application process resulting in higher reply rate.  The year-end student evaluation survey was advertised to all previous interns with information from the Alumni Database.   


Professions Training Program/Social Entrepreneurs Group (PTP/SEG) 2002-03

 

Intern Accomplishments - Related Employment and/or Continuing Education

 

PTP/SEG2002-03

 

Daniel Burkhart, Project Scout - Accepted into UCLA Undergraduate Program, Political Science

 

Marcia Winslade, California Certified Organic Farmers - Hired as Intern with the Sierra Club

 

 

PTP/SEG 2001-02

Jessica Brice, Gateway Community and Business Coalition (2000-01)- Hired by Associated Press

 

Andres Fimbres, Resource Center for Non Violence (2001-02)- Hired as a Bilingual Teacher in San Bernardino County

 

Kerry Brown, Bike to Work  (2001-02) - Hired by South East Alaska Conservation Council (40 out of 400 hired.)

 

Leo Grandison, SUA (2000-01) – Hired as Organizing Director for the University of California Student Association.

 

LaTrice Jones, SUA (2000-01) – Hired as research assistant for Engaging Education a new retention project at UCSC funded by student referendum.

 

 

PTP/SEG 2000-01

 

Jessian Choy, Environmental Studies (2000-01) - Founded the Environmental Center at UCSC

 

 

Total Number of PTP Interns 2002-03 = 12

 

Demographics

 

Gender

Male - 3

Female - 9

 

Ethnicity

African American - 0

Asian - 2

Hispanic - 5

White - 4

Other - (1 Unknown)

 

Placements

Akau Hana Outrigger Canoe Club

Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries

California Certified Organic Farmers

CAPACITAR

Monterey Bay Youth

Pacific Collegiate School

Population Services International

Resource Center For Nonviolence

Santa Cruz Women's Health Center

Second Harvest Food Bank

Seniors Council

Watsonville Police Activities League

Young At Heart Project

 

PTP Course: Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship in the Non-Profit Sector

The class provided a high quality, meaningful learning experience for both the student and the host organization.  Students were taught current cutting edge theory on the topics of strategic management and entrepreneurship in the NP sector to supplement their non-profit internship. In this, its third year, the course submitted for course approval with the Community Studies Department.  In Fall of 2003 students participating in the course will receive both UNEX and undergraduate credit for the course.

 

Partnership with Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County

The Special Internships Manager continues to foster a collaborative relationship with the Community Foundation in Santa Cruz.  Information about the Professions Training Program is distributed via e-mail to the Community Foundation's database of local non-profits.  The Director of the Management Assistance Program presented grant-writing skills at the PTP class.

 

Streamlining through Technology

Potential host organizations are given a link to an on-line application, simplifying and making the solicitation and proposal process cost effective.  This year the process was further streamlined by creating a relational database for PTP billing and downloading host and student information from the web form directly into the database.

 

Partnership with COSMOS Program

The Professions Training Program (PTP) partnered with the California State Summer School for Math and Science (COSMOS) to launch a pilot internship program in the summer of 2002.  The program offers opportunities for selected low-income students participating in the COSMOS program to participate in complementary stipended science internships in the local community.  The program was initiated because a significant number of very talented applicants choose not to participate in COSMOS because they cannot afford to forgo a summer’s earnings. The Professions Training Program hosted the pilot program placing six students surpassing the target of five students.  The PTP/COSMOS pilot program has establishing a model, which is being replicated on the Davis campus.  By integrating complementary program goals this model has the potential to leverage the existing networks and knowledge base created by PTP and similar programs to serve COSMOS students on an ongoing basis.

 

This program is self-funded.  The collaboration with COSMOS has provided funding for a part time assistant who takes on the majority of the task.  The Special Internships Program Manager was instrumental in securing the funding.  She wrote a proposal which UCOP Development staff circulated.  Funding for a second year of the program was secured.  The program will be reviewed in Fall to determine the future of the partnership.

 

A long-term goal will be to utilize the business partnerships fostered through the PTP/COSMOS program to launch the PTP/SAGE program as a third component of the Special Internships Program, which matches underrepresented UCSC students with local businesses for a two to three year internship and financial aid commitment.

 

Participation:  6 high school students.

 

Gender

Female 4

Male 2

 

Ethnicity

Chicano/Latino 5

Vietnamese 1

 

Placements:

Brennen Street Medical Group

Graniterock

Dr. Hoang – Internal Medicine

Dr. Moore – Optometry

Pajaro Valley Water Management District

 

For a detailed report and success stories see: http://www2.ucsc.edu/careers/ptp/cosmos/forms/handout.pdf

 

Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP)

 

Related Employment and/or Continuing Education

 

Class of 97 through Class of 2003

 

2002-2003

Meaghan Shanahan, HIV Testing Coordinator, was hired by the Santa Cruz County Needle Exchange Program, and is applying to Medical School.

 

Laura Ellis, Creative Writing Intern, will attend Texas State University for a MFA program in creative writing with a teaching position.

 

Tania Lee, SOAR Retention Intern, secured an Internship with the Asian Law Caucus.

 

Victoria Paal, International/Global Perspectives Academic Intern, secured an internship at the American Institute of Tiwan.

 

Morgan Wyenn, Recycling Program Intern, was hired by her mentor to continue working through the summer of 2003.

 

Shelby Polakoff, CUIP Program Intern, is applying to Columbia University Publishing Institute for Summer 2004.

 

Gerardo Palafox, Oakes Serve Intern, was accepted in to the UCSC Masters in Education and Teaching Credential Program for 2003-2004.

 

Justine Wolitzer, KZSC Volunteer Coordinator, was selected as KZSC Station Manager for 2003-2004.

 

Andrea Salazar, Sesnon Gallery Intern, is moving on to another gallery internship.

 

Nikki Duplessis, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Intern was interviewed for a Pharmaceutical Sales Position with Abbott Laboratories.

 

Merrill Kruger, Landscape Management Intern, secured a position in living systems land management as an Ecosystem Consultant and Educator.

 

Irina Berkon, International Living Center (ILC) Intern, will continue interning with the ILC.

 

Lindsey Hemrick, Condom Coop Coordinator, was accepted to the EAP program at University of Manchester in England for 2003-2004. 

 

Nick Javier, SOAR Outreach Intern, is applying for an internship at the UCLA Labor Research Center.

                                                           

 

2001-2002

Lee Moranto, SOAR Programs Intern was hired by SOAR as a Program Manager in 2002.

 

Niketa Calame, SOAR Outreach Intern - Accepted into American Musical Dramatic Academy

 

Emily Lessard, Sesnon Gallery Manager Intern - Accepted into Yale Graduate Program, Graphic Design

 

Amber Ouye-Cavala, SOAR Outreach Intern - Teaching in Japan through the JET Program

 

Elizabeth Soong, SOAR Retention Intern - Accepted an advisor position at a middle school in LA

 

Mark Ng, Community Playground Intern - Selected for UCDC Program

 

Athena Osborn, Porter Leadership Intern - Hired as Residential Adviser at Porter

 

Laurie Hauf, Special Internships Program (SIP) Intern - Hired by SIP and selected for UCDC

                                                           

 

2000-2001

Katerina Lanfranko, ArtsBridge Intern - Hired by ArtsBridge

 

Deborah Lao, SOAR Outreach Intern - Selected for UCDC Program

 

Daniel Jackson, EPC Intern - Hired by EPC

 

Rheana (Juno) Parrenas, Queer Programs Intern - MA in Social Science at Universiteit van Amersterdam

 

Kimi Mojica, SOAR Outreach Intern - Hired as SOAR Adviser

                                                           

 

1999-2000

SOAR Programs intern, Melissa Barthelemy, accepted to Golden Gate University Law School for Fall of 2003.

 

KZSC Volunteer Coordinator Jessie Rose DeRooy will assist in the summer transition for radio station staff and volunteers.

 

Education Partnership Center interns were offered positions; one accepted.

                                                           

 

1998-99

The intern managing the Merrill/Live Oak School partnership was hired to run the program for 99-2000.

 

The Campus Leadership Program intern was hired to assist with the program for 99-2000.

 

Special Internships intern was hired as management assistant for the same program in the UCSC Career Center. Since graduation she has begun working for Social Services in Southern California.

 

KZSC Volunteer Coordinator handled communications as a staff member for a Southern California Congress member.

                                                           

 

1997-98

Monterey Bay Education Consortium (MBEC) intern was directly hired and played a significant role in opening the UCSC Education Partnership Center.

 

KZSC Diversity Coordinator was hired as promotions and special events manager for a San Francisco based record company.

 

The SOAR Computer Resources intern was hired as a student worker at SOAR 98-99 and became a resource specialist for a number of units.

 

The natural reserve intern graduates with honors in environmental studies, Phi Beta Kappa. Employed at graduation by an environmental and ecology research group in Pennsylvania, she was part of a staff exchange with Russian colleagues, then was hired by the National Park Service in Washington DC for her environmental expertise.

                                                           

 

1996-97

Natural Reserves intern, Alison Trybom, worked as an Environmental Planner for several years in the Bay Area.  She currently works at UCSC in the Chancellor’s Office.

 

The Accounts Receivable intern, Edenilson Quintanilla, was hired in 2001 as the Youth Outreach Coordinator for the Resource Center for Non Violence in Santa Cruz.

 

The Student Coordinator intern for the Professions Training Program, Miguel A. Canales, is a high school teacher and track coach working with Los Angeles street youth after receiving a masters degree at Claremont McKenna.

 

The Health Center Condom Co-op Pharmacy intern was hired by a pharmaceutical manufacturer in the East Bay.

 

The Housing marketing intern was hired as a student worker in the Housing Office for 97-98.

 

 

Total number of interns for 2002-03 = 38

 

Demographics

 

Gender

Male - 7

Female - 31

 

African American - 2

Asian - 4

Hispanic -10

White - 14

Other – (6 Unknown) (1 Jewish)

 

Total Number of Proposed Internships = 46

 

Total Number of Student Applications = 84 (14% increase from last year)

 

Moved Deadline Earlier in Year - Internship Proposals Steady

In spite of moving the proposal deadline up from Winter Quarter to Fall Quarter proposals remained strong.  Forty-four proposals were received on the deadline.  Two proposals were received after the deadline.  The total number of proposals was forty-six.  All forty-six proposals met the established criteria for CUIP internships.

 

Advisory Board Development

The CUIP Advisory Board membership remained constant this year.  Advisor board members included the Dean of Undergraduate Education, Lynda Goff, Career Center Director, Barbara Bedford, Academic Preceptor, Elaine Kihara, College Administrative Officer, James Carter, and CUIP Interns from 2001-02 and 2002-03.  The board convened to counsel the Special Internships Manager in selecting the top 35-40 internships out of the 46 proposed.

 

CUIP Seminar

The CUIP seminar course is taught by instructors Chancellor MRC Greenwood and Vice Provost/Dean of Undergraduate Education Lynda Goff. The seminar, Leadership and Institution Building, provided 2 units for each of three quarters. Skills development and student presentations combined with guest lectures from campus cabinet members on topics ranging from the timeline and consultation process involved in campus construction projects, through the relationship between chancellors, regents and legislators, to who breaks bad news to the press. Guests included Executive Vice Chancellor Simpson; Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs Francisco Hernandez; Vice Chancellor, Planning Thomas Vani; Campus Architect Frank Zwart; Meridith Michaels , Vice Chancellor for Planning and Budget. Special Assistant to the Chancellor Joyce Justus; Public Information Officer Liz Irwin; Dean Martin Chemers; Kevin Browne, Executive Director of Admissions and University Registrar; Gail Heit, Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs; and John Holloway, Executive Director, Student Development and Community Service.

 

This year, the Special Internships Manager instructed the session on Presentations and PowerPoint and continued to support, Web CT.  Web CT enabled interns to upload their PowerPoint presentations and web pages onto one sight for ease and accessibility.

 

Responding to last year's intern requests for more interaction between classmates, CUIP brought community leader Tony Hill into the CUIP Seminar. Mr. Hill conducted an interactive diversity and style assessment workshop called "True Colors".  Students overall felt that it was very beneficial to the class.  Next year, Tony Hill conducted a workshop in the Fall Quarter, so that interns would be encouraged to interact on a deeper level early in the year.

 

All interns made formal presentations of their year’s work at the annual CUIP Symposium.

 

 

 

PTP Statistics

 

Total Number of PTP Interns 2002-03 = 12

 

Demographics

 

Gender

Male - 3

Female - 9

 

Ethnicity

African American - 0

Asian - 2

Hispanic - 5

White - 4

Other - (1 UNKNOWN)

 

Placements

Akau Hana Outrigger Canoe Club

Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries

California Certified Organic Farmers

CAPACITAR

Monterey Bay Youth

Pacific Collegiate School

Population Services International

Resource Center For Nonviolence

Santa Cruz Women's Health Center

Second Harvest Food Bank

Seniors Council

Watsonville Police Activities League

Young At Heart Project

 

Demographic Percentages

2001-02

62.5% female

37.5% male

 

2002-03

75% female

25 % male

 

Related Employment and/or Continuing Education

 

Daniel Burkhart, Project Scout, Accepted into UCLA Undergraduate Program, Political Science

 

Marcia Winslade, California Certified Organic Farmers, Hired as Intern with the Sierra Club

 

CUIP Statistics

 

Total number of interns for 2002-03 = 38

 

Demographics

 

Gender

Male - 7

Female - 31

 

African American - 2

Asian - 4

Hispanic -10

White - 14

Other – (6 Unknown) (1 Jewish)

 

Total Number of Proposed Internships = ?

 

Total Number of Student Applications = 84 (14% increase from last year)

 

Related Employment and/or Continuing Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
CORPORATE AND BUSINESS RELATIONS TEAM

Jobs Development & Community Outreach

 

 

 

 

Student Utilization

 

Over the past year 8,193 students physically visited the Career Center. Of the 8,193 students that identified their class level, 14% were Freshpersons, 16% sophomores, 24% Juniors, 33% Seniors, 4% Graduates, 8% Alumni, and 1% Others.

 

There were 7,979 students that identified their reason for visiting the Career Center. Of those, 31% were for Part Time Jobs, 11% Full Time Jobs, 18% Advising, 5% Library/Computer Use, 10% Internships, 22% Payroll Signups, and 3% GRLS.

 

 

 

 

ANNUAL CAREER CENTER TRAFFIC COUNT

 

 

 

Student Class Level Status                                    Purpose of the Students’ Visits

 

Freshperson                1,151                                        Part Time Jobs          2,479

 

Sophomore                 1,285                                         Full Time Jobs              857

 

Junior                         1,974                                         Advising                    1,393

 

Senior                         2,734                                         Library/Computer        423

 

Graduate                        251                                         Internships                   824

 

Alumni                           668                                         Payroll Signup          1,753

 

Other                              130                                         GRLS                           250

 

                    Total       8,193                                                            Total       7,979

 

 

         Job Location and Development Program

                                          (Off-Campus Non Work-Study Employment Program)

 

Corporate & Business Relations Activities

 

The Federal Work-Study Program directly subsidizes the Job Location & Development Program (JLD) and is housed under the umbrella of the Corporate & Business Relations Team.  The prime directive of the program is to secure internships, full/part-time and summer jobs for UCSC students. 

 

Over the past year, the Corporate & Business Relations Manager (CBRM) has utilized several development strategies to strengthen the Career Center’s position within the local business community, and the following are examples: 1.) Participating as a member of the Aptos Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the CBRM has initiated over 500 direct employer contacts while attending various Santa Cruz area Chamber sponsored events 2.) As a Board member of the Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA), the CBRM has created a number of NCHRA activities that directly linked students to local Human Resources Administrators seeking to hire or mentor students.

 

Many of the CBRM’s activities create and foster valued relationships between the UC Career Center and the corporate & business community.  The following are just a sample of the companies that participate in the JLD program: GraniteRock, Borland, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Borland, SmithBarney-Citigroup, Bay Federal Bank, CTB McGraw-Hill, Johanson & Yau Accountancy Corporation, Santa Cruz Seaside Company as well as hundreds of others.

 

In the past year, over 2,059 part-time and summer jobs were listed with the JLD Program in the Career Center.  Over 564 of the jobs were career exposure jobs for students.  The annual estimated earnings for students hired through the JLD program was $424,380 with over 245 UCSC students securing placements. 

 

Job Location & Development Activity Report

 

Academic

# Student Jobs

 # Career Related

 # Student

 Estimated

 Year

Developed

 Student Jobs

Hires

  Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

      1997-98

2,515

    949

393

 $  686,625.00

      1998-99

 

      1999-2000

5,431

 

8,354

1,913

 

1,825

198

 

346

 $ 813,999.62

 

 $ 502,219.00

 

      2000-2001

 

      2001-2002

 

      2002-2003

  

5,127

 

2,867

 

2,059

                       1,687

 

     794

 

      564

326

 

305

 

245

        $ 736,871.00

 

        $ 577,554.00

   

        $ 424,380.00

 

 

Regional Employment Specialist

(Jobs Development Efforts)

 

 

The Regional Employment Specialist (RES) visited 72 organizations in the Silicon Valley/South Bay Area.  Organizations included Affymetrix, Google, Wells Fargo Financial, Santa Clara Convention Center (Marketing/Services), and Johanson & Yau.

 

The depressed job market has produced fewer internship opportunities as well as entry-level positions for new graduates.  Sixteen (16) new internship opportunities were added to our database.  Examples include Network Appliance, Affymetrix, DNAX, Vanished Children’s Alliance, Breakthrough San Jose, Johanson & Yau, and IBM’s Extreme Blue Program.

 

The RES attended two job fairs talking with employer representatives about UC Santa Cruz and Career Center programs.  Due to the continuing downturn in employment, especially in the Silicon Valley area, these fairs were considerably smaller.   Typically, Brassring hosts job fairs at the Santa Clara Convention Center every other month.  This past year all but two fairs were canceled due to lack of employer participation.

 

Santa Clara Board of Director’s and Executive Committee Meetings provided an additional 19 networking opportunities. As Chair of Membership Development on the Executive Committee, the RES hosts the program section of the Chamber’s monthly membership business mixers.  The mixers provide increased visibility to UC Santa Cruz and the Career Center.

 

 

 

On-Campus Recruitment Program

2002-2003

 

 

 

Employers

 

                                                                                                            01/02               02/03

 

Organizations signed up for formal interviews                                    18                    19

Organizations conducting group meetings                                          15                    17

Organizations conducting resume drops                                                0                      3

 

            Total Employer Participation                                                   33                    39

 

 

 

Students

 

Formal interviews on-campus                                                             206                  233

Resumes submitted to employers                                                        586                  569

Attendance at group/information meetings                                          408                  267

 

            Total Student Participation                                                    1200                1069

 

 

There was a small increase, 18%, in employer participation from the previous year.  The economic climate remained flat, and unemployment in the Silicon Valley area continued on a downward spiral.

 

As noted above, the number of formal interviews increased slightly.  The accounting firms held only one group meeting instead of two during this report period.  Thus, the decline in group meeting attendance and total student participation.

 

 

MonsterTRAK.com

 

MonsterTRAK.com is a national job listing service for colleges and universities.  Employers target their job listings specifically to UC Santa Cruz.  This year, 11,624 job listings were posted on MonsterTRAK.com as compared to 17,004 last academic year.  These number reflect the severe jobless rate in the Silicon Valley and California.  The slow turnaround we hear is beginning to occur nationally is not evident on the West Coast.

 

 

 

 

 Job Fairs

 

Job fairs continue to be a major recruiting tool and serve as the primary campus recruiting event for employers who want to increase their visibility among the student population. A typical UCSC job fair attracts 35 – 80 companies and organizations. Via job fairs, students can get new career ideas, build their job search skills, make professional connections, and identify current employment opportunities and even land an interview in a short amount of time.

 

The Career Center held two job fairs in 2002-03. One thousand one hundred students (1,100) attended to network with ninety (92) employers. Our winter job fair, the Nonprofit and Public Service fair, was cancelled due to budgetary constraints. Employer attendance decreased not only due to the cancellation of our winter fair, but also due to the recession and 9-11. The type of employers attending fairs changed in 2002-2003, with less “high-profile” technology and business employers and more governmental employers. Student attendance also decreased, as students have become affected by both the recruiting downturn and the changes in the types of employers attending fairs. The Career Center began to see the effects of the downturn in the economy two years ago. We expect the 2003-2004 fair season to continue this trend.

 

                                                    2001-2002 Attendance            2002-2003Attendance

Event

Employers

Students

Employers

Students

Fall Job Fair

47

440

32

403

Winter Job Fair

Cancelled

Cancelled

Cancelled

Cancelled

Spring Job Fair

80

859

60

697

Totals

127

1,299

92

1,100

 

 
ON-CAMPUS EMPLOYMENT

 

PAYROLL PERSONNEL SYSTEM TEAM

 

The Career Center Payroll Personnel System Team is comprised of four members, one PPS Manager, one Work-Study Coordinator, one Forms Processing Specialist and one PPS Assistant. The PPS Manager is responsible for PPS and Student Employee Request System training and support of Service Centers. The PPS manager maintains the web-based Policies and Procedures Manual for Student Employment and is the campus coordinator for student FICA. The Work-Study Coordinator assists students, supervisors and Service Centers with work-study questions, coordinates the Work-Study orientations and acts as liaison with Financial Aid office. The Forms Processing Specialist guides student through the employment payroll sign-up process. The PPS Assistant data enters all new and rehired students into the Payroll system, assists the PPS Manager with the bimonthly student FICA reports, and backs up the Forms Processing Specialist.

 

On Campus Employment

·        PPS Training and Support (courses and on-line)

·        Work-Study Programs and Services (on and off-campus)

·        Non Work-Study Employment Coordination (on-campus)

·        Electronic Employee Request & Student Job Listing Service Training & Support

·        Web base Policies and Procedures Manual