CAREER CENTER
MISSION STATEMENT
GOALS
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
&
STATISTICS
Annual Report
2005-2006
Barbara Bedford, Executive Director &
Career Center staff
August 2005
CONTENTS
PART 1:
EXECUTIVE 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:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTION
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
UNIT MISSION
&
GOALS
DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTION
The primary mission of the Career Center is to assist registered UCSC students through all phases of their career development, which includes career advising, quality work experiences, internships and part-time employment. To accomplish this goal, the Career Center staff works diligently to promote a greater awareness within the institution of the world of work and the need for and nature of career development over a 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 meaningful career development outcomes such as: realistic self-appraisal, appropriate career choices, enhanced self-esteem, critical thinking, ability to communicate effectively, leadership development, ability to work independently and collaboratively, social responsibility, 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 includes: 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 Employment Service
¨ Corporate and Business Relations
¨ Payroll Personnel Services
¨ Information/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 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, which offer a variety of education/instruction. In addition, a 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 (Community Jobs Direct and Intern Connections data base are also located inside of this system), and the alumni Career Advice Network (CAN) data bases.
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, securing 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 a significant 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 there are 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. The Career Center’s Partners for Progress program offers employers special services and unique opportunities related to their UCSC student recruitment efforts. 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 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 also outside the US, via an electronic interview process using videoconferencing technology near by.
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, such as budgetary limitations. For example, some significant Career Center changes that occurred in 2004-2005 included the reorganization of specific Career Center programs and budget cuts. Some expected changes with the centralization of technology and business services will occur in this coming year 2005-2006. With those past and upcoming changes, the goal is to continue to maintain quality services to the best of our ability for our student, staff and community clientele. 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, Executive Director
Career Center Staff Total FTEs = 17.68 Administration & Executive Director ·
Business Operation ·
Technology Enhancements
and Maintenance ·
Research and Assessments ·
Outreach/Publicity ·
Developing and Maintaining
Partnerships ·
Student Employment
Compensation ·
Development of New
Programs ·
Professional/Staff
Development ·
Student Regent Recruitment Bay Tree Conference Center ·
Conference Facility
Oversight ·
Oversight of 3rd
floor Bay Tree Building 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 ·
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 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 Develop strategies to
increase faculty interaction: One goal is to enhance the Career
Center's partnerships with faculty. To meet this goal, the Career Center continues
to meet quarterly with the Career Center Academic Advisory Board that consists
of eight faculty members and Career Center staff. Student members have also
been recruited to join the board. The Career Center 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 aggressive outreach efforts to establish future long term partnerships
with UCSC faculty. The Career Center has established
a strong partnership with the Economics Department Lecturer and Faculty Member
Bob Shepherd who also is the Chair of the Career Center Academic Advisory
Board. Consequently, this faculty partnership has resulted
in a "Meet the Firms" career event where UCSC students had an
opportunity to meet with the top accounting firms in the US. Out of this event,
some student career placements followed upon graduation. To continue this type of partnership
with faculty on campus, the Career Center Academic Advisory Board proposed
that the Career Center develop a similar partnership with the School of Engineering
and Dean Kang. The Career Center and Engineering Dept. collaborated
in an effort to better serve both employers and students. In Fall 2003, the
Engineering pilot program was launched. Consequently
and after much strategic planning on how to enhance our outreach methods to
students and employers in the Engineering field, the Internship team and the
Career Center Programmer Analyst aggressively developed a computerized engineering
interface with our existing career and internship opportunities database.
The purpose of the interface is to target potential career opportunities in
the area of Engineering and Information Science. This resulted in
the Career Center posting more Engineering internships for students. A
strong partnership with Dean Kang and the School of Engineering has been established. The Career Center recently established
a partnership with the Film and Digital Media Department. This past year
the Career Center collaborated with Cynthia Payne, a Film and Digital Media
student. Cynthia worked as a videographer for the SERAP awards, and in return
received credit as a part of her senior project. In the future we hope to
continue this partnership with the Film and Digital Media Department. Goal: More effective feedback: In an effort to receive comprehensive
and effective feedback from our student clientele, the Career Center continues
to seek out students to offer advice via surveys and innovative evaluation
processes. Our goal is to include students
in the overall management/program services feedback process via committees,
surveys and other unit evaluation tools. In addition to seeking students' advice via
surveys and evaluations, the Career Center Executive
Director now has a sign posted in the lobby indicating open door/drop in hours
on Thursdays for a couple of hours in the afternoon. The goal is to provide
an opportunity to meet with the Executive Career Center Director to offer
comments, suggestions, and feedback regarding the Career Center. Another
ongoing goal is to further advance our 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 aligns 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. One way the Career Center aligns with the
divisional goals, such as leadership, can be seen in the Student Regent Recruitment
program, which recruits student leaders who would, if granted the opportunity
to be Student Regent, have the responsibility to establish policy in areas
such as personnel, campus development, student fees, admissions and financial
aid. Another way is the Advising team's sponsorship
of free practice exams, which offer students the opportunity to test their
skills on specific admissions exams, enriching their life for after graduation.
Also, in an effort to meet the
demand of the increased population of UCSC graduate students, expanded graduate
services continue to be provided by the Career Center Graduate Student Adviser. Goal: To effectively distribute
existing resources in support of unit budgetary operation: Due to the reorganization of staffing &
budget cuts in 2004-05, our continued goal is to effectively distribute existing
resources in support of the Career Center's budgetary operation. One
way that the Career Center has accomplished this goal was by reorganizing
the teams so that the separate functions between two different teams were
now organized by similar job functions. We also created one new comprehensive
Internships team. For example, major events coordination, in previous years, was under the
umbrella of various Career Center teams. To better facilitate the Career Center
events coordination programs, all major events such as the Student Employee
Recognition Award Program (SERAP), Graduate & Professional School and
all Job & Internship Fairs are now under the responsibility of the Corporate
and Business Relations team's Event's Coordinator. Additionally, all the Letter
Services are now the responsibility of the Advising team's Letter Service
and Resource Center Coordinator. In prior years, the Letter Service duties
and responsibilities were segmented between two teams. The Career Center also experienced
a major budget cut that created a situation in which we had to cut our permanent
staffing FTE from 19.36 to 16.67 total FTE (which took effect in year 2004-05).
We had to lay off one employee, reduce several staff FTE's, and become resourceful
with funding for the remaining staff. This particular change has been a challenge
for those teams directly impacted; The Administrative team has
one reduced time Assistant to the Director. The Advising team has one reduced
time Advisor and Letter Service & Resource Center Coordinator. The Student
Corps team no longer has a permanent FTE, but only temporary one-time funds
for student employee or temporary assistants. The Corporate & Business
Relations team has one reduced time Events Coordinator. As we move forward,
with scarce funds, resources will be distributed on a priority need-by-need
basis for each of the Career Center's seven programs: Administrative, Advising,
Bay Tree Conference Center, Student Corps, On-Campus Employment, Corporate
& Business Relations, and Internships. Consequently, our continued goal
is to provide quality customer service
by retaining staff (For more details, see part 5). 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 continues to
seek increased partnership with UCSC faculty, including provosts and deans.
The Career Center also seeks partnership with staff from the Alumni office,
Colleges, campus-wide technology staff, Human Resources, Student Affairs,
Business Services, etc. Another way to outreach for UCSC students
to find their careers upon graduation is through partnering with off-site
businesses, corporate and non-profit organizations in the community, Bay area
and nationwide, as seen in the new Community Jobs Direct system, allowing
off-campus employers to post jobs for UCSC students. Via the Career Advice Network (CAN), we partner with UCSC
graduates and alumni to provide networking opportunities. Goal: To enhance strategies
to increase diversity efforts: We continue to put on special
events such as the Multicultural Career Conference (Alumni of Color and students
of color have an opportunity to interact annually) for the diverse representation
of UCSC students. The Advising & Internships teams continue to work closely
with the Ethnic Resource Centers. 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 strategies in the PTP program will continue. Outreach efforts to promote diversity include the campus
COSMOS outreach program. This program offered opportunities for selected
low-income students participating in the COSMOS program to participate in
complementary stipend science internships in the local community. Also, in previous years, advisers were asked
to present at various campus events including an overview of career advising
services for ADEPT, a resume workshop for the Women at Work Retreat, as well
as the Graduate Student Adviser negotiated with UC Extension to secure six
scholarships for women students and staff to attend the Executive Women’s
Institute which brings high potential women together for advanced training. Goal: To enhance methods in
which to measure unit achievements: The Career Center will continue
to track progress with the statistical reports that are produced each year,
(see statistics and evaluations included in this report). 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 data is collected
is upon viewing electronic job listings, students are requested to complete
a survey. The Special Internships program continues to use a California Matrix
Model to track student progress towards the goal of meaningful professional
employment. The Advising team surveys
students and all Career Center advising workshops are evaluated. 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.
Also, the Employer 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. The goal is
to annually survey the campus community regarding use of the Student ER System.
Other measurements include comparisons between other UC Career Center's
annual increases in activities or statistical data, and incremental increases
or decreases in benchmarking practices and standard measurements. Outcomes
for some of these measurements are explained in the upcoming sections of this
report. 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 when the Student Employee
Request (ER) system was implemented. By using the current database standards,
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, PPS and Banner, there is more opportunity to develop reports
that 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. With the implementation of the AIS system, it is envisioned
that students will log into a single portal, which would give them seamless
access to all campus student services. This will enhance the student's experience
and allow easy navigation through a wide range of information systems. The
aspect of being able to make announcements of events and services targeted
to groups of students would be of particular value. Currently, one goal is to continue enhancing
our working relationship with MonsterTRAK.com, which is utilized by more than
500,000 employers to feature their 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. A major improvement for this year is the inclusion
of CUIP and PTP listings in the Intern Connection on-line internship database.
This allows students to search the internships based upon location, career
field and other criteria, and to view the internship details along side other
internships. The goal is to establish a centralized database that will allow
all students and potential employers to have a one stop location for all their
internship connections. Goal: To increase collaboration
with on-campus units: The Career Center continues to
collaborate with Financial Aid, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and
the Student Life Business Center (SLBC) to allow the most efficient processing
of payroll and business transactions possible. In addition, continued collaboration
with University Extension provides a "Non-Profit/Entrepreneurial"
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 Career Center Payroll Personnel
Systems (PPS) Manger collaborates with Staff Human Resources (SHR) quarterly,
to offer a comprehensive, well attended “How to Supervise Student Employees”
workshop. Goal: To increase fund-raising
efforts: The "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 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. PFP is an exceptional
outreach and fund raising program. PART
2: PROGRAM CONSTITUENCY & HIGHLIGHTS Barbara Bedford, Executive Director Career
Center Team Program Managers: Pete
Norton, Programmer Analyst Joan
Walker, Advising Services Manager & Adviser Cyndi
Edinger, Senior Business, Administrative & Student Corps Manager Judy
McLaughlin, On Campus Employment (PPS) Manager Nannette
O’Connor, Corporate & Business Relations Manager Barbara
Silverthorne, Internships Manager BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION The Career Center Business and Administrative
team is comprised of four individuals: the Career Center Executive Director,
the Assistant to the Executive Director & Non Work-study/Bay Tree Conference
Room Coordinator, the Senior Business, Administrative & Student Corps
Manager/Student Regent Recruitment Coordinator, and the Programmer Analyst/Computer
Consultant. Three of these individuals assist the Career Center Executive
Director in the facilitation of the operational needs of the overall Career
Center, including administrative processes, budget, special programs, facilities
and technical support. In the area of Business and Administration,
the Career Center has achieved some 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. Some of the new successes in 2004-05 include
the reorganization of staffing, in the face of budget cuts. For example, major
events coordination, in previous years, was under the umbrella of various
Career Center teams. To better facilitate the Career Center events coordination
programs, all major events such as the Student Employee Recognition Award
Program (SERAP), Graduate & Professional School and all Job & Internship
Fairs are now under the responsibility of the Corporate and Business Relations
team's Events’ Coordinator. Additionally, all the Letter Services are now
the responsibility of the Advising team's Letter Service and Resource Center
Coordinator. In prior years, the Letter Service duties and responsibilities
were segmented between two teams. Last year, in 2004-05, we absorbed many
of the budget cuts by using one-time funds to cover and retain some of our
staff. We also hired student employees to offset the budget cuts. It has
been difficult to operate with reduced FTE and on limited funds. Also, in 2005-06 we expect changes in the
centralization of business, human resource, and technology services. We will
need to allocate our resources effectively to absorb these changes. Year end statistics: 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: ·
181,997 Jobs page ·
96,058 Career Center main page ·
17,234 Employer page ·
11,607 Staff page ADVISING The Career Center
Advising Team is composed of four career advisers (three for undergraduates
and one for graduate students) and the letter service/resource center coordinator.
Career advisers are responsible for general advising and outreach, creating
and conducting workshops, and serve as liaison to departments and colleges.
The resource center coordinator assists students with resource questions,
orders books/newsletters, and maintains the library. In addition, as letter
service coordinator, she coordinates the Graduate School Reference Letter
Service (GRLS), the Health Science Letter Service (HSLS) and the Ph.D. Letter
Service. The Advising Services Manager/Natural Sciences Career Adviser supervises
team members. There was transition
once again in the letter service/resource center coordinator position. In
August 2004, the person in that position was promoted to another position
in the Career Center. A new staff member did not begin working until January
2005. During the four month time period (the busiest time of the year for
the letter services), a temporary person was hired along with assistance from
the staff member previously in that position and the advising services manager.
Another major change
for the Advising Team was assuming some of the duties of the Health Career
Resource Office. Due to budget cuts, pre-health advisers were reduced from
two to one part-time position. The Career Center was contacted by Natural
Sciences and asked if some duties could be transferred to the Career Center.
The Advising Team agreed to take on the health science letter service. In
addition, the advising manager agreed to critique personal statements and
conduct mock interviews for health career applicants. This has added a substantial
workload to the Advising Team. Regular (standard)
workshops on applying to graduate school, interviewing, the job search process
and resume development were held throughout the academic year for both undergraduate
and graduate students. Workshops on job search, application process, resume
and interviewing were held specifically for graduate students. These workshops
were evaluated on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being excellent. Overall, student
rating of the regular workshops was 4.75. In addition, the
advisers worked with departments, colleges and student organizations to sponsor
special workshops. Workshops were conducted for STARS, EOP, Psychological
and Counseling Services, the Village, the Ethnic Resource Centers, GLBTI and
Gamma Phi Beta. Ten workshops were held for departments, six for colleges,
and eleven special workshops for the general student population. During the
summer advisers conducted five Choosing a Major workshops for undecided freshmen
during Summer Orientation, and one workshop for COSMOS. There were 11 workshops/events
planned for graduate students. Some special graduate workshops included Dissertation
Writing, the Academic Job Search and Grant Writing. Four job search workshops
were held for education credential students. Eight class workshops were planned
and conducted by advisers at faculty request. These included four workshops
for the Master’s degree program in Education, one for Engineering, two for
Environmental Studies, one for Earth Sciences, and four for the Professions
Training Program course. In total, 110 standard or special workshops were
offered in 2004-05. Overall attendance
at regular and special workshops was down by 13.6% from the previous year.
This was mainly due to a decrease in summer orientation attendance (down 28%)
and graduate student workshops (down 54%). The number of clients
served in advising sessions this year was slightly higher than the number
seen last year (Attachment A). The Advising Team
sponsored free practice GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and MCAT exams with Kaplan and Princeton
Review. These were well attended and offered students the opportunity to
test their skills on these admission exams. The Advising Team
also was active in college, university-wide and community events. In addition
to tabling at such events as the Summer Orientation and Fall Resource Fairs,
the Advising Team assisted with job/internships fairs, the graduate school
fair and the Multicultural Career Conference. The advising manager presented
two workshops on applying to graduate school for ADEPT. The Social Sciences/Engineering
adviser served a second year on the Staff Advisory Board. Outreach to on-campus
and off-campus individuals was almost identical to the numbers of the previous
year with similar outreach activities completed. 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), California
Association for Employment in Education (CAEE), Network, Pacific Coast Association
of Pre Law Advisers) (PCAPLA), and the Liberal Arts Connection (a northern
California consortium of career advisers). Two advisers attended the International
Career Development Conference, several members of the team attended on-campus
training and development classes, one member attended a Careers in Art Conference,
three members attended an assessment training workshop, and one member attended
the Pre-law Advisers fall conference. The graduate adviser attended the NCDC
and WACE conferences. The Advising Team hosted the fall Liberal Arts Connection
meeting. Approximately 40 career advisers from Northern California attended
the event. 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
from the survey should be highlighted. Approximately 36% of the individuals
seen during drop-in advising were seniors. About 36% of the respondents indicated
their ethnicity as one of the following: African American, Asian, Mixed Heritage,
Filipino, and Latino/Chicano. These percentages of seniors is comparable
to 2003-04, however, the number of students of color is down by 6%. The major
reasons for student visits were for resume review, followed by assistance
with the job search, applying to graduate school and general career advice. The overall rating
of advising services (on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being excellent) was 4.7 with
77% of the respondents checking 5. For a second year
the advising team took on the supervision of a graduate counseling intern
from Santa Clara University Master’s degree in Counseling program during the
winter quarter. The intern participated in advising sessions, workshops,
and assisted with administrative tasks along with creating new informational
handouts. The advising team also sponsored a field studies psychology major.
The student worked with the team the whole year in preparation for graduate
study in career advising. ADVISING TEAM SUMMARY 2004-05 Number contacts/participants
Appendix A Advising Sessions 2003-04 2004-05 Summer 429 516 Fall 1056 1002 Winter 948 981 Spring 827 901 TOTAL ADVISING SESSIONS 3260 3400 Standard Workshops 2003-04 2004-05 Summer 0 0 Fall 76 82 Winter 81 94 Spring 130 81 Total Standard Workshops 287 257 Special Workshops 2003-04 2004-05 Summer 627 453 Fall 192 366 Winter 316 314 Spring 314 276 Total Special Workshops 1449 1409 Standard Grad Workshops
2003-04 2004-05 Fall 14 6 Winter Spring 0 11 0 3 Total Standard Grad Workshops 25 9 Special Grad Workshops
2003-04 2004-05 Fall 56 30 Winter Spring 179 140 118 23 Total Special Grad Workshops
375 171 Outreach 2002-03 2003-04 Summer Fall 61 549 383 222 Winter Spring 35 16 58 0 TOTAL OUTREACH 661 663 Advising Sessions 2004-05
Appendix B Summer 2004 Drop-in Office Appt. Phone Email Total Current Student 97 103 22 36 258 UCSC Alumni 56 31 40 69 196 Graduate Student 20 9 8 37 Community Member 2 9 2 12 25 Summer Total 155 163 73 125 516 Fall 2004 Current Student 379 236 37 98 750 UCSC Alumni 25 29 61 67 182 Graduate Student 33 11 5 4 53 Community Member 4 5 8 17 Fall Total 408 270 98 173 1002 Winter 2005 Current Student 418 274 32 94 818 UCSC Alumni 20 27 30 33 110 Graduate Student 11 34 16 2 47 Community Member 2 2 1 1 6 Winter Total 440 303 63 128 981 Spring 2005 Current Student 321 275 32 113 741 UCSC Alumni 13 17 35 31 96 Graduate Student 3 26 10 12 51 Community Member 4 3 5 1 13 Spring Total 338 295 72 145 901 2004-2005 Total 1341 1031 306 571 3400 Advising
Survey—Winter 2005 280 Responses Appendix C College Number Percent Stevenson Cowell Eight Merrill Porter Oakes Kresge Crown Nine Ten Grad Alumni No answer 25 23 37 27 11 24 20 34 25 19 21 12 2
8.9 8.2 13.2 9.7 3.9 8.6 7.1 12.2 8.9 6.8 7.5 4.3 .7 Undergraduate
Major Number Undergraduate
Major Number Art American Studies Anthropology Art History BMB Biochemistry 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 Health Sciences History ISM Language Studies Legal Studies Literature Linguistics Marine Biology Mathematics MCD Biology 6 4 6 1 2 1 2 9 49 2 2 2 4 1 1 5 2 2 7 2 2 7 2 5 2 11 3 2 2 11 Neuroscience
& Behavior Philosophy Plant Science Politics Psychology Sociology Theater Art Women’s Studies Undeclared Biology/Economics Biology/Environ. Studies Biology/Psycholgy BME/Theater Art Earth Science/Environ. Studies Economics/Philosophy Environ. Studies/Economics Environ. Studies/Politics Literature/Philosophy Philosophy/Anthropology Philosophy/Psychology Politics/LALS Politics/Legal Studies Politics/Literature Psychology/History Psychology/Literature Sociology/Community Studies Sociology/Language Studies Sociology/Legal Studies 1 3 1 6 29 20 1 7 10 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2005-2006 Total Staff = 20, Total Students
= 25+ *one time funded
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
Business & Administration
Technology