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The UNH Career Center 2013-2014

Annual Report


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the 2013-14 academic year, the Career Center reached more than 13,000 students and alumni through participation in, or attendance at, one or more of the following events:

One-on-one career advising appointments: 2,034 up from 1,668 in 2012-13 Class and other presentations: 7,760 up from 5,207 in 2012-13 Internships, reported by employers: 572 Resume reviews, sponsored by Enterprise Holdings, and Resume Review Days: 802 Career and internship fairs: 2,265 up from 2,074 in 2012-13

Wildcat Careers, powered by NACElink, was launched in August 2013 and contributed significantly to an increase in student and employer interactions and allowed for more robust tracking and reporting on in-volvement and assessment of impact. Employers posted more than 1,902 full-time positions and 894 in-ternships, excluding Paul Careers postings. Satisfaction surveys indicated that despite employers’ unhap-piness with the physical Hood House facility, both employers and students still rated the Center’s services and events highly. Expanded social media marketing also raised the Center’s profile.

The only area where participation fell was on-campus interviewing. In 2013-14, only 114 students partici-pated as opposed to the previous year’s 496. Employers dropped from 56 to 19. Outreach on this decrease documented that employers preferred the new interview facilities in Paul College. While employers have complained about the Hood House facility in the past, only in the last year have they had an alternative in Paul College. Building conditions, including limited number of interview rooms, poses a challenge for em-ployers seeking on-campus interviews.

The Center played a central role in developing a University-wide first destination survey, and is working closely with Advancement, developing an administration tool. A Center-administered survey of 2012-13 graduates, using e-mail and phone calls had a 37% response rate - significantly higher than past UNH post-graduation surveys. It documented that over 90% of respondents were employed and satisfied with that employment. Remarkably, a majority of respondents over all colleges indicated that their employment was related to their UNH major.

The Center’s Employer Outreach Team made over 65 employer site visits and coordinated a number of on-campus events, which allowed direct interaction with students. Two hundred and thirty eight (238) em-ployers participated in the career and internship fairs and almost 100 in other on campus employer oppor-tunities (on-campus interviewing, resume review days and information sessions).

Achievement of Center goals with respect to student and employer outreach continued to be constrained, mainly, by the condition of the Hood House facility, as noted above, as well as the number of staff. The Center’s staffing level is below that recommended by NACE (National Association and of Colleges and Em-ployers), as well as that of our comparator schools.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction……………………………………………… 4 The Career Center's Mission and Goals Career Counseling Standards

About the UNH Career Center…………………………… 5

Career Outcomes…………………………………………. 6 Post-Graduation Outcomes Class of 2013 Post-Graduation Outcomes

Website Usage Analytics………………………………… 8 UACC/Career Center Site Visits Wildcat Careers Site Visits

Student Services………………………………………….. 9 Career Advising Appointments Career Advising Satisfaction Survey Internships Walk-In Resume Reviews On-Campus Interviews Wildcat Careers Classroom Presentations and Workshops Career Support for Diverse Student Populations

Career Events & Outcomes………………………………. 15 Career & Internship Fairs Resume Review Days Graduate School Fairs Other Campus Recruiting Opportunities

Campus Relations…………………………….…………. 17

Alumni Outreach…………………………………………. 18

Social Media and Marketing…………………………….. 19 Use of Social Media The Career Center Media Coverage

2013-14 and 2014-15 Strategic Goals ………………. 20

Testimonials………………………………………………. 22

Employer Relations………………………………………. 14


The UNH Career Center seeks to assist all UNH students and alumni in identifying, exploring, implementing the steps to enjoyable and rewarding career paths and to serve as a career resource for the University and employers in the Seacoast and region.

The UNH Career Center fulfills its mission through career support of all UNH students, regardless of college division or major and as early as possible, and alumni, wishing to change careers, with the career develop-ment process. It helps students and alumni identify the interests, skills and opportunities necessary to achieve their desired career path. The Center achieves these goals through one-on-one coaching, assess-ments, classroom presentations, workshops, career and internship fairs and other proactive career and grad-uate school events assessments, classroom presentations, workshops, career and internship fairs and other proactive career and graduate school events.

Career Counseling Standards

College and University Career Centers must have the following in their service delivery: Career services must support the mission, academic and experiential programs, and advancement of

the institution to promote student learning and student development. Within this context, the primary purpose of career services is to assist students and other designated clients in developing, evaluating, and/or implementing career, education, and employment decisions and plans.

Career services must consider the needs of all students of the institution when designing the program and delivering services.

Career services must incorporate student learning and student development in its mission. The institution must provide career advising/counseling to assist students and other designated clients

at any stage of their career development. Career services must help students and other designated clients make career choices based on accurate

self-knowledge and information about the world of work. Career services must provide resources to help students and other designated clients assess and relate

their interests, competencies, needs, expectations, education, experience, personal background, and desired lifestyle to the employment market.

The Career Center aligns its mission and goals with the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Standards for College and University Career Centers:

The Career Center’s Mission and Goals


ABOUT THE UNH CAREER CENTER The Career Center, part of the University Advising and Career Center (UACC), is centrally located at Hood House. The UACC also provides academic advising to undeclared students in the College of Liberal Arts and provisional English and psychology majors. Pre-health and pre-law students are advised through the UACC’s Pre-Law and Pre-Professional Health Advising Committees. The Center collaborates closely with other UNH career support professionals, including those in the Alumni Association, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, and UNH-Manchester.

The Career Center’s staff is composed of eight individuals:

Judy Spiller - Associate Provost of Academic Achievement and Support/Interim Director of the UACC

Nancy Hoff - Career Counselor Krystal Hicks – Associate Director of Career Support and Employer Outreach Jason Whitney - Internship Coordinator Raina Sarvaiya - Employer Relations Benjamin Pastor - Employer Relations Audra Cyr - Program Support and Event Management

Meet the Staff


Increasingly, colleges are asked to document post-graduation employment outcomes. UNH has struggled in this area as have other colleges. Prior to 2014, the only data we have had came as part of a forced survey attached to online commencement sign up. Data from this survey only captured May graduates. It also on-ly provided outcomes as of the April sign-up and prior to graduation. This year, under the Career Center leadership and working in close collaboration with University Advance-ment, we developed a comprehensive post-graduation first destination survey, based on best practices as set forth by NACE. Using our new approach, we anticipate that by the end of the full year from May 2014 graduation, at least 70% of the entire 2014 graduating class will respond.

Class of 2013 Post-Graduation Outcomes

Frustrated by the limitations of the commencement data, the Career Center conducted its own first desti-nation survey of 2013 graduates, using e-mail and then follow-up phone calls to non-respondents. Con-ducted with limited resources over the past year, the survey did yield at 37% response rate - roughly three times what had resulted from past post-graduation surveys. In reporting, we opted not to extrapolate these figures to the entire class as many colleges do in presenting their outcomes. Our guess is that when we completed the survey in the spring over 90% of our graduates were meaningfully engaged in work, graduate school, the military or a year of service. We can document that over ninety percent (90%) of respondents did report that they were either working full-time jobs, enrolled in graduate school, engaged in service or the military. Of the students working, 78% said their position was either directly related to their major or at least somewhat related, and 95% were working full time. Ninety-two percent (92%) indicated that they were either “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their post-graduation employment. Only 4% of students who responded were still actively seeking employment. One of our priorities was to begin tracking how many of our graduates remain in New Hampshire after graduation: Of graduates who reported New Hampshire as their home state:

54 % are working in NH 31 % are working in a different New England state 16 % are working outside of New England

Of the total graduates regardless of home state:

40 % are working in NH 43 % are working in a different New England state (aside from NH) 17 % are working outside of New England

Post-Graduation Outcomes

CAREER OUTCOMES


CEPS CHHS COLA COLSA PAUL Total

Have a Job 72% 57% 72% 55% 90% 70%

Have an Internship 2% 3% 2% 4% 1% 2%

Enrolled in Graduate/Professional School 20% 28% 19% 31% 6% 20%

Year of Service (Americorps, City Year, Peace Corps, etc) 0% 3% 1% 2% 0% 1%

Entering/Enlisted in the Military 0% 2% 0% 0% 1% 0%

Actively Seeking Employment 4% 5% 5% 5% 3% 4%

Planning to Enroll in Graduate/Professional School 1% 2% 0% 1% 0% 1%

Traveling 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0%

Other 1% 2% 0% 2% 0% 1%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Class of 2013 First Destination Survey—Outcomes

CEPS CHHS COLA COLSA PAUL Total

< $30,000 9% 37% 32% 42% 9% 24%

$31,000 - 40,000 14% 32% 40% 33% 19% 28%

$41,000 - 50,000 20% 21% 20% 12% 20% 19%

$51,000 - 60,000 21% 5% 2% 7% 36% 15%

$61,000 - 70,000 30% 1% 3% 1% 8% 8%

> $70,000 3% 0% 0% 1% 5% 2%

Not reported 3% 4% 3% 3% 3% 3%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Class of 2013 First Destination Survey—Salary Breakdown


WEBSITE USAGE ANALYTICS

UACC / Career Center Site Visits

Specific Pages / Page views 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

Potential Careers for Major N/A 5,919 9,285 35,985

Resume Writing N/A 3,133 3,560 8,999

Career Fair N/A 14,570 11,469 17,863

Total Page views 206,407 206,214 254,296 362,578

Sessions 70,243 75,804 102,001 158,606

Page views Per Session 2.94 2.72 2.49 2.29

Avg. Session Duration 2:47 5:40 5:18 4:09

UACC 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

Sessions 70,243 75,804 102,001 158,606

Page views Per Session 2.94 2.72 2.49 2.29

Avg. Session Duration 2:47 5:40 5:18 4:09

Wildcat Careers Site Visits *,+

Wildcat Careers 2013-2014

Page views 754,329

Sessions 71,326

Page views Per Session 10.57

Average Session Duration 7:16

* UNH’s online jobs, internships and career support site ; +First full year of use.

Website hits give us a measure of interest and activity on Center pages. In the last year, we have seen

significant growth in activity.


Career Advising Appointments

The Center offers one-on-one appointments with a career professional on a daily basis throughout the year. This year, Career Center staff had 2,034 career appointments* and 117 alumni appointments, includ-ing recent graduates not accounted for. The following data represents counseling appointments complet-ed from August 26, 2013 to June 30, 2014.

STUDENT SERVICES

Skills/Interest Assessment Major to Career Exploration Career Identification and Exploration Graduate School Advising Internship Support Job Search Support

Interview Practice and Preparation Career Fair Preparation Resume/Cover Letter Review Other (Ex: LinkedIn tutorial)

2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Total Total

Percent

Resume/Cover Letter 282 311 365 516 1474 23%

Internships 235 332 295 361 1223 19%

Career and Job Search Skills 249 315 324 348 1236 19%

Major-Career Exploration 208 225 238 304 975 15%

Interest Assessments 139 140 191 275 745 12%

Interview Skills 106 109 180 121 516 8%

Graduate School Advising 65 47 60 73 245 4%

Networking/LinkedIn N/A N/A N/A 36 36 1%

Unknown 4 8 15 N/A 27 0%

Total 1,288 1,487 1,668 2,034 6,477 100%

*Includes students scheduling multiple appointments.

Appointment topics based on the individual student’s needs include:

Reason for Appointment*


2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2013-2014 Percent

CEPS 139 197 212 254 12%

CHHS 119 106 147 185 9%

COLA 534 623 684 888 44%

COLSA 254 243 282 412 20%

PAUL 210 287 282 255 13%

TSAS 18 24 36 40 2%

UNH-M 14 7 25 0 0%

Total 1,288 1,487 1,668 2,034 100%

Year 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2013-2014 Percent

Senior 681 695 660 732 36%

Junior 192 234 285 343 17%

Sophomore 171 279 298 390 19%

First Year 119 153 247 309 15%

Grad Student 125 126 178 143 7%

Alumni N/A N/A N/A 117 6%

Total 1,288 1,487 1,668 2,034 100%

2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

July x 31 32 x

August 5 31 39 25

September 139 146 174 171

October 100 159 222 249

November 180 180 172 213

December 126 93 121 124

January 98 114 126 200

February 173 234 217 305

March 160 175 190 234

April 175 202 233 335

May 103 97 105 135

June 29 25 37 43

Total 1,288 1,487 1,668 2,034

Appointments by College*

Appointments by Class Year*

Appointments by Month*

*Includes students scheduling multiple appointments.


Internships

Successful internships allow students to apply classroom learning to work situations and gain valuable work experience. They frequently lead to post-graduation employment. Well-placed and well-paid oppor-tunities give students a strategic advantage. The Center’s internship program is led by a coordinator, who advises students on opportunities; credit ver-sus non-credit internships; and the value of paid internships. The coordinator also informs employers on the internship process best practices, including employer advantages of a paid versus non-paid placement and the need for NH Department of Labor’s (DOL) approval for unpaid internships. The Center’s internship program is partially supported through a Federal Job Locator Grant. That grant co-vers part of the salary of the fulltime internship coordinator and related program expenses. Of the 894 internships posted in Wildcat Careers this year, 67% were paid and 59% were located in New Hampshire.

2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

Number of internship placements through Career Center

388 428 426 572

Value generated by paid internships $586,393 $650,083 $563,857 $1,189,600

Career Advising Satisfaction Survey

Students, following their career appointments during the academic year, are sent a brief satisfaction survey through Wildcat Careers. Students and alumni with multiple appointments were sent only one survey. Fifty-one percent (51%) responded. Respondents reported strong satisfaction with our services and our staff, with 54% ranking their experience with perfect score.

Satisfaction Survey Strongly

Agree Agree Neutral Disagree

Strongly Disagree

5 4 3 2 1 Average

The appointment met my goals. 56% 32% 9% 2% 1% 4.41

My advisor was knowledgeable. 79% 16% 4% 1% 0% 4.73

My advisor was respectful. 91% 7% 2% 0% 0% 4.87


Walk-in Resume Reviews

The Career Center offers daily walk-in resume review through its “Enterprise Career Peer Program,” funded by Enterprise Rent-A-Car and supplemented by career staff. Each year, three to five undergraduate career peers, trained by the career staff, serve in this role. This year, 547 students used this service. (Fall: 198; Spring: 349)

First Year Sopho-more Junior Senior Graduate

Student Alumni TOTAL

# of Students 41 103 127 239 28 9 547

% of Students 7% 19% 23% 44% 5% 2% 100%

CEPS CHHS COLA COLSA PAUL TSAS TOTAL

# of Students 104 92 134 136 80 1 547

% of Students 19% 17% 24% 25% 15% 0% 100%

On-Campus Interviews

Nineteen (19) employers participated in on-campus interviews this year, recruiting for 36 positions. For these 36 positions, 193 resumes were submitted and 114 students were interviewed - a significant drop from last year. Completion of the Paul College building with its state of the art interview rooms proved more attractive to employers. The Career Center has only three interview rooms. Further, the Hood House facility is decrepit with periodic insect and rodent infestation. Some employers will not interview in the fa-cility, and others faced with the opportunity of using the Paul facility, do so.

Year # Employers # Opportunities # Interviews

2011-2012 63 71 297

2012-2013 56 83 496

2013-2014 19 36 114

Companies conducting on-campus interviews through the Career Center included:

Anheuser-Busch LLC BAE Systems EMD Millipore EnginPro General Electric - GE Gorton's Inc. ING Financial Partners

L-3 Warrior Systems, Insight Measured Progress NH Department of Transportation NRS Global Partners Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. Putnam Investments

Ruger Firearms South Bay Mental Health St. Paul's School Target TEKsystems


Wildcat Careers

Wildcat Careers, launched in August 2013, is UNH’s job and internship posting board. Wildcat Careers is available to current UNH students and graduates up to two years after graduation. Paul College hosts its own version through its Paul Career Center.

Wildcat Careers Postings unh.edu/uacc/wildcat-careers

Count

Full-time Jobs 1,902

Part-time Jobs 385

Internships 894

Total 3,181*

Popular Job Functions Recruited For

# of Postings

Computer Science/ Information Technology 465 Marketing - Sales 450 Engineering 439 Other 395 Financial Services/ Accounting 326 Customer Service/ Account Management 262 Marketing - PR/ Branding 246 Education/Teaching 205 Administrative 191 Hospitality/Travel 162 Communication 161 Management/Administration 155 Research 120 Consulting 116 Agriculture/Natural Resources/Environment 103 Social Services 98 Healthcare 90 Operations/ Logistics 88 Statistics/ Analytics/ Mathematics 79 Human Resources 77 Arts/Design/Planning 63 Laboratory/ Science 30

Top 20 Employers (Based on # of Jobs Posted)

# of Postings

EMC Corporation 70 Service Credit Union 61 Liberty Mutual Insurance 60 Fastenal 56 DEKA Research and Development 43 Northwestern Mutual 35 PC Connection, Inc. 32 Bottomline Technologies 24 T3 Trading Group, LLC 24 Center on Social Innovation & Finance 21

Aspen Technology 20 InnovateEDU 20 Allegro Microsystems, LLC 19 New Hampshire Judicial Branch 19 TXT International 17 Fidelity Investments 16 Child and Family Services of NH 15 Colwen Hotels 15 Osram Sylvania 15 Dell 13

*Excludes Paul College postings


Classroom Presentations & Workshops

Center staff conducted 167 presentations, workshops, and career information sessions this year (excluding Center fairs). Presentations reached a total of 5,282 students.

Academic Year # Presentations # Student Attendees

2011-2012 146 5,282

2012-2013 144 5,207

2013-2014 167 7,760

Career Support for Diverse Student Populations

The Career Center staff also assists diversity-related student groups with specific programing and support. The Center also hosts the Liberty Mutual-funded Diversity Network Program (DNP) which provides net-working opportunities for students from traditionally-underrepresented groups and a career fair just for veterans. Programming for specific groups includes: Veteran students wishing to “civilianize” their resumes and find military-friendly employers International students with visa and sponsorship questions/challenges Students with disabilities with questions on disclosure and handling interviews or questions regarding

their disability LGBTQ students seeking diversity-friendly employers Low income, first generation help with networking Students seeking companies with a commitment to inclusion

EMPLOYER RELATIONS The Career Center employer relations team (4 professional staff* supported by a marketing program assis-tant) meets on-site with New Hampshire employers to promote employment of UNH students through in-ternships, job postings, and on-campus recruiting. Site visits also allow the team to stay current with the competencies prospective employers seek and their assessment of the quality of UNH graduates they have hired. This year, the staff conducted over 65 visits to employers, attended more than 60 networking events, and completed more than 115 additional outreach calls to companies seeking UNH students.

In addition, team members also meet one-one-one with upper-class students to assist with career and in-ternships search strategies. They also present on campus to classes, student organizations and they organ-ize career events to bring employers on campus.

Below is a list of some companies who visited in the last year: AgaMatrix

ArgenTech

Biogen Idec

Bluefin Robo cs

Colwen Hotels

CVS Pharmacy

Dyn Inc.

Direct Capital

Friends Forever

Gateways Community

Services

Key Auto

Liberty Mutual

Lindt & Sprüngli

NAFI

NH Materials Lab

NHPR

The Olympia Companies

Partners Healthcare

PlaneSense

Strawbery Banke

Thermo Fisher Scien fic

VM Turbo

Westbridge Community

Services *One staff member on military leave for much of 2013-2014 academic year


CAREER EVENTS & OUTCOMES Career & Internship Fairs

The Center hosts career and internship fairs each fall and spring. The Spring 2013 Fair was moved to the Whittemore Center is able to accommodate more companies. Career & Internship Fair Attendance:

Fall 2011 & Spring 2012: 180 employers; 1,919 students and alumni Fall 2012 & Spring 2013: 230 employers; 2,074 students and alumni Fall 2013 & Spring 2014: 283 employers; 2,265 students and alumni

Attendance by College 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Average

CEPS 816 888 780 828

CHHS 50 58 87 65

COLA 342 339 413 365

COLSA 124 158 202 161

PAUL 536 534 648 573

TSAS 7 37 41 28

UNHM 44 50 85 60

Other 0 10 9 6

Total 1,919 2,074 2,265 2,086

Attendance by Year 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Average

Undergraduates 1764 1893 1970 1876

Senior *Not tracked 958 951 955

Junior * Not tracked 494 558 526

Sophomore * Not tracked 326 333 330

Freshman * Not tracked 115 128 122

Graduate Students 121 123 192 145

Alumni/nae 34 45 89 56

Other 0 13 12 8

Total 1,919 2,074 2,265 2,086


Resume Review Days

Resume review days with employers are held each semester just before the career and internship fair. This afternoon event invites recruiters from various industries to participate in one-on-one resume reviews with students. Many employers request copies of resumes from students, and two students were hired directly from this event in spring 2013.

Resume Review Day- Student Attendance: Fall 2012: 141 total resume reviews completed (unique student count was not tracked) Spring 2013: 163 total resume reviews by 118 students Fall 2013: 154 total resume reviews by 70 students Spring 2014: 306 total resume reviews by 185 students

*Some students sit for multiple reviews with different employers

Calypso Communications City Year Fresenius Medical Care Goss International Liberty Mutual

Mass Mutual Osram Sylvania StratAcuity Target TD Bank

Wentworth-Douglas Hospital Whittemore Center Wright Pierce Yankee Thermal Imaging

Fall 2013

Agamatrix AMI Graphics Bottomline Technologies Calypso Communications City Year Colwen Hotel Dover Chamber

Fidelity GOSS International Heinemman Leddy Group Liberty Mutual Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Sig Sauer

Target TBRI TD Bank Triumvirate UNH Health Services Yankee Thermal Imaging

Spring 2014

Graduate and Professional School Fair

The annual Graduate and Professional School Fair, held each fall, attracts various graduate and professional schools.

Fall/Year # Grad Schools # Students

2011 72 230

2012 64 161

2013 67 271

Participating Employers


Other Campus Recruiting Opportunities

The Career Center reserves individual rooms on campus for employers who wish to hold private infor-mation sessions regarding their company and opportunities. The Center also reserves tables in the Memo-rial Union Building (MUB) for companies wishing to reach students in a more informal way. Companies who recruited this way include:

Albany Engineering Composites Collegiate Entrepreneurs Comcast Lally School of Management & Technology

Liberty Mutual (x3) Reggalo Target VacationOwnership.com

2012-2013

Adventures Cross-Country Anheuser-Busch LLC BAE Systems (x2) Baylis Medical Brigham and Women's Hospital City Year (x2) Edward Jones Eliot Community Human Services EMC Corporation (x2) Fund for the Public Interest (x2)

Medworks Staffing Northwestern Mutual (x4) Peace Corps (x3) Planet Fitness Pratt & Whitney RGIS Inventory Specialists Skechers USA Student Conservation Association (x2) United States Navy YouthBuild USA - VISTA Program

2013-2014

CAMPUS RELATIONS

Admissions Advancement Alumni Association Athletics Center for Academic Resources Center for International Education/Study Abroad Corporate Relations Team First Year Programs/Orientation Connect and PrOVES

Office of Community Service and Learning Office of Multicultural Student Affairs President’s Commissions Residential Life UNH’s college divisions Veteran Services

The UNH Career Center works closely with the following campus departments:


Engaging Alumni in Career Events

The Center also hosts Pathways, an alumni-student mentoring program, with the Alumni Association. The program connects students of a specific major with an alumna/us in their field. Mentors and mentees at-tend two formal events on campus and communicate the rest of the year through phone, email, Skype, and setting up their own in-person meetings. The program, in its 10th year, includes a kick-off event each fall and an end of the year banquet in late April.

While our primary population is current students, the Career Center also provides full services after gradua-tion and supports alumni exploring new careers. Center staff engages the employer relations team and works to connect UNH alumni with local professional organizations and LinkedIn groups, including the UNH Alumni Association (Official) group.

The Center also partnered with the Alumni Association for “Career Networking Night,” which was held online using Brazen Careerist. Forty-one (41) alumni logged in and participated, resulting in 80 conversa-tions and several follow-up appointments with staff to discuss career plans.

ALUMNI OUTREACH

Pathways Mentoring Program

Year # of Pairs

2011-2012 42

2012-2013 47

2013-2014 78

Mentee: Evan Beals Mentor: Jim Davis “The Celtics played a home game at TD Garden on Monday, January 13th, so I invited Evan (and a guest) to attend the game. I was able to give Evan a behind the scenes tour of the arena, and also point out several things that were relevant to what he was looking to do post-graduation (event management - game night operations). We also discussed his trip to North Carolina to visit 2 schools for possible job opportunities after graduation.”

Mentee: Max Auger Mentor: Susan Dearborn

“Max has been very productive in expanding his network through informational interviews. He attended a workshop earlier this month and made many new contacts that could prove helpful as he continues his search. He is doing a great job moving his search along while attending to his course work and capstone project.”

Pathways Mentoring Program Testimonials & Achievements


Use of Social Media

SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING

Facebook: The UNH Career Center LinkedIn: UNH Career Center

Twitter: The UNH Career Center YouTube: UNH Advising & Career Center

The Career Center aggressively markets its programming through social media. It has Twitter and Facebook groups and individual profiles. It posts jobs and internships using the specific #wildcatcareers hashtag. The Career Center has also worked to increase its presence and branding by starting specific UNH Career Center LinkedIn groups and a YouTube channel where we post a range of videos and tutorials from interviewing to preparing for career fairs. Social media pages:

The Career Center Media Coverage

The Career Center was featured in several news articles this year, highlighting its efforts and accomplish-ments in helping students plan for the future.

Nashua Telegraph, August 11, 2013 “Education: Choosing a career for love vs. choosing a career for money” by Danielle Curtis New Hampshire Public Radio’s, The Exchange, November 20, 2013 “Younger Granite Staters and Workforce Preparation” – Segment from series: How We Work: Five Years

Later WMUR, New Hampshire’s Businesses, June 29, 2014 "Is the job outlook good, bad, or puzzling for 2014 grads?" New Hampshire Public Radio’s, The Exchange, May 8, 2014 “Career-Readiness: What N.H. Colleges Are Doing & Whether It's Working” - Segment from series: A

Matter of Degrees

Photo courtesy of WMUR


2013–2014 STRATEGIC GOALS Increase targeted and early communication with students We worked with residence hall directors and university apartment managers to inform them of our services so

they encourage their students to begin career-planning early, attend career events, and make appointments at the Career Center.

Generate more state-wide and local community support for the UNH Career Center The stakeholders have specific questions and concerns when it comes to the career outcomes of their students’

college experiences. We actively engaged that community in order to expand their knowledge of what we do and encourage them to support our events and communicate our services to their students.

Continue to develop and expand our social media presence We focused on keeping our messages organized, pertinent, and targeted. Improve collection of post-graduate student employment information in coordination with UNH’s colleges We worked with the college divisions to collect this information, which is important to future students, their par-

ents, and the community and allows the Career Center to gage its impact and effectiveness. Increase number of student appointments We increased outreach using in-class presentations and social media in order to encourage students to make

appointments. Group appointments/workshops were a major focus considering there was one staff member on military leave.

Develop and launch a pilot career course The College of Liberal Arts approved a J-term career course for their juniors and seniors Increase awareness among first and second year students of career support services We developed targeted programming for the predominantly first year residence halls which emphasized the

four-year plan. Enhance four-year plan The four-year plan on the website was updated, and there will be a continued effort to expand students’

knowledge of this resource so they can better prepare themselves for post-graduation plans while still in school. Raise campus visibility of Career Center Through targeted communication and social media, we spread the word about our events and highlight

students who achieved success through the use of our services.


2014–2015 STRATEGIC GOALS Develop a life cycle approach to career outreach and identify competencies and out-

comes for each stage Expand alliances with key academic departments with the College of Liberal Arts, for

example history and psychology Strengthen relations among campus career officers Expand use of social media to share student career success stories Increase student attendance at major Career Center events Continue to use digital approaches to work with students


Student: Alicia Morse 13’ – Hired From Internship

TESTIMONIALS

“I just wanted to let you know my summer internship turned into a full-time job! They offered me a position at the end of my internship as an Assistant Account Coordinator in the Special Events department. I'm real-ly enjoying it and want to thank you for all of your help throughout the internship/job search. Everyone at UNH career services has been so helpful.”

Student: Sarah Benner 13’ - Career Fair Experience

“I attended the career fair for the first time spring semester of my junior year to scope out potential full time employers for after graduation. I handed out a few resumes and talked to a few companies, but I was-n't looking for a new job. During spring break a few of the companies contacted me, and eventually I land-ed a summer internship in Portsmouth that looked great on my resume. I attended the career fair again fall semester of my senior year to find a job for after graduation. I ran into a student that graduated the year before from my major -- he was at the career fair to recruit students to the company he works for. He re-membered me from class and passed my resume along to his manager. A week later I had an interview and two week after, that I accepted a full time job. The career fair is a great opportunity for students to find in-ternships and jobs after graduation. I strongly recommend it to anyone in need of a job!”

Alumni: Michelle Wagner – Career Change and Career Fair Success

“Just wanted to let you know that I accepted the nurse manager position at Waban. I met their HR director, Bonnie, at the Career Fair and just finished my second interview with them today. They offered me the job, and I happily accepted. It's minimal hands on nursing with more of a business focus. I'm thrilled!

Thanks for all of your help. My connection with you played a huge part in my re-employment. You gave me great guidance during a difficult transition in my life, and I really am grateful. What you do matters; it's important work. Thanks again for everything.”

Employer: Amie Holden, Office Manager for Boston Partners – Recruiting Success

“Thank you so much for your support this year with our recruiting efforts at UNH! I’m happy to report that two of your students, Matt C. and Stephen M., will be joining us this summer. In addition, we have three students that have been invited back for a final interview from UNH! I hope you have a great summer and we look forward to partnering with you again next year!”

The UNH Career Center Annual Report ... The UNH Career Center seeks to assist all UNH students and alumni in identifying, exploring, implementing the steps to enjoyable and rewarding

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