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Symposium 2014 - Data Management: The Complete Student Experience
1. DATA MANAGEMENT:
THE COMPLETE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
LAUREN DESOIZA
ASSISTANT MANAGER, RECRUITING & BRANDING
BABSON COLLEGE – UG CAREER CENTER
@REMSHY
2. BABSON & CCD
• Babson College:
– Boston, Massachusetts
– Business School
– Approx. 2200 Undergraduate Students
• 2 Career Offices On-Campus:
– Undergraduate Career Center
– Graduate Career Center
BABSON
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
4. NEEDS IDENTIFICATION
• Student Engagement Picture
• Identify Drivers of Student Engagement
• Data Accuracy
• Historical Data
• Resource Allocation
– Advising Employers
– Staff Resources
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
5. GOAL #1: BABSON
To illustrate & validate all career center efforts -
Curricular, Recruiting, Advising, Events – specifically
understanding what makes them invaluable to the
student, employer, & the greater Babson
experience at an institutional level.
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
6. GOAL #2: LEADERSHIP
To give Senior Leadership the ability to make educated
and informed staffing, resource, and program
decisions based on true & accurate data.
Examples include decisions around counseling,
marketing, resource allocation,
& specialty programming.
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
7. GOAL #3: TRENDS
Identify student action drivers and determine
significant trends around resource utilization:
website, blogs, emails, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn,
CareerBeam, & Symplicity.
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
8. TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH?
• Goals Actionable Items
• Needs Reality
• Key Players Responsibilities
• Data Decision Making
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
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BABSON
10. SYMPLICITY ELEMENTS
Counseling &
Kiosk
Resume Books
Emails
Student
Employment &
Placements
Professional
Network
OCR &
Non-OCR
Events
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
11. TIMELINE
• Reasonable Timeline to Reach Your Goals
• Assign Time until you have Substantial Data
to Identify Significant Trend Behaviors
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
12. TRANSITION
• Needs Actionable Items
• What elements do you need to get the
appropriate data?
• Examples:
– Training & Leveraging Staff
– Team Advocates & Buy In
– Purchasing Equipment or Additional
Modules
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
13. BUILD THE OUTLINE
• Brainstorm, Collect Input & Feedback on System
Use up to this Point
– Needs
– Wants
– Desires
• Technical Support from Symplicity Corporation
• Work Ideas into an Appropriate Timeline &
assign Real Deliverables
• Documentation is your best friend!
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
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BABSON
14. ENTREPRENEURIAL THOUGHT &
ACTION®
• No process is ever complete; it is a cycle, not
a straight line.
• Communicate progress
consistently & pivot
accordingly
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
BUILD
RUN
EVALUATE
REVISE
15. IMPLEMENTATION
• Identify & Manage Modules Involved
• Leave Enough Lead Time for Background
Work
• Follow & Adjust Timeline when Necessary
• Train & Education Staff where Appropriate
• Communicate Progress to Stakeholders
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
16. EVALUATE NEEDS & USES
• Pivot: Keep assessing throughout your
Timeline that the Data being Captured is
Accurate
• Look for “hidden data gems” and
opportunities in the data you’re collecting;
evaluate as data collection moves forward.
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
17. WHAT CAN YOU MEASURE?
Counseling
Program
Curricular
Signature
Events
Recruiting
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
19. PROGRAM
• Event Attendees
• Events Attended
• Most & Least Popular Events, Including
Times & Subjects of Events
• Student Preferences around Attended Events
• Student Concentrations in Attendance of
Events
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
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BABSON
20. CURRICULAR
• Classes Staff Attended
• Students Reached through Class Exposure
• Experiential Programming
• Academic Programming
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
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BABSON
21. SIGNATURE EVENTS
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
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BABSON
Class Year
Senior
Junior
Sophomore
First Year
Exchange
City Preference
Boston
No Preference
Indicated
New York City
Other
San Francisco
Miami
Chicago
Portland 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0%
Finance
No Preference Indicated
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Accounting
Economics
Strategic Management
Undeclared
Management
Global Business Management
Computational and…
Retail Supply Chain Management
Quantitative Methods
Information Technology…
Law
Top 10 Concentrations
Represented at Career Expo
22. RECRUITING
• Applications & Interviews
• Employer Engagement & Popularity on
Campus
• Company Trek Attendance
• International Students Utilizing Recruiting
Services
• Corporate Sponsorship Analysis
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
23. REMOVE THE DATA
1 - Data is Fluid – Regular Exports must be
Performed to Ensure Data Integrity
2 - Identify Value-Adding Reports: Save Them
– Weekly
– Semester
– Academic Year
3 - Distinguish Pulse v. Trend Reporting Needs
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
24. 1 – HISTORICAL DATA
• Essential to Ensure the Data Integrity
• Run Consistent Reports
– Volume: Run Regularly
– Parameters: Measure the Same Things
• Save “Raw Data” Files that will never be
Changed; Student Data changes from Year to
Year, not allowing for Comparison
– The Student’s Data Changes with Them
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
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BABSON
25. 2 – REPORTING FREQUENCY
• Identify Value-Adding Reports
• Should they be run each Week, Semester or
Once per Academic Year.
• Finalize & Document the Process around
your Data
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
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BABSON
28. ACADEMIC YEAR REPORTING
S E N I O R S : C L A S S O F 2 0 1 4
Enrolled # %
Class Summary
Unique Students Engaged through Counseling # %
Unique Students Engaged through Career Programming # %
Unique Students Engaged through Recruiting # %
Unique Students Engaged through Online # %
Unique Students Engaged AY 2013-2014 # %
Percent of Class Served by CCD AY 2013 - 2014 # %
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
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BABSON
29. 3 – PULSE & TREND REPORTING
• Return to your Goals for why you are pulling
Data out of Symplicity.
• Distinguish if the reports lead to trend
identification or pulse reporting.
• Pulse Example:
– Traffic in the Office over each Week
• Trend Example:
– What resources students are using prior to attending
Career Expo
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
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BABSON
30. COMPLETE THE PICTURE
• Symplicity does not operate in a Vacuum
• Bridge between other resources to Complete
the Career Services Picture.
• Examples include:
– Website
– Blog
– Social Media Metrics
OPPORTUNITY
GOALS
SCOPE
PROCESS
IMPLEMENT
MEASURE
DATA
NEXT LEVEL
BABSON
33. THANK YOU! – QUESTIONS?
DATA MANAGEMENT:
THE COMPLETE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
LAUREN DESOIZA
ASSISTANT MANAGER, RECRUITING & BRANDING
BABSON COLLEGE – UG CAREER CENTER
@REMSHY
Editor's Notes
Note: Make Smart Graph Chart
Email Usage
Student Access/System Use
Note: May have to just add what CAN be captured, versus sheet with data on it.
Note: Speaks to reporting regulations to build & document a process around how and when you pull data.