The survey of 212 students at a university found that seniors and juniors make up the majority of respondents. The top services students wanted from Career Services were job search services, resume help, and mock interviews. Most students preferred to receive career information through face-to-face appointments or walk-in hours with a career counselor or their academic advisor. Common issues students reported were a need for more availability of career counselors and better communication about Career Services offerings and resources.

1. Career Services
Student Needs Survey
Shannon Cormier

4. Total number: 212
Freshman: 31
Sophomore: 32
Junior: 61
Seniors: 45
Grad Students: 40
Unknown: 3
Full-time:
168
Part-time:
42

5. What Service Do You Think
Students Want the Most from
Career Services?
Here are the top 5 Career
Services Programs Students
Would Find Most Helpful...

7. Job Search
Services
(127)

8. (100)

9. Mock
Interviews
(89)

10. Connections with
Companies that hire
SSU Students & Alumni
(85)

11. 5
Most Interesting Student
Comments onthe Services
They Want

13. What time of the day do you think students want
Career servicesto be open?
Mornings,afternoons,evenings?

14. Evenings 5-7pm (73)
&
Afternoons 1-4pm (67)

15. What do you think is the most
preferred way to receive Career
Related Information? And Least
Preferred Way?
 Workshops through the Career Services office
 Face to face appointments (scheduled with a career
counselor)
 Online career advising
 Informally (walk-in hours)
 Printed guides or handouts
 Social Media Sites (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter)
 Your academic department or advisor
 Through networking with alumni or other professionals
 From your family, peers or friends
 Through professional organizations/student organizations
 Special programs (alumni panels, company presentations)

16. Top 3 Preferred Waysto Receive CareerRelated
Information Services
Face to Face
Appointments
with Career
Counselor
Informally
(walk-in hours)
(106)
Your Academic
Department or
Advisor
(92)

17. Least Preferred Ways To Receive
Career Related Information Services
1. Special Programs:
Alumni panels, company
presentations (34)
2. Workshops through the
Career Services Office (47)
3. Through professional
organizations & student
organizations (49)

18. 80.9% would prefer to have a career counselor
provide a career related workshop in one of
their academic classes

19. Common Issues Students
Talked About the Most

20. AVAILABILITY & COMMUNICATION
• Online options
• Making the information more clear about our services
• More available time & email addresses to ask questions
• Have flyers on the walls
• Late hours
• I would like more available times to meet with an advisor. I’m
not sure if they are really busy or if they don’t have many
available times. The last time I scheduled an appointment the
next available time was over a week away
• Interested in career services making a bigger impact on
students, as they are in the foreground and not much is known
or talked about
• Having bilingual counselors
• Update the jobs on CSO more frequently
• I learned a lot about the services offered through this survey
and will utilize them!