PARTICIPATING STUDENT EVALUATION

OF THE

MICHIGAN COLLEGIATE JOB FAIR

Spring 2007

Of the students attending the March 16, 2007 Michigan Collegiate Job Fair, 23% (155 of 668) completed written evaluations of the fair. Following is a summary of their responses to the survey distributed and completed on the day of the fair.

	Pre-registered	Registered At Door	Total Registered
Total Attendance	362	306	668
Employer Attendance
Ratio of Graduates to Employer

1. How did you find out about the Michigan Collegiate Job Fair?

Source	Percentage
My Placement/Career Services Office	41%
Internet	20
College Flyer/Poster	13
Family/Friend	13
Other Source*	7
Radio/TV	6
Company/Recruiter	0
Newspaper	0
Total Responses - 149

2. How many companies did you talk to?

Number of Companies	Responses	Percentage
1 to 4	15	10%
5 to 9	44	30
10 to 14	32	22
15 to 19	25	17
20 or more	31	21
Total Responses - 147

3. Did you talk to any employers in the Interviewing Suites at the fair?

Private Interviews at Fair	Responses	Percentage
Yes	24	15%
No	131	85
Total Responses - 155

4. Has a company asked you to interview with them after the fair?

After the Fair Interviews Scheduled	Responses	Percentage
Yes	52	34%
No	103	66
Total Responses - 155

5. Were you able to talk to every company you were interested in?

Able to Speak to Company	Responses	Percentage
Yes	118	76%
No	37	24
Total Responses - 155

6. When did you attend the fair?

When Fair Was Attended	Responses	Percentage
Morning	93	65%
Afternoon	32	22
Both Morning & Afternoon	18	13
Total Responses - 143

7. How far did you travel to get to the fair?

Distance Traveled	Responses	Percentage
Less than 11 miles	38	27%
11 to 20	39	28
21 to 30	34	24
31 to 40	10	7
41 to 50	4	3
51 to 75	3	2
76 to 100	5	4
Greater than 100 miles	7	5
Total Responses - 140

8. Have you ever attended a large job fair?

Attended a Large Fair	Responses	Percentage
Yes	77	50%
No	78	50%
Total Responses - 155

9. Did you feel that the fair helped you practice your interviewing skills?

Improve Interviewing Skills	Responses	Percentage
Yes	100	65%
No	55	35
Total Responses - 155

10. Using a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – Poor and 5 – Outstanding),

how would you rate the fair?

Rating the Fair	Responses	Percentage
Outstanding	43	30%
Excellent	57	40
Good	36	25
Fair	6	4
Poor	2	1
Total Responses - 144

11. The best thing about the Michigan Collegiate Job Fair was:

Rank Order	Best Thing	Responses	Percentage
1	Large Number of Job Opportunities/ Employers	20	22.9%
2	Diverse Companies/Variety of Opportunities	19	21.8
3	Well Organized/Friendly Staff/Professional	15	17.2
4	Face to Face Communication with Recruiters	10	11.4
5	Location of Fair (Good/Convenient)	5	5.7
6	Booklet/Map of Companies	4	4.5
7	Good Snacks	3	3.4
8	Minimal wait in lines	2	2.2
8	Parking	2	2.2
9	Price	1	1.1
9	Bags & Gifts from Employers	1	1.1
9	the government, non-profit & NSF	1	1.1
9	the engineering and technical companies	1	1.1
9	many opportunities to set up interviews	1	1.1
9	internet search from job feature	1	1.1
9	good internships	1	1.1
9	Criminal Justice job choices	1	1.1
Total Responses - 87

12. The Michigan Collegiate Job Fair would be better if:

Rank Order	Improvements	Responses	Percentage
1	More companies	9	14.1%
2	More employers with hiring	5	7.8
3	N/A	4	6.3
4	More diverse jobs	3	4.7
4	More Hospitality jobs	3	4.7
4	More hours	3	4.7
5	More criminal justice jobs	2	3.1
5	Perfect	2	3.1
6	you would get up the interviews online	1	1.5
6	too expensive for the admissions.	1	1.5
6	they were here for more than 1 day	1	1.5
6	they encouraged employers to have more than 1 representative	1	1.5
6	there were some school administration looking	1	1.5
6	there were more tech jobs	1	1.5
6	there were more multicultural companies in attendance	1	1.5
6	there were more ME companies	1	1.5
6	there were more employers seeking science degrees.	1	1.5
6	there was less companies looking for sales positions	1	1.5
6	the recruiters would not leave before the time	1	1.5
6	student were emailed the details instead of packet	1	1.5
6	packet included alphabetical list of job opening	1	1.5
6	not everyone showed up, McKinley did not	1	1.5
6	more universities were present	1	1.5
6	more mechanical based companies	1	1.5
6	more interviews les website apps	1	1.5
6	more financial companies	1	1.5
6	MCJF covered all majors equally	1	1.5
6	make more food available	1	1.5
6	less sales positions	1	1.5
6	it was advertised in Newspapers	1	1.5
6	it had more Michigan based jobs	1	1.5
6	If most would not tell you to apply online	1	1.5
6	if had any companies interested in communications	1	1.5
6	held more frequently throughout the year	1	1.5
6	cooler & more space between booths	1	1.5
6	continues to have a convenient location	1	1.5
6	closer to Macomb county	1	1.5
6	better arranged in building, offered more companies	1	1.5
6	all positions post on website were actually hiring	1	1.5
6	all of the companies had their sections by majors	1	1.5
6	advertising, workshops on interviewing skills	1	1.5
6	a copier would be nice to procure more resumes	1	1.5
Total Responses – 64

College/University that you attended:

Rank Order	College/University of Survey Respondents	Responses	Percentage
1	Eastern Michigan University	40	29%
2	Wayne State University	19	14
3	Madonna University	10	7
4	Oakland University	8	6
5	University of Michigan – Dearborn	6	4
5	Central Michigan University	6	4
5	Walsh College	6	4
5	University of Detroit – Mercy	6	4
6	University of Michigan – Ann Arbor	5	3
7	Michigan State University	3	2
7	Northwood University	3	2
7	Wayne County Community College	3	2
8	Northern Michigan University	2	1
8	Davenport University	2	1
8	Siena Heights University	2	1
8	Washtenaw Community College	2	1
8	Cornerstone University	2	1
8	Grand Valley State University	2	1
9	Others – out-of-region	1	1
9	University of Michigan – Flint	1	1
9	Baker College	1	1
9	Lawrence Technological University	1	1
9	ITT Technical Institute	1	1
9	Adrian College	1	1
9	Valparaise University	1	1
9	Rutgers University – Newark	1	1
9	Lake Superior State University	1	1
9	Hillsdale College	1	1
9	Cleary University	1	1
9	Calvin College	1	1
9	Alma College	1	1
Total Responses - 140

Survey compiled by Mary Chambers, Career Services Assistant II, Eastern Michigan University, mchambers@emich.edu