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Page: DEGREE/PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. What is the highest degree you hold from UNLV?
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Count
Bachelor's
73.9%678
Master's
22.5%207
Doctoral/Post-Doctoral/EDD
2.7%25
Certification
0.9%8

2. What month/year did you graduate with this degree?
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August 2008
12.3%113
December 2008
37.8%347
May 2009
49.9%458

3. What was your primary major for this degree?
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Count
Accounting
5.3%49
Addictions Studies 0.0%0
Aerospace Engineering 0.0%0
Afro-American Studies
0.1%1
Analytical Chemistry 0.0%0
Anthropology
1.0%9
Applied Mathematics 0.0%0
Applied Physics 0.0%0
Applied Statistics 0.0%0
Architecture
0.4%4
Art
1.4%13
Art History
0.3%3
Asian Studies 0.0%0
Astronomy 0.0%0
Athletic Training 0.0%0
Beverage Management
0.3%3
Biochemistry
0.4%4
Biological Sciences
1.3%12
Biomedical Engineering 0.0%0
Business Administration (MBA)
1.4%13
Chemistry
0.1%1
Civil & Environmental Engineering
0.3%3
Civil Engineering
0.8%7
Clinical Laboratory Sciences
0.3%3
Communication Studies
0.3%3
Community Health Counseling 0.0%0
Community Mental Health Counseling 0.0%0
Comprehensive Medical Imaging
0.5%5
Computational Physics
0.1%1
Computer Engineering
0.4%4
Computer Science
0.9%8
Construction Management
0.5%5
Counselor Education
0.1%1
Creative Writing 0.0%0
Criminal Justice
3.2%29
Culinary Arts Management
0.2%2
Cultural / Intellectual History 0.0%0
Cultural Studies
0.1%1
Curriculum & Instruction
2.9%27
Dance
0.1%1
Early Childhood Education
1.2%11
Earth Sciences
0.1%1
Economic Geology 0.0%0
Economics
0.3%3
Educational Leadership
1.5%14
Educational Psychology
0.2%2
Electrical & Computer Engineering
0.1%1
Electrical Engineering
0.5%5
Elementary Education
2.1%19
English
2.0%18
Entertainment Engineering & Design 0.0%0
Environmental Geology 0.0%0
Environmental Science 0.0%0
Environmental Studies
0.3%3
Ethics & Policy Studies 0.0%0
Exercise Physiology
0.3%3
Family Nurse Practitioner 0.0%0
Film
0.5%5
Finance
2.1%19
Fitness Management 0.0%0
Food & Beverage Management Education 0.0%0
Foodservice Management
0.3%3
Foreign Languages
0.1%1
Forensic Science
0.1%1
French 0.0%0
Gaming Management
1.2%11
Geochemistry 0.0%0
Geochronology 0.0%0
Geology
0.1%1
Geomorphology 0.0%0
Geosciences
0.1%1
German 0.0%0
Gerontology 0.0%0
GIS 0.0%0
Great Works 0.0%0
Health Care Administration
0.7%6
Health Education 0.0%0
Health Physics 0.0%0
Health Promotion
0.7%6
Higher Education
0.5%5
History
1.2%11
History of the US West
0.1%1
Hospitality Administration
1.7%16
Hospitality Management
14.1%129
Hotel Administration
3.5%32
Human Resource Management
0.5%5
Human Services Counseling
0.5%5
Human Services Counseling
0.1%1
Hydrology 0.0%0
Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology 0.0%0
Informatics
0.1%1
Interior Architecture & Design 0.0%0
International Business
0.4%4
Invertebrate Paleontology 0.0%0
Journalism & Media Studies
2.0%18
Kinesiological Sciences
1.7%16
Landscape Architecture
0.1%1
Latin American Studies 0.0%0
Learning and Technology
0.1%1
Life Sciences 0.0%0
Linguistic Studies 0.0%0
Lodging & Resort Management
0.7%6
Management
2.2%20
Management Info Systems (MIS)
0.7%6
Marketing
1.2%11
Marriage & Family Therapy
0.1%1
Marriage, Family & Comm Counseling 0.0%0
Materials & Nuclear Engineering 0.0%0
Mathematical Sciences
0.3%3
Mechanical Engineering
1.2%11
Media Studies 0.0%0
Meetings & Events Management
2.9%27
Multidisciplinary Studies 0.0%0
Music
0.3%3
Non-Profit Management 0.0%0
Nuclear Medicine
0.2%2
Nurse Educator
0.1%1
Nursing
1.6%15
Nutrition Sciences
0.5%5
Organic Chemistry 0.0%0
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner 0.0%0
Philosophy
0.1%1
Physical Education
0.2%2
Physical Therapy
0.4%4
Physics
0.2%2
Political Science
1.7%16
Professional Writing 0.0%0
Psychology
4.4%40
Public Administration
1.1%10
Public Affairs
0.1%1
Public Health
0.4%4
Public Management
0.2%2
Pure Mathematics 0.0%0
Quaternary Geology 0.0%0
Radiochemistry 0.0%0
Radiography
0.2%2
Real Estate
0.1%1
Recreation
0.3%3
Rehabilitation Counseling 0.0%0
Romance Languages 0.0%0
School Counseling
0.2%2
School Psychology
0.1%1
Science 0.0%0
Screenwriting
0.1%1
Sedimentology 0.0%0
Secondary Education
1.5%14
Senior Adult Theatre 0.0%0
Social Science Studies
0.4%4
Social Work
2.4%22
Sociology
0.9%8
Soil Studies 0.0%0
Spanish
0.1%1
Spanish for the Professions
0.1%1
Spanish Translation 0.0%0
Special Education
2.5%23
Specimen Collecting & Handling 0.0%0
Sports & Leisure Service Mgmt
0.2%2
Sports Education & Leadership
0.2%2
Sports Injury Management 0.0%0
Stratigraphy 0.0%0
Structural Geology 0.0%0
Surficial Processes 0.0%0
Teacher Education
0.1%1
Tectonics 0.0%0
Theatre
0.8%7
Theatre Arts
0.2%2
Transportation 0.0%0
University Studies
3.1%28
Urban & Regional Planning 0.0%0
Volcanology 0.0%0
Water Resources Management 0.0%0
Women’s Studies 0.0%0
Workforce Education & Development
0.8%7
Show repliesOther (please specify)
0.1%1

4. If you had a dual major, please choose your other major.
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Percent		Response
Count
Accounting
5.2%3
Aerospace Engineering 0.0%0
Afro-American Studies 0.0%0
Anthropology 0.0%0
Applied Physics 0.0%0
Architecture 0.0%0
Art
1.7%1
Art History
1.7%1
Asian Studies 0.0%0
Athletic Training 0.0%0
Beverage Management 0.0%0
Biochemistry 0.0%0
Biological Sciences 0.0%0
Biomedical Engineering 0.0%0
Business Administration (MBA)
1.7%1
Chemistry 0.0%0
Civil Engineering 0.0%0
Civil & Environmental Engineering 0.0%0
Clinical Lab Sciences 0.0%0
Communication Studies
1.7%1
Comprehensive Medical Imaging 0.0%0
Computational Physics 0.0%0
Computer Engineering
1.7%1
Computer Science
1.7%1
Construction Management 0.0%0
Counseling
1.7%1
Counselor Education 0.0%0
Creative Writing/Screenwriting 0.0%0
Criminal Justice 0.0%0
Culinary Arts Management 0.0%0
Cultural Studies 0.0%0
Curriculum & Instruction
1.7%1
Dance 0.0%0
Dentistry 0.0%0
Early Childhood Education 0.0%0
Early Studies Program 0.0%0
Earth Sciences 0.0%0
Economics
3.4%2
Educational Leadership 0.0%0
Educational Psychology 0.0%0
Electrical Engineering
1.7%1
Electrical & Computer Engineering 0.0%0
Elementary Education
1.7%1
English
1.7%1
Entertainment Engineering & Design 0.0%0
Environmental Engineering 0.0%0
Environmental Geology 0.0%0
Environmental Studies/Science 0.0%0
Ethics & Policy Studies 0.0%0
Exercise Physiology 0.0%0
Family Nurse Practitioner 0.0%0
Film 0.0%0
Finance
5.2%3
Fitness Management 0.0%0
Foodservice Management
5.2%3
Foreign Languages 0.0%0
Forensic Science 0.0%0
French
1.7%1
Gaming Management
1.7%1
Geology 0.0%0
Geoscience 0.0%0
German 0.0%0
Gerontology (Cert) 0.0%0
Health Care Administration 0.0%0
Health Education 0.0%0
Health Physics 0.0%0
Health Promotion 0.0%0
History
1.7%1
Honors 0.0%0
Hospitality Administration 0.0%0
Hospitality Management 0.0%0
Hotel Administration
5.2%3
Human Resource Management
1.7%1
Human Services Counseling 0.0%0
Interior Architecture & Design 0.0%0
International Business
1.7%1
Journalism & Media Studies
1.7%1
Kinesiological Sciences 0.0%0
Landscape Architecture 0.0%0
Latin American Studies
1.7%1
Law 0.0%0
Learning and Technology 0.0%0
Liberal Studies 0.0%0
Library Science 0.0%0
Linguistic Studies 0.0%0
Lodging & Resort Management
1.7%1
Management
1.7%1
Management Info Systems (MIS)
3.4%2
Marketing
5.2%3
Marriage, Family & Community Counseling 0.0%0
Mathematical Sciences
1.7%1
Mechanical Engineering
1.7%1
Media Studies 0.0%0
Meetings & Events Management
3.4%2
Multidiciplinary Studies 0.0%0
Music 0.0%0
Non-Profit Management 0.0%0
Nuclear Medicine 0.0%0
Nursing 0.0%0
Nutrition Sciences 0.0%0
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner 0.0%0
Philosophy
1.7%1
Physical Education 0.0%0
Physical Therapy 0.0%0
Physics 0.0%0
Political Science 0.0%0
Professional Writing 0.0%0
Public Administration 0.0%0
Public Affairs 0.0%0
Public Health 0.0%0
Public Management 0.0%0
Psychology
1.7%1
Radiochemistry 0.0%0
Radiography
1.7%1
Radiology (Cert) 0.0%0
Real Estate 0.0%0
Recreation 0.0%0
Romance Languages 0.0%0
Science 0.0%0
Screenwriting 0.0%0
Secondary Education 0.0%0
Senior Adult Theatre 0.0%0
Social Science Studies 0.0%0
Social Work
1.7%1
Sociology
3.4%2
Spanish
1.7%1
Spanish for the Professions 0.0%0
Special Education 0.0%0
Sports & Leisure Service 0.0%0
Sports Education & Leadership 0.0%0
Sports Injury Management 0.0%0
Teacher Education 0.0%0
Theatre
1.7%1
Theatre Arts 0.0%0
Transportation 0.0%0
University Studies
1.7%1
Urban & Regional Planning 0.0%0
Water Resource Management 0.0%0
Women's Studies 0.0%0
Workforce Education 0.0%0
Show repliesOther (please specify)
10.3%6

5. What is your College or School?
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Allied Health Sciences, School of
4.2%39
Business, College of
14.3%131
Education, College of
15.0%138
Engineering, College of
4.9%45
Fine Arts, College of
4.5%41
Hotel Administration, College of
25.5%234
Liberal Arts, College of
12.5%115
Nursing, School of
1.7%16
Public Health, School of
1.7%16
Sciences, College of
2.8%26
University College
3.1%28
Urban Affairs, College of
9.6%88
Not Sure
0.1%1

6. What is your gender?
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Percent		Response
Count
Male
37.7%340
Female
62.3%562

7. What is your age group?
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Percent		Response
Count
up to 22 years
22.2%201
23 to 35 years
62.3%565
35+ years
15.5%141

8. What is your VISA/citizenship status?
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Percent		Response
Count
U.S. Citizen
87.7%795
Permanent Resident
5.2%47
F1/J1 VISA
6.8%62
Show repliesOther (please specify)
0.2%2

9. What is your race/ethnicity?
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Percent		Response
Count
African American
5.3%48
American Indian/Alaskan Native
1.4%13
Asian
17.9%163
Caucasian
58.3%532
Hispanic/Latino
9.4%86
Mixed/Bi-Racial
3.3%30
Pacific Islander/Hawaiian
2.1%19
Show repliesOther (please specify)
2.4%22

10. What was your primary reason for pursuing your degree?
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Percent		Response
Count
To attain a degree required for career goals
72.5%658
To study a field of interest to me regardless of career possibilities
22.6%205
Show repliesOther (please specify)
5.0%45

11. Do you believe your UNLV education has prepared you for your chosen occupation?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
90.0%816
No
9.3%84
Show repliesIf No, please explain:
10.4%94

Page: PRE-GRADUATION EMPLOYMENT - PART 1
12. Were you employed while pursuing your degree?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
83.7%766
No
16.3%149

Page: PRE-GRADUATION EMPLOYMENT - PART 2
13. Was your pre-graduation employment ON AVERAGE considered to be:
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Percent		Response
Count
Full time
54.7%410
Part time
45.3%339

14. Was any of your pre-graduation employment related to your field of study?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
66.1%494
No
33.9%253

15. Please provide the following information about your employment WHILE IN SCHOOL (Kept Confidential - for salary/location reporting only):
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Percent		Response
Count
Show repliesCompany Name
96.5%665
Show repliesJob Title
98.3%677
Show repliesLocation - City
98.7%680
Show repliesLocation - State
98.8%681
Show repliesSalary Amount
91.4%630
Show repliesper hour, week or year?
92.9%640

16. How many years have you been in the workforce?
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Percent		Response
Count
Less than 1 year
7.8%59
1 to less than 2 years
8.6%65
2 to less than 4 years
22.2%168
4 or more years
62.3%472

Page: CURRENT (POST-GRADUATION) EMPLOYMENT - PART 1
17. Are you currently employed or have you accepted a job offer?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
67.4%599
No
32.6%290

Page: CURRENT (POST-GRADUATION) EMPLOYMENT - PART 2
18. Which of the following applies to your current employment status (please choose only one):
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Percent		Response
Count
New position
31.8%194
Promotion
6.2%38
Continued current employment
62.0%378

19. Did your recent degree contribute to your employment status, as described above?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
49.2%300
No
50.8%310

20. Is this employment related to your field of study?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
74.6%455
No
25.4%155

21. ON AVERAGE, is your current employment:
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Percent		Response
Count
Full-time
78.9%481
Part-time
21.1%129

22. Please provide the following information about your CURRENT employment - please DO NOT put "same"(Kept Confidential - for salary/location reporting only):
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Percent		Response
Count
Show repliesCompany Name
96.7%525
Show repliesJob Title
90.8%493
Show repliesLocation - City
91.0%494
Show repliesLocation - State
90.8%493
Show repliesSalary Amount
84.2%457
Show repliesper hour, week or year?
84.2%457

23. Did you utilize Career Services in your job search?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
17.5%107
No
82.5%503

24. If yes, which of the following services contributed to your current employment?
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Count
On-Campus Recruiting interviews32.3% (30)67.7% (63)93
Employer Information Sessions and/or Marketing Tables24.4% (21)75.6% (65)86
Career fairs44.2% (46)56.7% (59)104
Employer/Student Mixers25.6% (22)74.4% (64)86
Employer Panels14.8% (12)85.2% (69)81
Job Postings52.3% (56)47.7% (51)107
Resume Referrals30.3% (27)70.8% (63)89
Internship job lead36.1% (35)63.9% (62)97
Career Services Library7.7% (6)92.3% (72)78
UNLV CareerLink Employer Listing41.7% (43)58.3% (60)103

25. How many full-time career employment offers did you receive based on your activities described above?
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Percent		Response
Count
0
38.2%113
1
36.5%108
2
17.2%51
3
4.7%14
4
2.0%6
5
0.3%1
6 0.0%0
7+
1.0%3

26. Are you attending or seeking to attend Grad School while employed?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
43.4%212
No
56.6%277

27. If you answered "yes" above, please provide the name of the program and school which you are attending/plan to attend:
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Page: POST GRADUATION PLANS
28. If you are NOT currently employed and HAVE NOT accepted a job offer, which of the following BEST describes your situation?
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Percent		Response
Count
Actively seeking employment
58.8%221
Relocating
10.1%38
Taking time off
6.4%24
Enrolled in or seeking Grad School (see next question)
20.2%76
Show repliesOther (please specify)
4.5%17

29. If you checked "Enrolled in or seeking Grad School" above, please provide the name of the program and school which you are attending/plan to attend:
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Page: CAREER SERVICES
30. Are you aware of the UNLV Career Services office on campus?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
70.3%626
No (Skip to Question #32)
29.7%265

31. If yes, how did you find out about Career Services?
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Percent		Response
Count
Friend
10.8%66
Faculty
32.6%199
College Staff
25.0%153
Academic Advising
17.0%104
Website
28.6%175
Career Services Outreach
16.0%98
Show repliesOther (please specify)
7.5%46

32. Please rate only the following Career Services' programs you used or personally participated in as a means of learning about resources, opportunities, or techniques useful to your career development.
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Count
UNLV CareerLink (Online Recruiting System)18.4% (74)48.8% (196)32.8% (132)402
UNLV Career Day (Spring)26.2% (93)47.3% (168)26.5% (94)355
Fall Marketplace 200833.9% (106)42.5% (133)24.0% (75)313
Hospitality & Business Marketplace (Fall)34.8% (105)43.0% (130)22.8% (69)302
Internship/Summer Job Fair30.4% (92)41.6% (126)28.1% (85)303
Employer/Student Mixer - Hotel Administration42.4% (112)40.5% (107)17.0% (45)264
Employer/Student Mixer - Diversity42.4% (109)41.6% (107)16.3% (42)257
In-office Career Library39.0% (105)44.6% (120)16.4% (44)269
In-office Computer Lab38.4% (104)41.0% (111)20.7% (56)271
Met with a Career Counselor25.7% (81)38.4% (121)35.9% (113)315
Walk-in resume critique22.6% (74)36.3% (119)41.8% (137)328
Interview Savvy/Employer Panel32.5% (83)43.5% (111)23.9% (61)255
Mock Interview (taped/not taped)35.4% (95)35.1% (94)29.5% (79)268
Interview Stream (Virtual)41.3% (100)39.3% (95)19.4% (47)242
DISCOVER career assessment39.7% (100)39.7% (100)20.6% (52)252
MBTI and/or Strong career assessment40.7% (99)43.6% (106)15.6% (38)243
In-class presentation by staff member27.8% (85)42.2% (129)30.4% (93)306
"Backpacks to Briefcases" handbook20.7% (76)36.8% (135)42.8% (157)367
Career Services' main web page23.6% (78)43.8% (145)32.9% (109)331
Bob Boughner Hotel Career Services office37.5% (95)37.2% (94)25.3% (64)253

Page: WRAP-UP
33. How did you learn about this survey (check all that apply)?
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 Response
Percent		Response
Count
While visiting the Career Services website.
1.0%9
Received email from my College Dean with link to survey.
10.8%96
Received letter from my College Dean.
55.2%492
Received email from UNLV Career Services.
16.8%150
**CS USE ONLY**
0.1%1
Show repliesOther (please specify)
20.8%185

34. Optional - If you have a success story you would like to share concerning current employment, or your employment while in school, please complete the following and we may contact you later for details and permission to use your personal story to help current students and alumni.
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Percent		Response
Count
Show repliesName
100.0%34
Show repliesEmail
100.0%34
Show repliesPhone
76.5%26

35. Please add any comments or words of encouragement:
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