GRADUATE STUDENT CAREER SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009 Annual Report Graduate Student Services The UW Career Center is committed to providing a full range of services for graduate students across campus. Below is a summary of how many graduate students we served, and in what capacities we did so. Services for Graduate Students Number of Events Number of Grad Students Workshops, Panels, & Events for Graduate Students 46 1658 Requested Graduate Departmental Presentations 45 820 Miscellaneous Graduate Student Events 9 429 TOTAL 100 2907 Services for All Students Graduate Student Attendance at Events Open to All Students 909 Graduate Student Participation in Other UWCC Services 1014 TOTAL 1923 GRAND TOTAL 4830 WORKSHOPS, PANELS, AND EVENTS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (46 events; 1658 students) Personal Development: (13 events; 160 students) Graduate Student Dependable Strengths Seminar (quarterly; 14, 13, 13, 14) o Grad Student DS 3-Week Follow-Up Meeting (quarterly; 3, 5, 8, 6) Two-Part Values Identification & Clarification Workshop for Grad Students (quarterly; 24, 15, 19, 15) Crash Course in Decision-Making for Grad Students (11) Strategies for Success: (5 events; 151 students) How to Find a Post-doc Position (22) Grad School: Arrive & Thrive (19) Building Your Network Step by Step (26) Working the Room (78) Managing Finances & Budgets (6) Academic Careers: (13 events; 589 students) Getting Started (28) CVs (50) Cover Letters & Letters of Recommendation (48) Research Statements (46) Teaching Statements (34) Interviews (39) Job Talks (34) Negotiations (28) Page 1 of 5
Negotiations postdocs (30) First Year as a Professor (45) Community College Teaching Opportunities (80) Faculty Careers at Teaching-Focused Universities (65) Non-Faculty Positions in Universities for People with Graduate Degrees (62) Beyond Academia: (15 events; 758 students) How to Find a Job (29) Finding Work Overseas (52) Resumes & Cover Letters (60) Interviews (50) Negotiations (41) Negotiations postdocs (50) How to Find & Understand Federal Government Job Postings (34) How to Write Your Federal Government Application, Resume, & KSAs (28) Presidential Management Fellowship Information Sessions (55) Career Identity Beyond the Ivory Tower (9) Career Identity Beyond the Ivory Tower postdocs (28) Transitioning to Your First Year on the Job (18) Job Seeking 2009: The Cold Hard Truth & What You Can Do About It Dave Jensen (125) Enhancing Your Marketability, Exploring Options, & Finding Work in an Uncertain Economy (105) Graduate & Professional Student Networking Reception (74) REQUESTED GRADUATE DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS (45 events; 820 students) Workshops: (29 events; 442 students) Audiology (10, 10, 37) Digital Media (20) College of Education (14) Electrical Engineering (10) Health Administration (12, 5) Industrial Engineering (9) ischool (26, 16, 23) Information Management (10) Law (7) Physical Therapy (28, 28) Physics (13) Public Affairs (14) School of Public Health (40, 7) Public Health Community Oriented Practice (15) Public Health Genetics (7) Public Health Policy Analysis (6) Social Work (14, 15, 3, 15, 14, 14) Page 2 of 5
Orientations: (16 events; 378 students) Anthropology (11) Aeronautics & Astronautics (19) Civil & Environmental Engineering (72) Earth & Space Sciences (11) Forest Resources (40) Geography (8) Immunology (6) Information School (NA) Industrial Engineering (11) Information Management (39) International Studies (81) Material Science & Engineering (18) Microbiology (5) Physics (24) Psychology (25) Social Work (8) NOTE Materials were included in orientation materials for 295 students in 6 additional departments MISCELLANEOUS GRADUATE STUDENT EVENTS (9 events, 429 students) Presentations or Tabling Requested By: (343 students) Graduate School o International Student Workshop How to Successfully Navigate Graduate School (13) Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program o Prospective Student Days (130) o Getting Connected Center for Instructional Development & Research o TA Conference (100) o RA Workshop (100) Employer Information Sessions: (86 students) Chemonics (11) Deloitte Consulting (75) Info About UWCC Grad Student Services Presented To: Academic Advisers, UW Advising Summit, September 2008 Delegation of Japanese Graduate Administrators, UW Graduate School, October 2008 Page 3 of 5
GRADUATE STUDENT ATTENDANCE AT EVENTS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS (909 students) Workshops & Events: (909) Career Fairs (525) Employer Events Panels, Resume Café, Movie Nights (158) Etiquette Dinner (68) In-House Workshops (158) GRADUATE STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN OTHER UWCC SERVICES (1014 students) Individual Services: (1014 students) Counseling Appointments (339) Walk-In Appointments (322) Mock Interviews (88) On-Campus Interviewing Program (265) Other Services: (NA) HuskyJobs Online Job/Internship Database (NA) Letters of Evaluation Online (NA) RESOURCES Website: Graduate student section of our website http://careers.washington.edu/gradstudents - contains 35 downloadable handouts in the following four sections: Personal Development, Strategies for Success, Academic Careers, and Beyond Academia. New handouts posted in 2008-2009 include: o Applying for Academic Staff Positions o Finding Work Overseas o Finding & Funding a Postdoc Position mystory campaign profiles and photos of 7 successful recent graduate-level alumni were posted to the Beyond Academia section of our website. Marketing: Monthly calendar of grad student career events available on our website, in our lobby, and via email Information about grad student career events is emailed directly to 9500 graduate students via listserv Job Search: GradStudentJobs listserv - information about graduate-level jobs is emailed to 700 subscribers Bio Career Center online job board for life scientists Webpage and handout providing tips for employers wanting to recruit graduate students Page 4 of 5
COLLABORATIONS Campus Units and Organizations: Graduate School o Fellowships & Assistantships o Center for Instructional Development & Research o Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program o Office of Postdoctoral Affairs o Communications & Advancement Academic Units o School of Marine Affairs o Evans School of Public Affairs o Law School Alumni Association Counseling Center Student Fiscal Services Center for Workforce Development UW Postdoc Association Panelists from UW: (39) Alumni (22) Faculty (5) Staff (6) Postdocs (6) Panelists from Outside the UW: (19) Faculty from other institutions (10) Postdocs from other institutions (3) Employers (5) National speakers (1) Report Prepared By: Briana Keller, PhD Senior Career Counselor Coordinator of Graduate Student Services UW Career Center kellerb@uw.edu August 17, 2009 Page 5 of 5