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STEM-Oriented Career Services at Baylor

STEM-Oriented Career Services at Baylor. Scholars’ Day 2008 Benjamin S. Kelley Dean Leigh Ann Marshall Advancement Coordinator. February 1, 2008. Baylor Career Services. Centralized career resources center Long history at Baylor Originated in School of Business 7 staff members

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STEM-Oriented Career Services at Baylor

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  1. STEM-Oriented Career Services at Baylor Scholars’ Day 2008 Benjamin S. Kelley Dean Leigh Ann Marshall Advancement Coordinator February 1, 2008

  2. Baylor Career Services • Centralized career resources center • Long history at Baylor • Originated in School of Business • 7 staff members • Located in Paul L. Foster Success Center

  3. Centralized Career Resources • Host employers for on-campus interviews • Résumé help • Mock interviews • Employer information sessions • Career-related workshops • Career advice resources • Internship resources …and

  4. Career Fairs • Campus-wide career fairs for all majors • Fall, Spring semesters • Teacher career fair • Spring semester • Non-profit career fairs • Fall, Spring semesters • STEM career fair • Spring semester • Work-in-Waco career fair • Spring semester

  5. # Students Student Attendance at Campus-wide Career Fairs Academic Year

  6. Employer Attendance at Campus-Wide Career Fairs # Employers Academic Year

  7. 2006-2007 Baylor Placement DataIndustry Breakout

  8. Why a STEM Job Fair? Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics • Students said, “Not enough technology employers attend career fairs!” • Technology companies said, “ECS students don’t attend career fairs.” • Career Services said, “What about employers recruiting ‘all majors’?”

  9. Baylor STEM Career Fair • Employers attended • 2006 = 16 • Location: Baylor Sciences Building • 2007 = 25 • Location: Baylor Sciences Building • 2008 = 35! • Location: Cashion Academic Center • Student Attendance • 2006 – 183 students • 2007 – 184 students* • 2008 – 250 students! *569 Students attended the 2007 Spring campus-wide career fair.

  10. STEM Fair Student Attendance

  11. STEM Fair School Represented

  12. 2007 STEM Fair Student Feedback

  13. STEM Fair Employer Feedback

  14. Other Universities’ Technical Job Fairs • ECS-Hosted examples (30.5%) • Texas Tech, Univ. Virginia, Carnegie Mellon • University-hosted examples (33.3%) • UT-Tyler, Oregon State, Johns Hopkins, Baylor • Student-hosted examples (36.1%) • Texas A&M, Penn State, Univ. Arizona, Notre Dame

  15. 2008 STEM Career Fair • Largest Baylor STEM Fair • 34 employers registered to date • New Location • Moved from Baylor Sciences Building to Cashion Academic Center • Highest Student Attendance

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