Post Graduation Plans
What is most likely to be your principle activity this Fall (Fall 2011)? |
Working (including self-employment, internship, starting a company) |
Military service |
Attending graduate or professional school |
Enrolled in another educational program (e.g., second bachelors degree, post baccalaureate premedical program) |
Volunteer activity. Please specify your public service organization: (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps) |
Distinguished fellowship |
Postponing job search |
Traveling |
Undecided (e.g., deciding between fields) |
Other activity, please specify |
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PROGRAMMING NOTE:
if postplan10 = 1 (working) or 2 (military service), show work1.html;
if postplan10 = 3 (grad school), show grad1.html;
if postplan10 = 9 (undecided) or BLANK, show undecided.html,
otherwise show career1.html
Employment: Your Job Search
When did you actively begin your job search?
How many job applications/resumes have you submitted?
How many interviews have you had?
Please select which of the following best describes the current state of your employment plans. |
Have accepted a position |
Have been offered a position and refused it; still searching for preferred position |
Considering one or more specific offers |
Currently searching for a position or waiting for an offer |
Will begin searching for a position after graduation |
Not planning on employment this fall |
If you have accepted a position:
Select how many offers you received, including the offer you accepted:
When did you receive the offer that you accepted?
When did you accept the offer that you received?
How much time did you have to accept the offer that you received?
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PROGRAMMING NOTE: if JOBPLANS = 1 (accepted position), show work2.html otherwise show career1.html
Employment: Your Job Offer
Employer / Name of Company | |
City | |
State | |
Country | |
Full job title | |
Approximate yearly salary in US Dollars (not including sign on bonus, moving expenses, tuition assistance, etc.) | Enter the value of your salary in US Dollars in the
following format: xx,xxx Salary (Example: 50,000) |
Sign on bonus, if you received one | Enter the value of your bonus in US Dollars in the
following format: xx,xxx Bonus (Example: 10,000) |
Additional compensation package, if you received one (e.g., moving expenses, bonus for staying with the company for a certain amount of time) | Enter the value of your compensation in US Dollars in the
following format: xx,xxx Additional Compensation (Example: 5,000) |
Did you negotiate your salary? | |
Yes. If yes, please indicate the additional salary amount you gained from negotiating: | |
No | |
Don't know |
Did you negotiate your sign on bonus or compensation package? | |
Yes. If yes, please indicate the additional signing or bonus amount you gained from negotiating: | |
No | |
Don't know | |
Not applicable |
Is your job related to your major(s) at MIT? |
Yes |
No |
Not sure |
Employer Industry: select the industry that best describes your employer. |
Aerospace and Defense |
Architecture and Urban Planning |
Automotive and Transportation |
Business Services (Advertising, Real Estate, Retail) |
Chemicals and Materials |
Communications, Arts, Entertainment (Sports, Leisure, Media, Film) |
Computer Hardware/ Electrical Engineering |
Computer Software (Gaming and Software Development) |
Consulting |
Education |
Energy and Utilities |
Engineering |
Financial Services (Commercial Banking, Insurance) |
Government |
Health/Medicine |
Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing (Construction, Product Manufacturing, Consumer Products) |
Investment Banking (Mutual Funds and Money Management) |
Law |
Military |
Non-Profit Agency or NGO |
Pharmaceutics (Biotech, Medical Device) |
Other |
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Employment: Your Job Offer
How did you find your job? (check all that apply) |
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How important were each of these factors to you in accepting this job? | Essential | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Important |
Salary | ||||
Benefits | ||||
Location | ||||
Job Content | ||||
Fit with culture/environment | ||||
Training/educational opportunities | ||||
Reputation of Employer | ||||
Opportunity for career advancement | ||||
Employer was willing to sponsor non-US citizen | ||||
Supervision & colleagues | ||||
Essential | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Important | |
Job flexibility & work life balance | ||||
Job security | ||||
Fit with my experience & skills | ||||
Creative & challenging work | ||||
Opportunity to make an impact | ||||
First job offered | ||||
Best opportunity I could find at this time | ||||
Ability to meet my expected student loan / education debt payments | ||||
One of my top choices | ||||
Didn't get into graduate/professional school | ||||
Other |
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Graduate or Professional School: Your Search
Please select one of the following to describe where you are in your plans for Graduate or Professional School: |
I am awaiting acceptance to a graduate or professional school. |
I have been accepted to and am deciding between schools. |
I have been accepted to and chosen a graduate or professional school. |
To how many graduate or professional schools did you apply?
How many acceptances have you received?
Did you apply to MIT for graduate school? |
Yes |
No |
If you did not apply to MIT for graduate school, why not?
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PROGRAMMING NOTE: GRADSTATUS = 1 (waiting on offer), show career1.html, GRADSTATUS = 2 or 3 (deciding on school or decided), show grad2.html
Graduate or Professional School: Your Field
What will be your general field of study? |
Arts |
Business |
Dentistry |
Education |
Engineering |
Law |
Medicine |
Science |
Theology |
Veterinary Medicine |
Other |
Please indicate your specific field of study:
Which degree(s) will you pursue? (check all that apply) |
Your School
If you have been accepted to and chosen a graduate or professional school, please tell us which school you will attend, otherwise skip to " Assistance with your School Search " .
Name of graduate or professional school that you will be attending | |
City | |
State | |
Country |
Assistance with your School Search
Please check all of the people who assisted you in your
search for a graduate or professional school: (check all that apply) |
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Global Education and Career Development Center Services
Did you utilize any of the MIT Career Development Center or related services and programs (including on-campus recruiting) during your time at MIT? Check all that apply and indicate your satisfaction with the services.
I utilized service | Very Satisfied | Satisfied | Neither Satisfied or Dissatisfied | Dissatisfied | Very Dissatisfied | ||
Walk-ins/Drop-ins | |||||||
Career Counselor Appointments | |||||||
Presentations (Employer or Alumni Panels) | |||||||
Workshops/Panels on Resumes, Job Search, etc (in person) | |||||||
Workshops on Resumes, Job Search, etc. (on-line, webinar) | |||||||
MIT Career Center Website | |||||||
Career Fairs | |||||||
Special Programs (PreCareer Fair Week, Peter Fiske, Jorge Cham) | |||||||
On-Campus Recruiting | |||||||
Job Listings on CareerBridge/INET | |||||||
Prehealth Advising (pre-med, pre-dental, pre-vet) | |||||||
Graduate school advising | |||||||
Pre-law Advising | |||||||
Self-Assessment (SIGI Plus, Myers Briggs, Strong Interest Inventory, SkillScan) | |||||||
Alumni Databases (ICAN, directory) | |||||||
Study abroad | |||||||
Distinguished fellowships |
Comments
(for example: How could your department or the Career Development Center assist you in your career development?)
Internships
Have you participated in an internship since you have been in your current program at MIT? |
Yes |
No |
How many internships did you complete during your current program at MIT (e.g., summer internships in industry)?
Did you participant in a MIT Internship program? |
Yes |
No |
If YES, check all that apply and indicate your satisfaction with the internship program: | Participated in internship | Very Satisfied | Somewhat Satisfied | Neither Satisfied or Dissatisfied | Somewhat Dissatisfied | Very Dissatisfied | |
F/ASIP | |||||||
UPOP | |||||||
Through my department |
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MISTI | |||||||
LFM | |||||||
Momentum/Second Summer | |||||||
Externship | |||||||
Through MIT Career Services/ On Campus Recruiting (e.g., INET) | |||||||
Career fair | |||||||
Other |
Graduate Students: Did you complete an internship as an undergraduate? |
Yes |
No |
Not applicable |
If yes, what type of internship? |
Undergraduate Students: Did you complete a UROP? |
Yes |
No |
Don't know |
If yes, in what department/area was your UROP? If no, please indicate any reasons why you didn't participate in a UROP: |
Service and Leadership
Since you have been at MIT have you participated in any service or public service activities? |
Yes |
No |
Don't know |
If yes, please specify the activity:
If no, please indicate any reasons why you didn't participate in any service or public
service activities:
Since you have been at MIT have you participated in any leadership activities? |
Yes |
No |
Don't know |
If yes, please specify the activity:
If no, please indicate any reasons why you didn't participate in any leadership activities:
Educational Experience Abroad
During your time at MIT, have you had any educational experiences abroad (i.e. International UROP, MITSTI internship, Public Service project, CME, Other Study Abroad)? |
Yes |
No |
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Educational Experience Abroad
What did you learn from the experience(s)? Do you think the experience helped you to: (Check all that apply) |
Please check all the educational experiences abroad in which you have participated and the length of time and host country for each experience:
Experience | Approximate Length of Time |
Country/Countries |
MISTI. Please specify Internship, Research at university or public research institute, Workshop, Service Learning, e.g., CETI, OCW, ILABS. Please specify any MISTI experience(s): | ||
Other international internship (specify) | ||
Cambridge-MIT Exchange (CME) | ||
Departmental Exchange (specify) | ||
Other Study Abroad Program, e.g., MIT-Madrid, IAP-Madrid, study in UK or Australia. (specify) | ||
DLAB | ||
Other international service learning (specify) | ||
GLAB | ||
Public Service Center Project | ||
International Development Initiative Project | ||
International Development Initiative through your department (e.g., Sloan Trek, Sloan Fellows Trips, DUSP Practicum) | ||
International fellowship, e.g., Kawamura Fellowship (specify) | ||
International workshops or conferences | ||
UROP activity that took you out of the country | ||
Other International Experience during IAP (specify) | ||
Other International Experience during Summer (specify) | ||
Other Department & School Programs (specify) (e.g., Sloan Trek, Sloan Fellows Trips, DUSP Practicum) | ||
Other (specify) |
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Educational Experience: None Abroad
If you did NOT have any educational experiences abroad, please specify to what extent these factors contributed to your decision to NOT PARTICIPATE in an educational experience abroad: | Not a factor | To a small extent 1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | To a great extent 5 |
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Cost (too high) | |||||||
Duration (too long) | |||||||
Academic concerns | |||||||
Lack of interest in going abroad | |||||||
Other |
If you did not have any educational experiences abroad and it would have been possible to go abroad (e.g., no barriers to going abroad), what kind of activity would you have selected? |
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Last Section: Your Comments
Thank you for responding to the survey. Please use the space below to elaborate further on any of the questions or to comment on any aspect of your career development at MIT.
Thank You Drawing
As our thanks for completing the survey, all survey completers will be entered into a drawing for
- Choice of Apple iPad (16GB), iPhone 4 (16GB), or $500 American Express Gift Card (one prize will be awarded)
- $100 American Express Gift Card (two prizes will be awarded)
- $50 American Express Gift Card (five prizes will be awarded)
Please tell us which grand prize you would prefer: |
Apple iPad (16GB) |
iPhone 4 (16GB) |
$500 American Express Gift Card |
I do not wish to be entered in the drawing. |