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

Select Next to save your entries on this page and proceed to the next page.

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?

Select Next to save your entries on this page and proceed to the next page.

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

Select Next to save your entries on this page and proceed to the next page.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: go to work3.html


Employment: Your Job Offer

How did you find your job? (check all that apply)

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

Select Next to save your entries on this page and proceed to the next page.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: go to career1.html


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?

Select Next to save your entries on this page and proceed to the next page.

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)

Select Next to save your entries on this page and proceed to the next page.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: go to career1.html


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
 
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

Select Next to save your entries on this page and proceed to the next page.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: IntlExp = 1 (went abroad), show career4.html IntlExp=2, show career5.html, otherwise show career6.html.


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)

Select Next to save your entries on this page and proceed to the next page.


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
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?

Select Next to save your entries on this page and proceed to the next page.


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.