Is There a Supply-Demand Gap in Career-Planning Resources at Your School?

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Career Planning Tools
Spring 2018

Career Planning Tools Universities Should Offer
From internships to mentoring, many institutions encourage students to take advantage of career planning tools and resources aimed at helping them successfully transition from classroom to career. But are theory and practice well aligned? Whom do students turn to for mentorship? When are they most likely to use available career assistance? How do their priorities shift before and after attending college, and how happy are they with their career outcome?

We explored these topics in a recent survey of former college students. The results confirmed that student priorities shift as they progress from college to the workforce. They also highlighted a potential disconnect between supply and demand. 70 percent of former students said that the most important tools for a successful future were internships or mentors. However, only one in five said they had used a professional mentor as a career-matching tool, while about a third said they had participated in an internship. On the other hand, while the survey indicated that school-funded career-matching programs are the most commonly used programs among students, only about half of students find them useful:

We share several other interesting findings in our latest white paper. To read the complete summary of the student survey, click here to download the white paper.