FINAL FALL 2014 OVER VIEW REPORT

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January 27, 2015
FALL 2014 EMPLOYER INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT REPORT
OBJECTIVES__________________________________________________________________________________________
The objective of this report is to provide a summary of the data gathered throughout THE
Fall 2014, concerning employers offering internships through the Aztec Career Connections
website. This report is intended to:
 Track the amount of employers placing San Diego State University students in
internship and volunteer opportunities through the use of the Aztec Career
Connections website.
 Track the amount of internships and volunteer opportunities being posted through
the Aztec Career Connections website
 Tracking overall student placements throughout the semester on a bi-monthly basis
SURVEY METHODOLOGY__________________________________________________________________________
Information gathered was done so through bi-monthly surveys that were individually
emailed to employers. A preliminary survey was initially sent out, followed by a follow up
survey about two weeks after the preliminary. This method of follow up was done so in
order to obtain as much responses as possible. The survey included the following
questions:
 Organization name
 If the internship(s) posted on Aztec Career Connections had been filled
 If a student from SDSU was hired to fill the position
 How many SDSU students were hired
Information was also gathered through the Aztec Career Connections website on a bi-
monthly basis. This data provided information of employers who would be surveyed, and
the amount of new posts per month.
Trends and themes observed in the data have been identified in the section “Observations”
and observations specific to a certain time period have been addressed in its corresponding
section. The analysis includes:
 Raw data analysis based off of data taken from the Aztec Career Connections
website
 Bi-monthly Employer Internship survey data

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Additionally, it should be noted that not all employers accounted for in the raw data
analysis responded to the bi-monthly survey for various reasons, whether it be an email
address deemed undeliverable, a general email address only accepting applications (i.e
recruits@organizationname.com), or an employer simply choosing not to reply to a survey
request.
Finally, this report is possibly the first to track student placements and is a working
document for following semesters to come. No data is known to be reported prior to Fall
2014, so no semester to semester comparisons can be made until following semester
reports are created.
RESULTS______________________________________________________________________________________________
Month to Month Raw Data
 July – August 2014
o Paid opportunities increased by 11.84% (+9)
o Unpaid opportunities increased by 30.64% (+19)
o Internship positions increased by 49.48% (+48)
o Volunteer positions decreased by 48.48% (-16)
o Employers using the Aztec Career Connections website increased by 33.33%
(+32)
o Positions posted on the Aztec Career Connections website increased by
21.99% (+31)
July August
Totals Percentage Totals Percentage
Paid: 76 54% Paid: 85 49%
Unpaid: 62 44% Unpaid: 81 47%
N/A: 3 2% N/A: 6 3%
Total: 141 100% Total: 172 100%
Internship 97 69% Internship 145 84%
Volunteer 33 23% Volunteer 17 10%
Both 11 8% Both 10 6%
Total 141 100% Total 172 100%
Employers: 96 Employers: 128
Openings: 141 Openings: 172

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76
62
3
85
81
6
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Paid: Unpaid: N/A:
July-August 14' Paidv. Unpaid
Opportunities
Jul-14
Aug-14
97
33
11
145
17
10
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Internship Volunteer Both
July- August 14' Internships v.
Volunteer Opportunities
Jul-14
Aug-14
 August – September 2014
o Paid opportunities increased by 48.24%(+41)
o Unpaid opportunities decreased by 8.64% (-7)
o Internship positions increased by 9.66% (+14)
o Volunteer positions increased by 105.88% (+18)
o Employers using Aztec Career Connections increased by 3.91% (+5)
o Positions posted on Aztec Career Connections increased by 18.60% (+32)
August September
Totals Percentage Totals
Percentag
e
Paid: 85 49% Paid: 126 61.76%
Unpaid: 81 47% Unpaid: 74 36.27%
N/A: 6 3% N/A: 4 1.96%
Total: 172 100% Total: 204 100%
Internship 145 84% Internship 159 79.25%
Volunteer 17 10% Volunteer 35 20.28%
Both 10 6% Both 10 0.47%
Total 172 100% Total 204 100%

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85
81
6
126
74
4
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Paid: Unpaid: N/A:
August-September Paidv Unpaid
Opportunities
Aug-14
Sep-14
145
17
10
159
35
10
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
August-September Internshipv.
Aug-14
Sep-14
 September – October 2014
o Paid opportunities increased by 7.93% (+10)
o Unpaid opportunities decreased by 24.32% (-18)
o Internship opportunities increased by 6.29% (+10)
o Volunteer opportunities decreased by 62.86% (-22)
o Employers using Aztec Career Connections decreased by 4.51% (-6)
o Positions posted on Aztec Career Connections decreased by 3.92% (-8)
September October
Paid: 126 61.76% Paid: 136 68.69%
Unpaid: 74 36.27% Unpaid: 56 28.28%
N/A: 4 1.96% N/A: 6 3.03%
Total: 204 100% Total: 198 100%
Internship 159 79.25% Internship 169 85.35%
Volunteer 35 20.28% Volunteer 13 6.57%
Both 10 0.47% Both 16 8.08%
Total 204 100% Total 198 100%

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126
74
4
136
56
6
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Paid: Unpaid: N/A:
September - October Paidv
Unpaid Opportunities
Sep-14
Oct-14
159
35
10
169
13 16
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
September - October Internshipv
Sep-14
Oct-14
 October – November 2014
o Paid Opportunities decreased by 37.5% (-51)
o Unpaid Opportunities decreased by 17. 86% (-10)
o Internships decreased 26.63% (-45)
o Volunteers decreased by 23.08% (-3)
o Employers Postings on Aztec Career Connections decreased by 27.00% (-27)
o Postings on Aztec Career Connections decreased by 30.61% (-60)
October November
Paid: 136 68.69% Paid: 85 63%
Unpaid: 56 28.28% Unpaid: 46 34%
N/A: 6 3.03% N/A: 5 4%
Total: 198 100% Total: 136 100%
Internship 169 85.35% Internship 124 91%
Volunteer 13 6.57% Volunteer 10 7%
Both 16 8.08% Both 2 1%
Total 198 100% Total 136 100%

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136
56
6
85
46
5
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Paid: Unpaid: N/A:
October - November:Paidv.
Unpaid opportunities
Oct-14
Nov-14
169
13 16
124
10
2
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
October - November:Internshipv.
Volunteer opportunities
Oct-14
Nov-14
 November – December 2014
o Paid internships increased 48.23 %(+41)
o Unpaid internships increased by 17.39%(+8)
o Internship opportunities increased by 26.61% (+33)
o Volunteer opportunities increased by 90.00% (+9)
o Overall employer positions increased 32.35% (+44)
o Employers posting on Aztec Career Connections increased 31.00% (+31)
November December
Paid: 85 63% Paid: 126 70%
Unpaid: 46 34% Unpaid: 54 30%
N/A: 5 4% N/A: 0 0%
Total: 136 100% Total: 180 100%
Internship 124 91% Internship 157 87%
Volunteer 10 7% Volunteer 19 11%
Both 2 1% Both 4 2%
N/A: 0 0% N/A: 0 0%
Total 136 100% Total 180 100%

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85
46
5
126
54
0
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Paid: Unpaid: N/A:
November v. December: Paid v
Unpaid Opportunities
Nov-14
Dec-14
124
10
2
157
19
4
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
November v. December: Internship
v. Volunteer Opportunities
Nov-14
Dec-14
76
85
126
136
85
126
62
81
74
56
46
54
3 6 4 6 5 0
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
July August September October November December
Paid v. Unpaid Internships 2014
Paid Internships Unpaid Internships N/A
 July – December, Fall 2014 Raw Data Overview
o Paid v. Unpaid
 Paid internships have increased overall by 65.78% (+50) in the Fall
2014 semester
 Unpaid internships have decreased overall by 12.90% (-8) in the Fall
2014 semester

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97
145
159
169
124
157
33
17
35
13 10
19
11 10 10
16
2 4
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
Internshipv. Volunteer Opportunities2014
Internships Volunteers Both
96
128
133
127
100
131
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
EmployersPosting 2014
Employers Posting 2014
 Internship v. Volunteer Opportunities
o Internship opportunities increased overall by 61.86% (+60) in the Fall 2014
semester
o Volunteer opportunities decreased overall by 42.42% (-14) in the Fall 2014
semester
 Employer Posting on Aztec Career Connections
o The number of employers posting on Aztec Career connections have overall
increased by 36.46% (+35) in the Fall 2014 semester
o Total Employers from July – December 2014: 715 Employers

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141
172
204 196
136
180
0
50
100
150
200
250
Positions Posted Per Month
Positions Posted Per Month
1
studen
t, 6,
13%
2 students, 3, 7%
3 students, 4, 9%
4 students, 0, 0%
5 students, 1, 2%
6 students, 1, 2%
7 students, 0, 0%
8 students, 1, 2%
N/A, 30, 65%
July-August 2014 Student Placements
1 student
2 students
3 students
4 students
5 students
6 students
7 students
8 students
N/A
 Positions Posted on Aztec Career Connections
o The amount of positions posted on Aztec Career Connections have overall
increased by 27.66% (+39) in the Fall 2014 semester
o Total Postings from July – December 2014: 1029 Positions
Survey Data
 July – August 2014
o Total employers – 224
o Total postings – 313
o Response Rate: 23.59%
 195 emails sent, 46 respondents
o Placements – 43

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1 student,
18.03%
2 student, 4.92%
3 student, 3.28%
4 students, 6.56%
5 students, 0.00%
6 students, 0.00%
7 students, 1.64%
8 students, 1.64%
9 students, 0.00%
10+ students,
0.00%
N/A, 63.93%
September-October 2014 Student Placements
1 student
2 student
3 student
4 students
5 students
6 students
7 students
8 students
9 students
10+ students
N/A
No. of Student interns No. of Employers Percentage No. of students
hired
1 6 13.04% 6
2 3 6.52% 6
3 4 8.70% 12
5 1 2.17% 5
6 1 2.17% 6
8 1 2.17% 8
N/A (skipped) 30 65.22% 0
Totals: 46 100% Total hired: 43
 September – October 2014
o Response rate – 27.11%
o Placements – 54

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1 students, 5, 17%
2 students, 12, 40%
3 students, 9, 30%
4 students, 4, 13%
5 students, 0, 0%
6 students, 0, 0%
7 students, 0, 0%
8 students, 0, 0%
November- December 2014 Student
Placements
1 students
2 students
3 students
4 students
5 students
6 students
7 students
8 students
No. of SDSU interns No. employers who hired Percentage Total SDSU Students
1 11 18.03% 11
2 3 4.92% 6
3 2 3.28% 6
4 4 6.56% 16
7 1 1.64% 7
8 1 1.64% 8
N/A Skipped 39 63.93% 0
TOTAL: 61 TOTAL: 100% TOTAL: 54
 November – December 2014
o Response Rate: 25.00%
o Placements – 30

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22
18
15
8
1 1 1
2
0
5
10
15
20
25
1 student 2 students 3 students 4 students 5 students 6 students 7 students 8 students
Amount of Students Hired per Employer
Employers hiring
No. of SDSU interns No. employers who
hired
Percentage Total SDSU
Students
1 5 10.41% 5
2 6 12.50% 12
3 3 6.25% 9
4 1 2.08% 4
N/A Skipped 33 68.75 0
TOTAL: 48 TOTAL: 100% TOTAL: 30
 July – December 2014
o Total Employers who have hired students – 68
o There have been a total of 155 respondents
 Of the 155 respondents, 68 (43.87%) respondents have confirmed
hiring an SDSU student
Students hired Employers
who Hired
Percentage
1 22 32.35%
2 18 26.47%
3 15 22.06%
4 8 11.76%
5 1 1.47%
6 1 1.47%
7 1 1.47%
8 2 2.94%
Total 68 100%

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43
54
30
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
July/August14 Sept/Oct14 Nov/Dec14
Total Students Hired
Total Students Hired
 Total placements
o July/August – 43 (33.86%)
o September/October – 54 (42.52%)
o November/December – 30 (23.62%)
o Total – 127
OBSERVATIONS____________ _________________________________________________________________________
Raw Data
According to the data taken from the Aztec Career Connections website
(Symplicity), internships posted mimic the need of students looking for internships. In
other words, internship opportunities particularly show an increase at the beginning of a
semester as well as towards mid-semester. Internship opportunities then decrease
towards the end of the semester when more focus is turned toward school related
responsibilities such as midterms and finals. It can be predicted that this trend will
continue in following semesters.
Another trend that was seen given by the raw data is that the amount of paid
internships has increased while the amount of unpaid and volunteer opportunities has
decreased.

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Survey Data
The data gathered through email surveys compliments the pattern depicted by the
given raw data; more students have been placed in positions towards the beginning and
mid-semester rather than towards the end of the semester. A reason for this is similar to
the reason that is given in the raw data. Students are more inclined to look for internships
towards the beginning and mid-semester to fulfill requirements of courses that require an
internship experience. As the semester comes to an end, students tend to focus themselves
towards academic achievement before searching for more internship opportunities. It can
be predicted that this trend will continue in following semesters.
It should also be taken into consideration that a majority of those who either did not
respond at all to the survey or responded “No,” in answering whether or not the internship
position had been filled, posted on their opportunity on Aztec Career Connections
relatively close to the period of when preliminary emails were sent out. Given the amount
of time, one can infer that there haven’t been enough applicants for the position or that the
application deadline has not yet passed, therefore these companies cannot comment yet on
whether or not an SDSU student has been hired to fill that internship position. One
suggestion for this complication in the survey process may be to allow for a specified
amount of time to pass from the last posting of the month of which bi-monthly surveys are
sent out so that employers can go through the hiring process.
CONCLUSION_________________________________________________________________________________________
In conclusion, data indicates that there is a relationship between the amount of
postings per month and the number of student placements. The time period during the
semester at which an internship is posted also plays a role in the amount of SDSU students
placed in internship opportunities. In order to gain a better idea of trends and
relationships between these variables, the process should be continued. As previously
stated, this is a working document and thus will see additions and improvements to the
methods used to gain better information on student placements, employer postings, and
tracking the number of employers using the Aztec Career Connections website as a
resource for employment.

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