Your complete guide to local career and education • Fall 2019
CAREER & EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITIES Special Supplement to The Glendale Star and Peoria Times
INSIDE This Issue
NEW ACADEMY ... 4 Academy of Math and Science boasts language and music programs
PEORIA CHAMBER ........................... 7 The Peoria Chamber of Commerce is getting back to the basic ABCs
DESERT DIAMOND WEST .................. 8 Casino is hiring 1,300 employees
Study: Many millennials feel unprepared for employment BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI
A new survey measuring the pulse of millennial college graduates reveals key insights into their level of satisfaction with their academic experience and preparation for careers. While most highly value their college education and degree, 40% wish they had done more to prepare for their careers during college. The Millennial College Graduate Report was directed by Dr. Larry Chiagouris, author of “The Secret to Getting a Job After College” and a leading national authority on marketing, higher education and employment. The study found a majority of college graduates value the education that they received. Most also report their degrees prepared them for employment and they would not change the decision they made to attend college. However, the survey does reveal that a sizable minority hold less than positive views, which indicate there is more work to be done by colleges and students to obtain greater career-related value from their education. In many instances, millennials acknowledge their own culpability in not taking more advantage of career services, advice from professors and internships. The survey was conducted among 1,023 millennial college graduates. Key findings include: Two-thirds of respondents agreed that obtaining a degree prepared them for employment and about 61% would recommend the college that they graduated from to friends or colleagues. However, more than 33% of the respondents agreed that their college overpromised and under delivered how well pre-
pared they would be for employment after graduation. The responsibility for career progress, or lack of it, also resides with the graduates. Only about half of respondents made extensive efforts to seek career advice from their professors and only 40% fully utilized the services offered to them through their college/university career services department. 58% stated that they wish they had taken more advantage of internship opportunities during their college years and 69% admitted they did not do enough career planning before accepting their first job. “While the majority of recent college Varsity Facility Services is hiring part-time and full-time janitorial positions for offices in the City of Glendale.
graduates believe that their education brought them value in obtaining employment, there remains a large minority that hold some reservations about the career preparation aspect,” Chiagouris said. “If you consider that most companies would not be pleased to learn that more than a third of their customer base holds some form of negative perception, it’s clear that there is a path to improvement in this area.” The Millennial College Graduate Report was conducted during September and October 2019 and included 1,023 respondents who qualified as millennials with college degrees.
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