Survey Questions Employment Preference Survey of ALA-Accredited Programs in Texas Ronald D. Pollock Director of Career Services School of Information The University of Texas at Austin

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1. From which university will you graduate?

• Texas Woman's University
• University of North Texas
• The University of Texas at Austin

2. What is your gender?

• Female
• Male

3. What are your general areas of career interest? (You may indicate more than one.)

• Academic libraries (college, university, community college)
• Archives (academic, public, private, state, federal)
• Business services (competitive intelligence, business research, information/knowledge management, information broker, etc.)
• Information science (information architecture, systems design, user interface design, programming, usability research, etc.)
• Learning resources (K-12 libraries, public or private)
• Preservation and conservation (academic, public, private, state, federal)
• Public libraries (city, county, state, federal)
• Records management (academic, business, state, federal)
• Special libraries (law, medical, corporate, research, etc.)
• Technical services (academic or public libraries)
• Web-based (Web architect, Web master, Web page design, Web-based programming, etc.)

4. How do you rate the importance of SALARY when considering a position?

• Not important
• Somewhat important
• Important
• Very important
• Most important

5. How do you rate the importance of GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION when considering a position?

• Not important
• Somewhat important
• Important
• Very important
• Most important

6. How do you rate the importance of WORK ENVIRONMENT when considering a position?

• Not important
• Somewhat important
• Important
• Very important
• Most important

7. How do you rate the importance of CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES when considering a position?

• Not important
• Somewhat important
• Important
• Very important
• Most important

8. How do you rate the importance of the BENEFITS PACKAGE when considering a position?

• Not important
• Somewhat important
• Important
• Very important
• Most important

9. How do you rate the importance of the AREA COST OF LIVING when considering a position?

• Not important
• Somewhat important
• Important
• Very important
• Most important

10. How do you rate the importance of QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY when considering a position?

• Not important
• Somewhat important
• Important
• Very important
• Most important

11. Of all of the following considerations, which do you consider to be the MOST IMPORTANT consideration when deciding to apply for a job?

• Benefits package
• Career development opportunities
• Cost of living of the area
• Geographic location
• Quality of life in the community
• Salary
• Work environment

12. Of all of the following considerations, which do you consider to be the SECOND MOST IMPORTANT consideration when deciding to apply for a job?

• Benefits package
• Career development opportunities
• Cost of living of the area
• Geographic location
• Quality of life in the community
• Salary
• Work environment

13. Of all of the following considerations, which do you consider to be the LEAST IMPORTANT consideration when deciding to apply for a job?

• Benefits package
• Career development opportunities
• Cost of living of the area
• Geographic location
• Quality of life in the community
• Salary
• Work environment

14. What salary do you expect to receive from your first job after graduation?

• Under $20,000
• $20,000 - $24,999
• $25,000 - $29,999
• $30,000 - $34,999
• $35,000 - $39,999
• $40,000 - $44,999
• $45,000 - $49,999
• $50,000 - $54,999
• $55,000 - $59,999
• $60,000 or more

15. Once you accept your first professional position, how many times do you expect to change jobs before you retire/quit? (jobs not within the same organization or system)

• None
• 1 – 2
• 3 – 4
• 5 – 6
•   7 - 8
• More than 8

16. Of the methods listed, which one source is your PREFERRED source for acquiring information about professional position vacancies?

• Campus recruiting visits
• Conference placement centers
• Listserv job announcements
• Newspaper job announcements
• Paper-based announcements in publications other than newspapers
• Web-based general job databases
• Web-based job listings from employers
• Web-based job listings from your school
• Word-of-mouth
• Other

17. Will you seek to become a librarian upon graduation (or remain as a librarian if already in that position)?

• No
• Yes

18. If you answered YES that you will seek to become a librarian, is your ultimate career goal to become the director of a library or a library system?

• No
• Yes

19. Do you think libraries are having difficulty in recruiting librarians today?

• No
• Yes

20. If you answered YES to the previous question, WHY do you think libraries are having the difficulties in recruiting?

21. Do you believe library recruiters understand how to recruit new graduates of LIS programs?

• No
• Yes

22. If you answered NO to the previous question, what do you think recruiters are doing wrong?

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