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Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Employer Survey 2006

Instructions:
Please tell us about your organization and its experience with USU graduates.
Once all responses have been marked, click on “SUBMIT” at the bottom of the page.

Importance of Above 25 Items
Please take a moment to review the 25 items above, then list by item number the five skills or abilities that are most important to your organization.
Five Most Important Items by Number (Order does not matter)

Thank you for completing this portion of the survey. If you would like to submit the survey now, please click this link: End Survey. If you have the time to give us specific feedback and suggestions on our program, please answer the nine questions below. We appreciate your help.

Other Skills Are there any other skills or abilities we should be assessing but are not. Please list them:
Understand World of Work Do our graduates have a realistic understanding of the world of work? Please explain.	Yes No
Graduates What do you like about USU graduates?
Recruiting What leads you to recruit from us?
Program Strengths What are the strengths of our programs?
Program Strengths Are there exceptional programs or faculty that you would like to mention?
Improvement How can we improve? Are there any programs, courses or areas of concentration that you feel we lack?
Employee Information Would you please provide employee(s) name, job positions and salaries of our recent graduates? The Dean’s Office will keep any data provided confidential.
Feedback Is there anything else about your experience recruiting from USU or hiring our graduates, that you would like to tell us?

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Dean’s Office
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USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
3500 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322–3500

Location: Business 202
Phone: 435.797.8185
Fax: 435.797.3929
Email: Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
Website: Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Website

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Industry What is your principal industry? Please select one.	Professional Services Retail Financial Manufacturing Education Government Health Care Not-for-Profit Other
Operations Which of the following best describes your organization's operations? Please select one.	Multinational National Regional Statewide Local
Employees Approximately how many people are employed at your place of business?
Alumni Employed Approximately how many USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business alumni are employed in your place of business?
Recent Alumni Employed Approximately how many USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business alumni do you employ at your place of business who have graduated in the past two years?
Languages Would it be useful to have business graduates with foreign language skills?	Yes No
Which Languages Which languages are useful? Please click all that apply.	Spanish Portuguese Chinese Japanese Korean German French Russian Other
Programs From which USU business degree programs do you primarily recruit?	Bachelors Masters
Majors From which USU business degree programs do you primarily recruit? Select all that apply.	Accounting Business Administration Management Information Systems Economics Finance Human Resource Management Management Marketing Production/Operations Management

For each of the 25 items listed below, please rate your overall experience with Utah State University students that you have hired within the past three years. Please select the number that best corresponds with your assessment: 1 being poor and 5 being excellent.
Please rate our graduates' skills and abilities in these 25 areas	1- Poor .......................... 5 - Excellent
1. Coherent and persuasive communicator	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
2. Writing skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
3. Oral presentation skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
4. Legal awareness	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
5. Honesty/Integrity/Ethical behavior	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
6. Quantitative skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
7. Computer skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
8. Ability to use information technology	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
9. International business perspective	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
10. Financial analysis skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
11. Economic principles understanding	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
12. Marketing understanding	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
13. Production management understanding	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
14. Leadership	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
15. Teamwork skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
16. Interpersonal skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
17. Analytical skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
18. Complex reasoning skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
19. Decision making skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
20. Motivation/Initiative	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
21. Flexibility/Adaptability	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
22. Organizational skills	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
23. Work ethic	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
24. Self-confidence	N/A 1 2 3 4 5
25. Overall, compared to graduates from other institutions, how do USU business graduates perform?	N/A 1 2 3 4 5