NACE 2007 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey - A Report on Key Measures for Experiential Education

Table of Contents

About the Survey

Executive Summary

Internship and Co-op Programs: An Overview 

• Employers With Internship/Co-op Programs
  • Figure 1: Percent of respondents with internship and co-op programs, by sector, region, and overall
• Percent of Hires With Experience
• Measures of Success
  • Figure 2: Success measures for internship programs, overall and by region
  • Figure 3: Success measures for co-op programs, overall and by region

Internship and Co-op Hiring Projections

• Internship Hiring Projections
• Figure 4: Internship hiring expectations, by sector, region, and overall
• Co-op Hiring Projections
• Figure 5: Co-op hiring expectations, by sector, region, and overall

Internship/Co-op Salaries

• Figure 6: Average intern salaries by broad field of study
• Figure 7: Average undergraduate intern salaries by broad field of study and region
• Figure 8: Average undergraduate intern salaries by broad field of study and year of study
• Figure 9: Average intern salaries by major
• Figure 10: Average co-op salaries by broad field of study
• Figure 11: Average undergraduate co-op salaries by broad field of study and region
• Figure 12: Average undergraduate co-op salaries by broad field of study and year of study
• Figure 13: Average co-op salaries by major

Key Measures for Interns and Co-ops

• Conversion Rates
  • Figure 14: Internship conversion rates
  • Figure 15: Co-op conversion rates
  • Figure 16: Internship conversion rates by sector and region
  • Figure 34: Internship conversion rates by employer type
  • Figure 17: Co-op conversion rates by sector and region
• Interns/Co-ops as a Percentage of New College Hires
  • Figure 18: Average percent of total hires from employer's internship program
  • Figure 19: Average percent of total hires from employer's co-op program

Recruiting Interns and Co-op Students

• Recruiting Methods
  • Figure 21: Recruiting methods - interns
  • Figure 22: Recruiting methods - co-ops
• Cycle Time
  • Figure 23: Time to extend offers/time for candidate to accept

Internship/Co-op Benefits

• Figure 24: Intern benefits, overall and by sector
• Figure 25: Intern benefits, by region
• Figure 26: Co-op benefits, overall and by sector
• Figure 27: Co-op benefits, by region
• Figure 28: Relocation assistance offered to interns, overall and by region
• Figure 29: Relocation assistance offered to co-ops, overall and by region

Appendixes

• Appendix A: Respondents by size of entire organization/business unit
• Appendix B: Respondents by sector
• Appendix C: Respondents by organization