Cycle Process
We are excited to collaborate with all our campus partners for a centralized approach to gathering information on our graduating students. It is a multi step process that includes OneIT’s technical expertise, the Career Center’s marketing team, Colleges/Schools/Department professionals, and a group of Peer Pros who conduct research throughout the year!
Career Center Responsibilities:
| Responsibility | Deadline | Notes |
| Ask NDS group for any survey changes needed | July 15 | Campus partners will have the opportunity to adjust supplemental “career related” questions for their department |
| Communicate about survey deployment to deans, academic departments, faculty, staff | November, March | Career Center will send an email that includes a Google Folder of communication materials that can be used to help push out the survey to students |
| Communicate with deans and departments about survey results | February | Survey results will be published for the previous Class 20xx |
| Conduct LinkedIn research | December | If needed, based on survey completion rate |
| Submit COED data to OneIT | November 10 | |
| Research LinkedIn for any gaps in knowledge throughout the process | December/January/Summer | Team of individuals search LinkedIn for more information on any graduates who did not complete a survey |
OneIT Responsibilities:
| Responsibility | Deadline | Notes |
| Implement department/college survey changes | July-October | OneIT will make necessary technical adjustments to the survey based on department requests |
| Download grad application data and push into survey | October (early), March (early) | OneIT preparing the survey link to be seen by only those who are graduating |
| Get final feedback from FDS constituents | October 15 | |
| Deploy NDS survey | November 1 | Class of 20xx survey link is live |
| Produce College of Engineering accreditation report from ACTIVE survey cycle | August | |
| Include clearinghouse data in NDS results | January | |
| Include COED data in NDS results | November | |
| Provide initial information on survey rate and knowledge rate | December 1 | OneIt to provide that information to the Career Center |
| Provide list of survey non-completers (will be a OneIT ticket) – if requested | Early December | Provided to the Career Center and used for LinkedIn research |
| Incorporate Career Center LinkedIn research into survey results | Early January | |
| Finalize results of NDS | February 1 |