To: Rachel Eddens, Senior Career Counselor, Alumni Career Services
Jamie Belinne, Executive Director, Bauer College of Business
Re: Experienced Alumni Career Conference
On behalf of the SeasonedPRO team, I want to thank University of Houston and Bauer College of Business for partnering with us to produce an Experienced Alumni Recruitment & Career Conference, held at University of Houston Alumni Facility on November 17 & 18, 2006.
Here are the highlights:
Paid Attendees
Unique Attendee Paid Registrations: 92
78% registered within three weeks prior to the event
6% of total registrations were walk-ins
Approximately 25, no-cost coaching sessions were provided.
Percentage of attendees authorizing SeasonedPRO to exchange emails: 66%
Attendee and employer phone call inquiries: 175
Conference Attendee Evaluations
89% rated the Friday overall conference as either Meeting or Exceeding their expectations
92% rated the Saturday overall conference as either Meeting or Exceeding their expectations
For both Friday and Saturday, 100% of the attendees responding to the survey would "Recommend This Conference to Others."
Attendee survey responses rated all the speakers as "Good" or "Excellent" with a score of 85% or more with the exception of one.
100% of the attendee survey responses indicated that the topics offered should be included in future conferences with a score of either "Absolutely" or "Yes" with the exception of one.
Attendee Demographics
Education:
5% of the attendees earned less than a Bachelor's Degree
41% earned a Bachelor's Degree
54% of the attendees indicated they had advanced degrees
Average Year of Graduation: 1993
51% had less than 20 years of experience
58% indicated they were employed full time
Many fields of work were represented with these fields being most represented in descending order: Management, Marketing, Consulting, Sales, Finance and Information Tech.
E-mail announcement from University of Houston and Bauer College Of Business:71%
UH/Bauer Web Site: 2%
Referral from a Friend, family, or business associate: 17%
Other: 10%
Sponsoring Employers (Roundtables, Conference Branding or Media)
Administaff
Baker Hughes
Bank of New York
BMC Software
CapRock Communications
Clear Channel
ERGOS Technology
FBI
FMC Technologies
HR Houston
INTEC Engineering
Manhattan Resources
MCFA
Olshan
Oracle
Siegfried Group
Sysco
UHY Advisors
Wood Mackenzie
ZoomInfo
We appreciate the opportunity to provide the University of Houston Alumni Organization and the Bauer College of Business with an outsourcing service to reinforce your school's commitment to providing alumni with life-long services of meaningful value.
Very truly yours, Richard Katz
President and CEO
cc: University of Houston and Bauer College of Business Staff
