Regarding “Beyond finance and consulting” (Monday, Oct. 11, 2010):
This recent editorial contained inaccurate information that serves to create misperceptions among students about the resources and services available to them through Career Services. Although our office provided The Daily Princetonian with statistical information, such as the number of industries represented in TigerTracks, and data from senior survey results over the past three years, none of the information was mentioned in the editorial. The editorial misleadingly implies that post-graduation opportunities are “disproportionately oriented toward” the finance and consulting industries, ignoring the information our office provided that the nonprofit industry has the highest percentage of graduating seniors who accept employment. In fact, this has been the case over the past three graduating classes. Therefore, I feel it is important to address some of the misleading points raised in the editorial:
1. In addition to assisting employers who contact our office directly, Career Services’ employer relations team actively reaches out to develop new relationships with employers across all industries every year. This includes an ongoing effort to cultivate relationships with recruiters, as well as alumni, and to identify a variety of meaningful opportunities for our students. Every effort is made to encourage additional employers to establish a recruiting presence at Princeton and to identify as broad a range of opportunities as possible. Regarding the Editorial Board’s opinion that we should offer an incentive to encourage employers to post more positions: Employers from all industries may post positions for students for free on TigerTracks.
2. Other than finance and consulting, there were employers from 40 industries posting jobs in 2009-10. Here is a sample listed in order by number of job postings: nonprofit, technology, education, communications, engineering, government, law, arts & entertainment, healthcare, environment, retail, life sciences, consumer products, architecture, energy/utilities, manufacturing, research, recreation, biotechnology, social/human services, accounting, fashion, human resources, real estate, pharmaceutical, aviation/aerospace, real estate, construction and insurance.
3. Contrary to what is implied in the editorial, post-graduation opportunities are not “disproportionately oriented toward just two industries.” In terms of the percentage of graduating seniors who accept employment within an industry, the nonprofit industry has the highest percentage. In fact, this has been the case over the past three graduating classes. We provided The Daily Princetonian with a chart to illustrate this, but this information was not included in the editorial.
4. More than half the employers at the general interest career fair were from industries outside finance and consulting. This included employers from the nonprofit, government, international non-governmental organization, communications/media, consumer products, pharmaceutical, education, social services, construction, publishing, marketing, engineering, technology and biotechnology industries. There are three career fairs scheduled during the spring semester: the summer internship fair, the nonprofit fair and the all-Ivy League environmental and sustainable development career fair (held at Columbia University). Before considering another spring career fair, we would have to survey employers regarding their preference for recruiting at this time of year.
5. Career Services plays a large role in assisting students who wish to pursue graduate or professional education. The editorial neglected to mention that Career Services is hosting the annual graduate and professional school fair on Friday, with more than 100 graduate and professional schools from across the country and the world coming to campus to speak with Princeton students about their schools and programs. We also host “Applying to Graduate School” workshops (in collaboration with faculty), assist students with their personal statements and offer a credentials service. It is also important to note that Career Services has a pre-law and business adviser, but that Health Professions Advising is a separate office within the same building.
Beverly Hamilton-Chandler
Director of Career Services
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