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Xtreme Beginnings 2007 Evaluations
Employment Fair Participants Comments
Adult volunteers completed this questionnaire (PDF 100 KB) at the end of Xtreme Beginnings.
Was the program worthwhile?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 0 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 (excellent) | 12 |
If so how?
- Great opportunity to meet students and preview visibility for our company.
- I spoke directly with 48 students and was able to evaluate their needs and point them in the right directions.
- Contacts made with area schools for us to reach out to for recruiting.
- To show what we have to offer the students.
- Variety of students.
- We hoped to have more students interested in full time opportunities after high school.
- Good interaction with the students.
- The opportunity to speak with students and other business professionals was great.
- Networking.
- Students were energetic and well composed. I had a wonderful time talking to all. I made lots of connections for future job fairs.
- Too many undecided students.
- Students were interested in the employers.
What would make the program even better?
- Health snacks
- Turn off that stupid PA system
- Give vendors a schedule
- More students interested in full time positions.
- Could not be better.
- Loved the round tables and practice interviews.
- Better directions on how students were to flow through the job fair
- More students and longer time slots.
- Wonderful. One of the best I have been to.
- Give students more time to visit each employer.
Was the necessary tables/equipment available?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4 (excellent) | 19 |
How would you rate the facility?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 (excellent) | 17 |
Did you receive the correct amount of communication about the program in a timely manner?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 (excellent) | 16 |
- Email correspondence did not have a physical address
- Needed to know the schedule of events
- A little confused about what we were to do.
Was this a good use of your time?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 0 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 (excellent) | 13 |
- Yes, able to get the word out that we need people.
- Good prospects
- Needed more teachers to speak with
- Nice to speak with the students about career pathways.
- Yes, spoke with a lot of students.
- Absolutely
- Lots of potential applicants, Great connection with other professionals.
- Met future employees.
Were the students well prepared?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 0 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 (excellent) | 15 |
- 25% yes, 75% no
- Seemed to be a little lost
Can you suggest any additional topics for future seminars for students?
- This event should be done in the fall not the spring.
- Job shadowing
- Career Readiness (basic universal employment skills and education on the different generations in the workplace.
- Besides mock interviews, have students learn from employers what it takes to be successful in the workplace-how to advance.
- Different colors in the roundtable room to more easily identify where students were to report.
Would you do this again?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|
| No | 1 |
| Yes | 21 |
- No, we wanted students that wanted to enter the workforce and that is not who came to our table.
- Yes, had the chance to talk to some bright potential employees.
- I had a great time myself speaking with future professionals.
- Very productive.
- It was good to talk with the students.
- Beneficial.
Any additional comments?
- Don't want just students that only want summer employment.
- Some students only stayed in our area the entire time.
- Loved it.
- Great job.
- Would have helped if we had help to bring in our materials.
- Great coffee.
- No PA in the outer room.
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