Recruiter Comments
Career Day 2006 Survey Results
Employer Comments
| Comment | Number of Responses |
| Needs stronger communication skills | 63 |
| Not well prepared for the interview | 32 |
| Isn't clear on personal & career goals | 84 |
| Weak on company info & procedures | 43 |
| Too Nervous. Needs to sell skills better | 69 |
| Talk more about leadership skills | 57 |
| Expand on work experience | 51 |
| Too shy & quiet. Talk more! | 54 |
| Ask recruiter more questions | 57 |
Comments from Recruiters (Positive)
| Comment | Number of Responses |
| Academic Qualifications Excellent | 1 |
| Confidant | 12 |
| Fair interview skills | 3 |
| Friendly | 11 |
| Good/Excellent appearance | 12 |
| Good Communication skills | 28 |
| Good educational background | 1 |
| Good interview skills | 46 |
| Good questions | 16 |
| Good thoughtful questions | 6 |
| Good school and social balance at MTU | 1 |
| Great personality | 6 |
| Great candidate | 14 |
| Very good interview | 11 |
| Enthusiatic | 7 |
| Excellent interview skills | 23 |
| Excellent eye contact | 11 |
| Okay | 1 |
| Passionate about senior project | 1 |
| Perfect | 5 |
| Showed an interest in company | 2 |
| Smiles a lot | 1 |
| Very clear on goals | 2 |
| Very professional | 6 |
| Well spoken | 1 |
| Well prepared | 4 |
Comments from Recruiters (Needs improving)
| Comment | Number of Responses |
| Use last name as well as first name | 1 |
| Appearance/Non professional | 4 |
| talked to much, unorganized thoughts, to much humor | 2 |
| Canned answers | 1 |
| Wait to be asked into the interview room | 1 |
| Not enthusiastic | 4 |
| Not sure what engineering he wants | 1 |
| A bit to nervous | 8 |
| Needs mock interview/practice | 10 |
| needs work on eye contact | 9 |
| needs to listen, more talk-less rambling | 3 |
| needs to work on GPA | 1 |
| needs resume help | 1 |
| Try not to fidget/wiggle hands | 4 |
| Needs leadership skills | 1 |
| Needs co-op experience | 6 |
| To Quiet | 3 |
| To relaxed | 1 |
| Yawned | 1 |
| Weak goals | 6 |
| No interest in Co. | 3 |
| Tired | 1 |
| Covered mouth | 1 |
| Poor eye contact | 5 |
| Did not bring requested paperwork to interview | 4 |
| Swivels in chair | 1 |
| says "um" a lot | 1 |
| Class on resume that was not taken | 1 |
| Concern what Co. can do for her/him | 2 |
| Communication skills lacking, confident in themselves lacking | 2 |
| Needs direction | 1 |
| Stated our company seemed boring | 1 |
| Having trouble finding job & has no real plan on getting one | 1 |
| LATE | 3 |
| NO SHOW | 24 |
| YES | 317 |
| MAYBE | 270 |
| NO | 172 |