More contract
work, self-employment and vocationally-related volunteer work are
just some of the employment trends indicated by Lethbridge Community
Colleges 1998 Completers Survey.
The Completers
Survey is an annual poll of more than 1,500 graduates and completers
of LCC credit programs. Since 1979, the survey has measured the
grads performance after College activity employment,
further education or other. Over a three week period each year,
hundreds of graduates are contacted by telephone interviewers.
In the 1998
report more than 1,000 grads were contacted about their activity
in the six months following completion of their studies:
- 71% were
employed and 18% were engaged in further education within six
months of completion. 7% were unemployed but seeking work and
4% reported not seeking any kind of employment.
- 48% of respondents
reported that their employment was directly related to their education
and 17% said it was generally related.
- of the 334
who reported they were continuing their education, 188 are returning
to LCC for that additional training.
Doug Patching,
Chair of Counselling Services and author of the Completers
Survey, says that many of the employment trends occurring in the
rest of the country are reflected in the LCC Survey.
Multi-tasking
is a reality, many graduates are working and studying or working
multiple jobs, says Patching. More are employed in contract
and term positions or self-employed. Also, this is first year we
measured vocationally related volunteer work, and in the future
we hope to use the numbers to support the idea that volunteerism
relates to the type and level of employment.
|
Program
|
Total
Grads
|
Employed
in Field
|
Employed
Out of Field
|
Engaged
in further Study
|
Average
Monthly Salary
|
Agricultural
Technology |
34
|
24
|
7
|
4
|
$2,006
|
Ag / Heavy
Duty Mech. |
43
|
33
|
4
|
2
|
$1,905
|
Applied
Conservation Enforcement (Degree) |
25
|
19
|
2
|
-
|
$2,648
|
Automotive
Service Tech. |
13
|
9
|
2
|
2
|
$2,200
|
Business
Administration |
127
|
73
|
24
|
66
|
$1,753
|
Child &
Youth Care |
34
|
29
|
4
|
7
|
$1,861
|
Civil Engineering
Tech. |
19
|
14
|
2
|
-
|
$2,900
|
Communication
Arts |
49
|
31
|
12
|
11
|
$1,965
|
Computer
Information Technology |
11
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
$2,023
|
Cooking |
26
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
$1,554
|
Criminal
Justice |
84
|
43
|
20
|
40
|
$1,837
|
Early Childhood
Education |
41
|
23
|
1
|
18
|
$1,511
|
Electron
ics Engineering technology |
7
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
$2,027
|
Electronics
Technician |
35
|
8
|
20
|
6
|
$2,008
|
Engineering
Design and Drafting Tech. |
20
|
18
|
-
|
4
|
$2,133
|
Environmental
Science |
93
|
30
|
15
|
55
|
$2,308
|
Fashion
Design and Merchandising |
39
|
9
|
11
|
20
|
$2,030
|
General
Studies |
52
|
7
|
17
|
42
|
$1,660
|
Information
Specialist |
73
|
44
|
11
|
1
|
$1,420
|
Irrigation
Technology |
4
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
$1,950
|
Manufacturing
Process Technology |
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
N/A
|
Multimedia
Production |
18
|
14
|
2
|
4
|
$2,075
|
Nursing |
15
|
14
|
-
|
1
|
$2,848
|
Personal
Care Aide |
39
|
24
|
8
|
6
|
$1,368
|
Professional
Golf Management |
17
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
$1,848
|
Recreation
Facility Operations |
8
|
5
|
-
|
5
|
N/A
|
Rehabilitation
Services |
17
|
15
|
-
|
2
|
$1,547
|
Therapeutic
Recreation |
9
|
7
|
2
|
2
|
N/A
|
Travel
and Tourism |
72
|
24
|
24
|
21
|
$1,179
|
Unit Clerk
Training |
16
|
12
|
2
|
3
|
$1,487
|
Total |
1043
|
580
|
192
|
317
|
$1,892
|
|