Ranking Student Employment Decision Criteria

9 pages•Published: September 25, 2020

James L. Jenkins, Bradley Benhart, Thomas Mills, Matthew Reyes and Keith Rahn

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a recent survey taken by construction management (CM) students at four U.S. Construction Management programs and the construction industry companies that recruit them. Respondents were asked to rate factors that affect the students’ employment decision. Survey results indicate that although industry has a grasp on the top-5 factors of importance there remains some misalignment of other factors of importance. Results indicate the five most important factors when considering employment with a company are: upward job movement, salary, company reputation, company culture, and company ethics. Comparisons between the two surveys are discussed.

Keyphrases: employment, hiring, retention, student survey

In: Tom Leathem (editor). Associated Schools of Construction Proceedings of the 56th Annual International Conference, vol 1, pages 410-418.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/kXrD
	https://doi.org/10.29007/qkqj

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2020:Ranking_Student_Employment_Decision,
  author    = {James L. Jenkins and Bradley Benhart and Thomas Mills and Matthew Reyes and Keith Rahn},
  title     = {Ranking Student Employment Decision Criteria},
  booktitle = {Associated Schools of Construction Proceedings of the 56th Annual International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {1},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/kXrD},
  doi       = {10.29007/qkqj},
  pages     = {410-418},
  year      = {2020}}

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