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Survey

In Feb, 2005, 101 DoIT Academic Staff were sent a web-based on-line survey on professional advancement and career planning goals. 33 respondents filled out the brief questionnaire and provided additional areas of interest for their personal growth within the organization. The survey and its associated results are presented below.

Survey Questions:

1. How many years have you worked for DoIT? <PICK ONE ANSWER>
O 1 - 3 years
O 4 - 10 years
O 11 - 20 years
O over 21 years

2. Please select from the following, which sessions or information you would find valuable to YOUR professional advancement. (The next question will offer you a chance to enter your own ideas/topics.) <MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWERS>

[ ] Understanding Compensation and Benefits
[ ] How to Run a Meeting
[ ] Information on Local Technical Training Opportunities
[ ] Performance Reviews - Understanding and Preparing for
[ ] Career Planning - Where will you be in 3 years...5 years?
[ ] Information on State-Wide Technical Training Opportunities

3. We would like to know what questions you have about your career/position here at DoIT and what kinds of informational sessions you would like to attend. Please list a number of topics you would find useful and attend:
<OPEN ENDED MULTI-LINE RESPONSES>

Survey Results:

Retirement
  • Retirement Planning
  • Preparing for retirement
  • Jobs available AFTER retirement
Leadership
  • What are the Leadership Training opportunities available?
  • Training for Management
Career Planning
  • Having a Career Plan would be very useful to me.
  • Career ladders/opportunities within DoIT and/or the whole campus
  • Mid Career Strategies
  • promotion options
  • Split Assignments
  • How can staff advance in their positions within the organization?
  • Moving into management: pros, cons, how to
  • Planning Professional Development for your Career
  • career planning
  • Transferring positions while retaining part-time status
Benefits
  • compensation and benefits
  • I've been here along time - can I get a rolling horizon? How?
Promotions and Merit Increases
  • Understanding Merit Increases
  • How to push deserving promotions and pay increases when there seems to be no movement
  • Job Title or Prefix review/change process
  • Title classifications and promotion
Performance Reviews
  • Further Revisions to Performance Review Process
Training - General
  • Training opportunities re: Process Improvement
  • Technical training
  • Professional development opportunities (outside of technical training)
  • Ways we can 'train each other' by sharing expertise and knowledge
DoIT Specific
  • A simple organizational chart describing major units and reporting structures
  • Organizational recognition of individual achievements for staff who do great things quietly and in less visible or less sexy areas
  • how to affect DoIT staff policy
  • Keeping up with changes in the organization
  • Seeking project funding within DoIT
  • How do we get to know each other better? Ideas?
  • Working together in collaborative or team settings
Miscellaneous
  • How to prepare today's students for college