1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a Graduate Assistant to the Marketing Manager & Marketing Director do? |
|
 What field is your job in?
Public Relations & Marketing
|
|
What is your job title?
Graduate Assistant to the Marketing Manager & Marketing Director
|
|
Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
I work at Pepperdine University - Graduate School of Education & Psychology. Basically the marketing department works to promote the school through advertisments, events, public relations events as well as running different researches to try to see where it would be best to expand the school's campuses
|
|
How long have you been employed in this position?
9 months
|
|
How many hours do you work a week on average?
25
|
|
Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
- Run day to day activities in terms of filling out requests and sending branded items out to different parties. Running researches about other schools in the same field. Arrange for meetings. Evaluate proposals from newspapers/magazines/search engines.
|
|
What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
I only worked for a few months in 2006
|
|
What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
10000
|
|
Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
|
|
Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
Well
|
|
|
2. Work environment! |
|
Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
I work with others almost on a daily basis. I love how there's harmony in the entire workplace and it feels like one big family
|
|
Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
|
|
Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
|
|
Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
Office. I like the fact that it's very convenient because it's the same building where I take my classes (I'm a student). I like the setting because it's composed of cubicles but theyre not the chokey ones
|
|
Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
-
1 Income
-
4 Work Environment - co-workers
-
5 Work Environment - supervisors
-
6 Benefits
-
2 Hours
-
7 Level of responsibility
-
3 The actual "work" you do at your job
-
8 Job Title
|
|
3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
|
If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
Be confident and know a little bit about marketing!
|
|
What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
Organizational skills - inventory takes a LOT of organization. Computer skills - MS office & internet applications. Research skills - just know how to research online and in libraries
|
|
Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
Yes
|
|
What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Be creative and put your ideas out there no matter what anyone says. Someone is bound to think they're brilliant!
|
|
In order to view the remaining sections of this questionnaire please
SIGN IN
or
REGISTER HERE
or 
|
