THE UNIVESITY OF MICHIGAN INDUSTRY PROGRAM OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ANNUAL REPORT OF ENGINEERING PLACEMENT John G. Youn September, 1961 IP-527

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction..<0ao<eo.oooo ~o O.<.ooO<...~OOoo o.< OO*o o..o....<.. 1 Comments....,......................................... 2 Number of Graduates...o o o... o o..............o o.. 3 Student and Alumni Activity.. 4 Number of Students Interviewing............................. 4 Average Number of Interviews per Student..........*........ 4 Average Number of Plant Visits per Student................. 4 Postgraduate Plans..,.....U....U. U.Uo*U UU.o...oU 4 Number of Alumni Utilizing Placement Service................ 4 Comments.o O e oU Uo Uo U *.... U.. U * U U * U U U U.. U U 4 Employer Activity. o U U.U.o.U..U..U......UU..U..U.UoUU..UU..U.. 5 Number of Employers Scheduling Interview Visits.............. 5 Number of Interview Visits... UU...UoUo..U..UU...UU.....oUU.ao 5 By Industries. UU.. U U U.. * * O o 5 By Size of Employer's Organization...............0.....00.. 6 Number of Offers..00.......o..O,............o...*.......... 6 Average Number of Offers per Student.............00....000.0. 6 Average Number of Plant Visit Invitations per Student......... 6 Number of Employers Requesting Applicants by Mail,.. o.oa a.... 6 Comments..U.,.U........0000,,.0..0..<,.o..U.U...,.............. 6 Starting Salaries Accepted...................................... 00 o 7 Comments,00a.000,~.....00..00000..0....000000 *.000 **00.00 0 7 Positions Acceptedo.000o.0U0oU00U00000U00U00Uo0o.0.....00U00o o. 8 By Location.o,.0.......o 0.....0.............0..00...0000000.0 8 By Type of Work 0......00....... o o..... 0 o *...... o... 8 By Type of Industry.o...,.................................... O 8 By Size of Employer's Organization....... o........ UU..o.....0o 8 Comments........... a............ aa............O... 9 ii

ENGINEERING PLACEMENT 1960-'61 The market for our engineering graduates again continued to be strong this year with a larger number of employers completing approximately the same number of interview visits and a "normal" increase in starting salaries. The year was distinguished, however, by a noticeable decline in recruiting intensity during the school year as evidenced by a higher rate of visit cancellations during the spring than in the fall, by the failure of starting salaries to rise between fall and spring as has occured during the past several years, and by the smaller number and lateness of offers in the spring compared to the fall. The major reason for the apparent decline noted above is believed to be increasing pressure from management for a higher degree of cost efficiency in recruiting rather than a decrease in the number of requirements for technical graduates. A number of the largest employers report reducing the number of schools visited this year by 25% to as much as 50% compared to the preceding several years. At the same time they seem to be concentrating more intense effort on the schools which have been most productive. This has been evidenced in our college by an increasing number of "pre-interview" visits to make contact with candidates before the regular interview visit and by more "follow-up" visits to continue contact with those to whom offers have been made and even to contact additional candidates. This trend has resulted in increasing demands on the placement office to furnish more information concerning available graduates, and strong pressure has developed for extending procedures -1

-2 similar to those which have been established for PhD candidates to the BS and MS level. Such procedures have been extended on a limited experimental basis during the past two years with apparently beneficial results to students as well as to employers and it is expected that further extensions will be made, Two trends are considered noteworthy in more limited areas. The first is the apparent decline in the proportion of students electing Chemical Engineering in spite of the fact that more than twice as many employers from the chemical industry made recruiting visits than from any other industry. The second is that a larger proportion of our graduates than ever before are starting their employment on the East or West coast rather than the Midwest. The balance between East and West also shifted to the West as compared with last year. COMMENTS (See Table on following page.) For the second consecutive year, the total number of graduates increased by only 3%o The only major program to show an increasing trend over the past several years is Electrical, and the only one to show a decline is Chemical. In recent years there has been no change in the proportion of graduates at each degree level or in the proportion in each class (Feb., June, and August)

-3 NUMBER OF GRADUATES L B. S M, S. PH D. TOTAL IN TOTAL % EACH CLASS IN IN PROGRAM EACH EACH PROG. PROG. Aug Feb Jun Aug Feb Jun Feb Jun Aug Feb Jun'60 61 61'6'61'61 61'61'60'61 161 Aeronautical 4 15 30 236 1 2 27 2 47 9 9% Chemical_10 14 14 8 9 12 12 6 18 35 32 85 8% Civil 10 24 33 14 17 21 1 1 24 42 55 121 12 Electrical 24 7152 9 22 35 6 33 99 93 225 22 Engrg. Math __ _ 1 9 14 33 56 5 Engrg. Mech. __ 7 3 2 4 112 2 2 11 16 29 3% Engrg. Physics 2 3 7 2 3 7 12 1% Industrial 4 19 26 4 1 2 1 8 20 29 57 6o Instrumentation __ 10 6 13 1 10 6 14 30 3% Materials 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 7 1% Mechanical 24 49 55 9 11 21 6 1 3 66 77 17 17 Metallurgical 1 3 16 1 2 2 2 1 2_ 19 28 3o Meteorology 2 2_ 2 __ Nav. Arch. _ 6_ 13 1 3 _77 10o 20 37 4% Nuclear- _ 10 5 16 2 210 7 18 35 3 Science __2 11 15 __.. 2 11 15 28 3 Program Unknown. 3 - 3 3 TOTALS IN EACH CLASS 97 239 302 92 86 160 31 21 189 356 48 1028 100% % IN EACH CLASS 1 I 15%1 38%47% 27%125% 48% 60%140% 118%35%147% TOTALS AT EACH DEGREE LEVEL I 638 338 52 100% 1028 % AT EACH DEGREE LEVEL 62% 33%5 5% lOO%

-4 STUDENT AND ALUMNI ACTIVITY NUMBER OF STUDENTS INTERVIEWING Citizens* for Regular Employment Citizens for Summer Employment Non-citizens Totals NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED I FOR REGULAR EMPLOYMENT By Engineers, citizens By Engineers, non-citizens By Non-engineers FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT MS BS PhD Total 413 281 67 190 58 75 74 25 25 677 364 167 761 -; 23 124 Spring 1208 Total Fall L865 564 97 106 2993 487 160 826 4858 1051 257 932 Totals 2632 4466 7098 AVERAGE NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS per Citizen Accepting Regular Employment AVERAGE NUMBER OF PLANT VISITS per Citizen Accepting Regular Employment POSTGRADUATE PLANS REPORTED BY CITIZENS BS _ MS BS MS PhD Total 9.8 8.7 8.6 9.4 BS MS I PhD Total Total 1.9 7.2 2.5 PhD Total _ ____2-'- --— No % No. 4% No. _% No. To Accept Reg. Emplm't. 221 57 72 41 16 59 309 52 o Continue School 119 31 71 40 8 30 198 34 To Military Service 48 12 34 19 3 11 85 14 _Totals 588 100 -177 100 27 100 592 100 NUMBER OF ALUMNI UTILIZING PLACEMENT SERVICE.. 0........ 0 0... 131 *"Citizen" and "Non-citizen" refers to U.S. citizenship. Most noncitizens are available for temporary "practical training" employment only, usually for 18 months following graduation. COMMENTS The total number of students interviewing returned to the previous high reached in 1957-'58, and was 14% above last year.

-5The total number of interviews conducted was down as a result of a decrease of about 10% in the average number of interviews per student. The average number of plant visits per student declined from 3.3 last year to 2.5 this year, probably as a result of fewer visit invitations being extended (see next section). The proportion of graduates accepting regular employment declined to 52% from the 62% and 61% of the past two years, and the proportion returning to school increased to 34% from 26% and 23%. The proportion going to military service has shown no change during the past four years. The number of alumni using placement service increased to nearly the high reached in the recession year of 1957-'58. EMPLOYER ACTIVITY NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS SCHEDULING INTERVIEW VISITS Fall Spring Total 333 381 473* NUMBER OF INTERVIEW VISITS Visits Visits Visits BY INDUSTRIES Scheduled Canceled Completed No. %o Aircraft and Missiles 84 8 76 13 Electrical Products 108 27 81 14 Chemical Products 232 33 199 33 Food 16 5 11 2 Automotive and Parts 10 3 7 1 Other Mechanical Products 96 21 75 13 Heavy Machinery & Equip. 18 5 13 2 Steel & Metallurgical 37 11 26 4 Construction, inc. Shipbldg. 9 2 7 1 Utilities, inc. Transp. 35 9 26 4 State & Local Gov't. 9 2 7 1 Federal Gov't. 55 14 41 7 Education and Research Related to Education 20 2 18 3 Consulting Engineers r 14 4 10 2 Total 74 146 97 100 This total is the number of separate employers who scheduled visits during the year. Since 241, or more than half, of these scheduled more than one visit, this total is not equal to the sum of the numbers of employers for fall and spring.

-6 BY SIZE OF EMPLOYER'S ORGANIZATION Large (Over 5000 employees) Medium (Between 500-5000 employees) Small (less than 500 employees) AVERAGE NUMBER OF OFFERS PER CITIZEN ACCEPTING REGULAR EMPLOYMENT Visits Scheduled No. % 477 64 223 30 43 6 743 100 BS MS I PhD I Total 3.11 4.51 5.6 3.5 AVERAGE NUMBER OF PLANT VISIT INVITA- BS MS PhD Total TIONS PER CIT. ACC. REG. EMP. 2.7 4.2 9.6 3.4 NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS REQUESTING APPLICANTS BY MAIL Students for Regular Employment..**..,.,,..v,...o.....o o 185 Students for Summer and Part-time...,.oao....o......oaooa 21 Alumni with Experience..o,.. *.... *..... oo.... ooo,....oa 536 COMMENTS The number of employers scheduling interview visits continued the increase of last year, and was only 4% less than the high of 1957-'58. The number of interview visits scheduled reached an all-time high which was 7% higher than last year, but cancellations were nearly as high as in 1957-'58 so that the number of completed visits was almost exactly the same as last year. The proportion of cancellations was about 17% in the Fall and 22% in the Spring. One third of the completed interview visits were made by the chemical industries, whereas the electrical, aircraft and missile, and mechanical industries accounted for about 14% each. Nearly two-thirds of the completed interview visits were made by large companies with only 6% by companies with less than 500 employees. The average number of offers per student declined from 5.2 last year to 35.5 this year and the average number of plant visit invitations

-7 declined from 5.0 to 3.4. The number of employers requesting graduates by mail declined 31% for new graduates and 16% for experienced alumni. STARTING SALARIES ACCEPTED (By Citizens for Regular Employment) Program BS MS PhD No. Aver. No. Aver. No. Aver. Aeronautical 17 $557 7 $715 1 $917 Chemical 14 545 9 657 9 807 Civil 29 518 7 564 Electrical 69 550 15 686 2 838 Engineering Mechanics 3 584, 2 763 Industrial 11 540 2 611 Instrumentation 8 711 Mathematics 7 504 Mechanical 46 546 12 644 2 867 Metallurgical 4 581 1 630 2 800 Naval Arch. & Marine 6 562 1 550 Nuclear 7 651 Physics 2 570 Science 5 508 Combined 6 560 1 655 Total 220 --- 72 --- 16 --- Average --- $540 -- $663 -- $824 --........~~~~~~J!. COMMENTS Starting salaries increased about 3% this year which is about the same as for the past several years; however, the increase this year came in the fall rather than the spring, and the average of spring offers actually reduced the overall average for the year. After running slightly behind Electricals for the past two years, Aero. and Astro. graduates again reported the highest average of the major programs.

-8 POSITIONS ACCEPTED (By Citizens for Regular Employment) BY LOCATION (302 reported) BY TYPE OF WORK (308 reported) Michigan Other Midwest East West Other 31 13 24 28 4 100 Training Program Research & Development Design or Systems Engrg. Operations or Production Sales Teaching 37 32 19 9 1 2 100 BY TYPE (310 OF INDUSTRY reported) Manufacturing Aircraft & Missiles Electrical Products Chemical Products Food Automotive & Parts Other Mechanical Products Heavy Machinery & Equip. Steel & Metallurgical Services i 29 15 13 0 9 3 2 4 75 Construction, inc. Shipbldg. Utilities, inc. Transport. Consulting Engineering State & Local Gov't. Federal Gov't. Education or Research Related to Education 5 3 4 3 5 5 25 25 BY SIZE OF EMPLOYER'S ORGANIZATION (311 reported) Large (More than 5000 Employees) Medium (Between 500-5000 Employees) Small (Less than 500 Employees) No. % 188 61 95 30 28 9 311 100

-a COMMENTS The proportion of graduates starting work in Michigan and the Midwest declined from 60% last year to 44% this year with a proportionate increase from 355 to 52% in the proportion going to the East and West Coastso The proportion of graduates starting in training programs rather than direct assignments continued to increase this year and has more than tripled in the past four yearso The proportion of graduates starting in the Aircraft and Electrical industries continued a several-year trend to increase, mainly at the expense of the Chemical industry. The proportion of graduates starting with large organizations increased over last year, but is still substantially less than the previous two years