2020 Student Exit Survey Results for the Public Service by Question 15. Including your current student work term, please provide the total number of student work terms you have worked in your current department or agency.

The results of the 2020 Student Exit Survey are presented according to the numerical order of questions, grouped by section theme as they appeared in the questionnaire. Results are not shown when there is no historical comparison, or when there is an insufficient number of responses.

Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. The results have been grouped by summing the responses to the two most positive or two least negative answers and summing the responses to the two least positive or two most negative answers in the response scale. These grouped responses, Most positive/Least negative answers and Least positive/Most negative answers, are calculated by removing the "Don't know" and "Not applicable" responses from the total responses.

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2. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about the application process for your current student job. a. It was easy to get information about the student employment program/process.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	33	41	10	9	3	1	3	77	13	2013
2020	2 student work terms	31	42	11	8	3	1	4	77	12	1069
2020	3 student work terms	27	42	10	11	3	1	6	74	15	457
2020	4 student work terms	27	39	10	11	4	1	8	72	16	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	28	35	10	14	3	2	8	70	19	330
2019	1 student work term	25	44	13	13	3	1	2	71	16	3876
2019	2 student work terms	25	40	12	14	5	1	3	68	19	985
2019	3 student work terms	27	38	11	16	3	1	4	69	20	437
2019	4 student work terms	21	43	10	17	3	1	5	69	21	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	16	41	15	16	5	1	5	62	22	279
2018	1 student work term	24	43	13	14	3	1	2	69	18	4186
2018	2 student work terms	24	43	11	13	3	1	4	71	18	1141
2018	3 student work terms	25	40	11	16	2	1	4	69	19	447
2018	4 student work terms	26	38	13	15	3	0	5	68	19	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	21	39	13	14	5	1	7	65	21	319
2017	1 student work term	21	46	13	13	3	1	3	70	17	3399
2017	2 student work terms	21	46	10	13	3	1	6	72	17	815
2017	3 student work terms	19	43	13	15	5	1	4	66	21	351
2017	4 student work terms	22	41	13	17	4	1	2	66	21	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	22	40	12	19	5	1	2	63	25	311

2. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about the application process for your current student job. b. The application process was clear and easy to understand.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	46	36	7	6	2	0	3	85	8	2004
2020	2 student work terms	44	36	7	5	2	0	5	85	8	1064
2020	3 student work terms	41	37	8	7	1	0	6	83	9	456
2020	4 student work terms	34	39	9	8	2	1	8	80	11	372
2020	5 or more student work terms	36	38	7	7	3	1	9	81	11	328
2019	1 student work term	39	39	8	9	3	0	2	80	12	3863
2019	2 student work terms	36	41	8	9	3	0	3	79	13	979
2019	3 student work terms	35	42	8	10	2	0	4	80	12	439
2019	4 student work terms	32	40	8	11	3	0	5	77	14	301
2019	5 or more student work terms	24	41	11	15	2	1	6	71	18	278
2018	1 student work term	37	40	9	10	3	0	2	78	13	4173
2018	2 student work terms	38	37	8	9	3	1	4	79	13	1140
2018	3 student work terms	34	40	8	12	2	0	4	78	14	447
2018	4 student work terms	35	38	8	10	3	0	5	77	15	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	26	40	9	14	3	1	7	71	19	316
2017	1 student work term	35	41	8	10	3	0	2	79	13	3389
2017	2 student work terms	29	40	9	11	4	1	6	74	16	808
2017	3 student work terms	29	39	10	13	4	1	4	71	18	350
2017	4 student work terms	30	40	9	13	5	1	3	72	19	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	25	39	9	19	5	0	2	65	25	310

2. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about the application process for your current student job. c. I was provided with sufficient information about the job prior to applying for the position.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	32	36	11	13	6	0	3	70	19	2008
2020	2 student work terms	35	34	12	11	6	0	3	71	17	1066
2020	3 student work terms	33	35	11	11	4	0	5	72	16	457
2020	4 student work terms	23	30	12	14	11	0	9	59	28	372
2020	5 or more student work terms	28	30	13	14	8	0	8	63	23	330
2019	1 student work term	21	33	13	20	10	0	2	55	31	3877
2019	2 student work terms	25	31	12	20	9	0	3	58	30	983
2019	3 student work terms	26	31	10	18	9	0	5	61	29	438
2019	4 student work terms	22	32	14	16	10	1	7	57	28	301
2019	5 or more student work terms	19	27	19	18	10	0	6	49	30	278
2018	1 student work term	20	34	14	18	11	0	2	55	30	4183
2018	2 student work terms	25	33	13	16	9	0	3	60	27	1143
2018	3 student work terms	23	34	11	19	7	0	5	61	28	447
2018	4 student work terms	24	33	11	15	11	0	5	60	28	345
2018	5 or more student work terms	22	25	13	22	10	1	7	52	35	318

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? a. Gaining work experience in my field of study
Survey year	Demographic	Very important (%)	Fairly important (%)	Somewhat important (%)	Slightly important (%)	Not at all important (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	68	15	8	4	3	0	2	85	7	2014
2020	2 student work terms	64	15	9	5	5	0	2	81	10	1066
2020	3 student work terms	56	17	11	6	7	0	2	75	13	456
2020	4 student work terms	53	21	11	6	6	1	2	76	12	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	55	18	12	5	8	0	3	75	13	329
2019	1 student work term	67	18	7	3	4	0	2	86	7	3890
2019	2 student work terms	69	18	6	2	3	0	2	88	6	986
2019	3 student work terms	61	21	9	3	4	0	2	84	8	440
2019	4 student work terms	63	18	7	4	6	0	2	84	9	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	56	19	11	5	8	0	2	76	13	278
2018	1 student work term	65	19	7	3	4	0	2	86	7	4187
2018	2 student work terms	59	21	7	5	6	0	2	82	11	1142
2018	3 student work terms	56	21	7	4	8	0	4	81	12	447
2018	4 student work terms	63	17	6	5	5	0	3	83	10	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	50	22	9	4	11	0	4	75	16	319

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? b. Job location
Survey year	Demographic	Very important (%)	Fairly important (%)	Somewhat important (%)	Slightly important (%)	Not at all important (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	29	29	21	10	6	3	61	17	2002
2020	2 student work terms	36	29	20	9	5	1	66	14	1066
2020	3 student work terms	41	28	19	8	3	2	70	11	457
2020	4 student work terms	39	35	15	6	4	1	75	10	372
2020	5 or more student work terms	43	30	15	5	6	1	73	11	330
2019	1 student work term	35	39	14	6	5	0	75	11	3876
2019	2 student work terms	41	37	13	5	4	0	78	10	982
2019	3 student work terms	44	39	11	4	2	0	83	6	439
2019	4 student work terms	44	42	8	4	3	1	86	6	302
2019	5 or more student work terms	48	31	11	5	4	1	80	9	278
2018	1 student work term	35	40	14	6	5	0	75	11	4180
2018	2 student work terms	40	37	11	6	4	1	78	10	1135
2018	3 student work terms	40	38	13	5	4	0	78	9	446
2018	4 student work terms	45	37	10	4	3	0	82	8	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	48	35	8	5	4	0	83	9	318

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? c. Establishing contacts and networking opportunities for future work in the federal public service
Survey year	Demographic	Very important (%)	Fairly important (%)	Somewhat important (%)	Slightly important (%)	Not at all important (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	50	26	14	6	2	0	0	78	8	2012
2020	2 student work terms	52	26	11	7	3	0	1	79	10	1068
2020	3 student work terms	51	23	14	7	3	0	1	75	11	458
2020	4 student work terms	49	27	14	6	5	0	1	76	11	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	55	24	11	5	4	1	0	81	9	330
2019	1 student work term	53	31	10	4	3	0	0	84	6	3881
2019	2 student work terms	53	31	10	3	2	0	0	85	5	981
2019	3 student work terms	56	30	6	4	3	0	0	87	7	440
2019	4 student work terms	59	26	6	4	3	0	1	86	7	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	50	34	9	4	2	0	1	85	5	276
2018	1 student work term	55	30	9	3	2	0	0	85	5	4181
2018	2 student work terms	53	32	8	3	3	0	1	86	6	1139
2018	3 student work terms	52	30	8	4	5	0	0	82	9	448
2018	4 student work terms	54	28	10	4	4	0	0	82	8	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	50	29	13	4	4	0	0	79	8	319

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? d. Timing of the job offer
Survey year	Demographic	Very important (%)	Fairly important (%)	Somewhat important (%)	Slightly important (%)	Not at all important (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	41	31	16	7	3	1	2	74	10	2013
2020	2 student work terms	43	31	14	5	4	1	1	76	10	1068
2020	3 student work terms	46	30	12	7	2	0	3	78	9	458
2020	4 student work terms	44	30	16	6	1	1	2	76	8	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	44	31	13	5	3	1	4	78	8	329
2019	1 student work term	47	33	13	3	2	0	2	81	5	3877
2019	2 student work terms	49	31	13	3	3	0	1	81	6	984
2019	3 student work terms	54	31	8	2	3	0	1	86	5	439
2019	4 student work terms	56	27	9	3	2	0	3	85	6	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	46	30	15	4	3	0	3	77	7	277
2018	1 student work term	46	34	13	3	3	0	1	81	6	4183
2018	2 student work terms	49	30	14	3	3	0	2	80	6	1141
2018	3 student work terms	48	33	12	3	2	0	1	83	5	445
2018	4 student work terms	48	35	13	2	2	0	1	83	4	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	48	33	9	4	4	0	2	83	8	319

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? e. Salary
Survey year	Demographic	Very important (%)	Fairly important (%)	Somewhat important (%)	Slightly important (%)	Not at all important (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	20	29	28	15	7	1	49	22	2007
2020	2 student work terms	25	32	24	13	5	0	58	18	1066
2020	3 student work terms	32	35	20	9	4	1	67	13	456
2020	4 student work terms	28	34	22	11	5	0	62	16	372
2020	5 or more student work terms	32	34	21	6	5	1	67	11	329
2019	1 student work term	29	40	20	6	4	1	70	10	3869
2019	2 student work terms	29	43	18	6	4	1	72	9	986
2019	3 student work terms	39	39	14	5	2	1	79	7	437
2019	4 student work terms	39	42	11	6	2	0	81	8	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	43	39	11	3	3	1	84	5	277
2018	1 student work term	25	42	20	7	5	1	68	12	4172
2018	2 student work terms	30	42	18	6	4	1	72	10	1137
2018	3 student work terms	36	37	20	3	3	0	73	6	443
2018	4 student work terms	38	39	15	4	3	0	78	8	340
2018	5 or more student work terms	41	35	13	5	4	1	77	10	318

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? f. No other job offers at the time
Survey year	Demographic	Very important (%)	Fairly important (%)	Somewhat important (%)	Slightly important (%)	Not at all important (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	10	11	15	13	26	3	22	28	52	1995
2020	2 student work terms	10	9	15	13	23	3	27	27	52	1053
2020	3 student work terms	10	9	14	15	24	2	25	26	54	454
2020	4 student work terms	10	8	18	16	21	2	25	25	50	367
2020	5 or more student work terms	12	11	16	13	21	2	26	31	48	329
2019	1 student work term	11	15	22	8	19	1	23	35	36	3801
2019	2 student work terms	9	15	22	9	21	1	23	32	39	980
2019	3 student work terms	10	18	21	9	18	1	23	36	36	436
2019	4 student work terms	9	13	26	7	19	1	24	29	36	298
2019	5 or more student work terms	11	15	25	6	18	1	24	35	31	276
2018	1 student work term	10	15	23	9	19	2	22	33	38	4125
2018	2 student work terms	11	18	22	9	16	1	23	38	33	1116
2018	3 student work terms	8	17	27	7	21	1	19	31	35	441
2018	4 student work terms	12	13	24	8	21	1	21	32	37	341
2018	5 or more student work terms	9	16	23	10	18	1	23	33	37	316

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? g. Recommendations from other students working in the federal public service
Survey year	Demographic	Very important (%)	Fairly important (%)	Somewhat important (%)	Slightly important (%)	Not at all important (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	11	18	17	14	17	2	23	38	40	2008
2020	2 student work terms	14	18	17	12	16	2	22	41	37	1062
2020	3 student work terms	12	19	17	10	15	3	24	43	34	456
2020	4 student work terms	11	19	15	13	17	2	23	40	40	370
2020	5 or more student work terms	12	22	13	7	18	1	27	47	35	328
2019	1 student work term	12	21	21	8	13	2	23	45	28	3869
2019	2 student work terms	13	20	21	7	14	2	23	43	28	983
2019	3 student work terms	13	24	19	7	13	2	23	50	26	437
2019	4 student work terms	14	24	20	4	13	2	24	51	23	302
2019	5 or more student work terms	10	21	18	6	17	1	26	42	33	278
2018	1 student work term	11	22	21	8	13	1	23	44	28	4170
2018	2 student work terms	14	22	19	7	14	1	23	47	28	1136
2018	3 student work terms	13	21	20	6	15	1	24	45	29	447
2018	4 student work terms	12	21	21	8	15	1	23	43	29	342
2018	5 or more student work terms	13	21	20	6	13	2	25	47	25	318

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? h. Educational requirement (e.g., CO-OP, internship, etc.)
Survey year	Demographic	Very important (%)	Fairly important (%)	Somewhat important (%)	Slightly important (%)	Not at all important (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	27	17	11	7	15	2	22	57	29	2012
2020	2 student work terms	28	15	11	6	16	2	23	56	29	1066
2020	3 student work terms	15	16	13	7	18	2	30	46	35	457
2020	4 student work terms	13	14	9	7	20	1	35	42	43	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	14	11	9	7	21	2	37	40	46	327
2019	1 student work term	26	18	14	4	14	1	24	57	23	3878
2019	2 student work terms	29	18	13	3	12	1	24	62	20	987
2019	3 student work terms	18	21	15	4	15	0	26	54	26	438
2019	4 student work terms	15	16	15	4	17	0	34	46	31	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	14	15	16	3	15	3	34	46	29	277
2018	1 student work term	23	18	15	4	14	1	24	55	25	4180
2018	2 student work terms	20	17	15	5	15	1	27	51	29	1142
2018	3 student work terms	17	19	14	3	16	2	30	52	28	445
2018	4 student work terms	16	13	17	2	18	1	34	44	31	345
2018	5 or more student work terms	12	16	16	5	13	2	37	45	29	318

4. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your recruitment experience. c. The length of time between first being contacted about the job and the interview.
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	60	23	8	5	1	0	2	85	7	1841
2020	2 student work terms	63	25	6	3	1	0	2	90	4	291
2020	3 student work terms	50	35	3	5	1	0	5	90	7	74
2020	4 student work terms	60	28	0	5	0	0	8	95	5	40
2020	5 or more student work terms	59	18	2	8	6	4	2	83	15	49
2019	1 student work term	54	27	6	6	2	0	4	85	9	3891
2019	2 student work terms	50	27	6	6	1	0	9	85	8	987
2019	3 student work terms	48	25	5	6	2	1	14	85	9	440
2019	4 student work terms	43	27	8	7	3	1	12	80	11	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	37	25	6	8	3	1	19	78	14	278
2018	1 student work term	51	28	8	7	2	0	3	82	10	4187
2018	2 student work terms	49	26	7	6	2	0	10	83	8	1144
2018	3 student work terms	44	30	6	5	2	0	13	85	8	448
2018	4 student work terms	47	23	8	7	3	1	12	80	11	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	38	25	9	10	3	1	13	74	15	319
2017	1 student work term	52	27	9	7	3	0	3	81	10	3397
2017	2 student work terms	48	27	7	5	3	0	11	84	9	814
2017	3 student work terms	46	27	6	5	2	0	13	85	9	350
2017	4 student work terms	45	25	9	7	3	0	11	79	11	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	38	26	11	11	5	0	9	71	18	310

4. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your recruitment experience. d. The length of time between the initial job offer and the start date.
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	44	25	12	12	5	0	2	71	17	1839
2020	2 student work terms	53	22	10	12	2	0	1	76	14	292
2020	3 student work terms	46	32	4	11	4	0	3	81	15	74
2020	4 student work terms	45	25	13	13	5	0	0	70	18	40
2020	5 or more student work terms	57	22	6	6	6	2	0	81	13	49
2019	1 student work term	44	25	8	14	7	0	1	70	22	3885
2019	2 student work terms	49	23	8	11	6	0	3	74	18	985
2019	3 student work terms	46	28	7	10	4	0	5	79	14	440
2019	4 student work terms	42	26	7	15	5	0	5	71	21	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	38	25	6	15	4	1	10	72	22	277

4. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your recruitment experience. e. The amount of information I was provided about the job prior to accepting the position.
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	34	37	14	11	3	0	0	71	15	1839
2020	2 student work terms	42	35	12	8	2	0	0	77	11	291
2020	3 student work terms	46	34	14	4	1	0	1	81	5	74
2020	4 student work terms	30	30	13	23	5	0	0	60	28	40
2020	5 or more student work terms	45	27	10	10	6	2	0	73	17	49
2019	1 student work term	24	35	14	20	6	0	0	59	27	3882
2019	2 student work terms	29	34	14	18	4	0	2	64	22	984
2019	3 student work terms	28	33	12	18	4	0	5	64	24	440
2019	4 student work terms	25	37	14	15	5	0	5	65	20	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	23	31	17	16	4	0	9	59	22	278
2018	1 student work term	26	35	14	19	6	0	0	61	25	4188
2018	2 student work terms	30	32	13	18	4	0	3	64	23	1143
2018	3 student work terms	30	34	12	15	4	0	4	68	20	448
2018	4 student work terms	27	35	11	18	4	0	5	65	24	342
2018	5 or more student work terms	21	34	14	19	4	0	7	60	25	317
2017	1 student work term	25	36	13	18	7	0	0	61	25	3398
2017	2 student work terms	30	35	14	13	5	0	3	67	19	813
2017	3 student work terms	25	39	12	14	5	0	5	68	20	351
2017	4 student work terms	25	36	16	12	5	0	4	65	18	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	27	30	15	18	5	0	5	60	24	310

4. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your recruitment experience. f. The extent to which the interviewer made me feel at ease during the interview.
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	74	19	4	1	0	0	1	94	1	1839
2020	2 student work terms	69	24	4	1	0	1	1	94	1	292
2020	3 student work terms	76	18	3	1	1	0	1	95	3	74
2020	4 student work terms	68	20	8	0	0	0	5	92	0	40
2020	5 or more student work terms	78	14	2	2	0	4	0	96	2	49
2019	1 student work term	66	23	6	2	1	0	3	92	2	3882
2019	2 student work terms	62	20	6	2	0	0	10	91	2	983
2019	3 student work terms	58	20	5	1	0	0	15	93	1	438
2019	4 student work terms	56	21	6	3	1	1	12	89	4	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	51	20	8	1	0	1	18	87	2	275
2018	1 student work term	68	22	6	2	0	0	2	92	3	4183
2018	2 student work terms	59	22	6	2	1	0	11	91	3	1140
2018	3 student work terms	56	23	5	2	1	0	14	91	3	446
2018	4 student work terms	60	20	5	1	1	0	14	93	2	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	52	24	7	3	1	0	13	87	4	319
2017	1 student work term	71	20	5	1	1	0	3	93	2	3393
2017	2 student work terms	63	19	5	1	1	0	11	92	2	812
2017	3 student work terms	57	19	7	1	0	0	15	90	2	351
2017	4 student work terms	64	17	7	1	1	0	10	90	2	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	56	24	7	2	1	0	10	89	3	309

4. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement. g. Overall, I was satisfied with the way in which the interview process was conducted.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	67	28	2	2	0	0	1	96	2	1842
2020	2 student work terms	69	26	2	1	0	0	1	97	1	292
2020	3 student work terms	66	28	0	3	0	0	3	97	3	74
2020	4 student work terms	63	30	3	0	0	0	5	97	0	40
2020	5 or more student work terms	69	16	6	2	2	2	2	89	4	49

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Onboarding and orientation

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. b. The welcome I received from my supervisor/manager (either virtually or in person).
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	78	17	2	3	0	0	95	3	1847
2020	2 student work terms	74	17	6	2	1	1	91	3	307
2020	3 student work terms	78	16	4	2	0	0	94	2	81
2020	4 student work terms	68	25	5	2	0	0	93	2	44
2020	5 or more student work terms	79	13	2	0	6	0	92	6	52
2019	1 student work term	73	19	4	3	1	0	92	5	3875
2019	2 student work terms	74	18	4	3	1	1	93	4	983
2019	3 student work terms	71	19	6	3	1	1	91	4	440
2019	4 student work terms	66	18	8	4	2	2	86	6	302
2019	5 or more student work terms	59	22	6	4	2	6	87	7	278
2018	1 student work term	75	17	4	2	1	0	92	4	4178
2018	2 student work terms	72	18	4	3	2	0	91	5	1138
2018	3 student work terms	70	18	6	3	2	1	89	5	444
2018	4 student work terms	72	16	3	4	1	4	91	5	341
2018	5 or more student work terms	62	22	6	4	2	3	87	7	317
2017	1 student work term	76	17	3	2	1	0	93	4	3390
2017	2 student work terms	78	16	3	1	2	0	94	3	810
2017	3 student work terms	76	18	3	3	1	1	94	3	347
2017	4 student work terms	70	20	5	2	1	2	92	3	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	65	19	7	5	1	3	87	6	309

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. c. The welcome I received from my colleagues in my work unit (either virtually or in person).
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	69	21	5	3	1	1	91	4	1844
2020	2 student work terms	68	20	7	2	1	2	90	3	307
2020	3 student work terms	73	21	5	1	0	0	94	1	80
2020	4 student work terms	70	23	5	0	0	2	95	0	44
2020	5 or more student work terms	75	21	2	0	2	0	96	2	52
2019	1 student work term	70	21	5	3	1	0	91	4	3876
2019	2 student work terms	70	20	5	2	1	1	92	3	980
2019	3 student work terms	70	21	5	2	1	1	92	3	440
2019	4 student work terms	62	24	6	2	2	2	89	4	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	57	24	7	4	2	7	86	7	276
2018	1 student work term	72	19	5	2	1	0	92	3	4175
2018	2 student work terms	69	21	5	2	2	0	91	4	1142
2018	3 student work terms	70	19	6	3	1	1	90	4	448
2018	4 student work terms	70	19	4	3	1	2	91	4	342
2018	5 or more student work terms	62	23	6	5	1	3	88	6	319
2017	1 student work term	75	18	4	2	1	0	94	3	3395
2017	2 student work terms	74	18	4	2	1	0	93	3	811
2017	3 student work terms	75	17	3	4	1	0	93	5	350
2017	4 student work terms	68	20	6	2	1	1	90	4	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	62	23	6	5	1	3	87	6	308

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. d. Being provided with the necessary materials and equipment to do my work when I started my student job.
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	52	27	6	10	3	1	80	13	1920
2020	2 student work terms	57	27	7	5	3	0	84	9	317
2020	3 student work terms	55	26	5	14	0	0	82	14	87
2020	4 student work terms	53	31	12	4	0	0	84	4	49
2020	5 or more student work terms	66	18	5	5	5	0	84	11	56

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. e. Having access to my department’s/agency’s Information Technology (IT) infrastructure necessary to do my work when I first started my student job (e.g. access to systems, networks, software).
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	42	29	10	12	5	1	73	17	1917
2020	2 student work terms	52	24	8	11	5	0	76	17	316
2020	3 student work terms	41	28	7	17	7	0	69	24	87
2020	4 student work terms	47	22	10	12	4	4	72	17	49
2020	5 or more student work terms	44	24	13	7	11	2	69	19	55

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. f. The overall orientation I received about the work I would be doing.
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	44	35	9	9	3	0	79	12	1920
2020	2 student work terms	52	27	10	9	2	0	80	10	317
2020	3 student work terms	43	38	8	8	2	0	81	10	86
2020	4 student work terms	47	33	12	4	2	2	81	6	49
2020	5 or more student work terms	45	39	5	5	5	0	84	11	56
2019	1 student work term	37	34	12	12	5	0	71	17	3883
2019	2 student work terms	38	33	11	12	4	2	72	17	985
2019	3 student work terms	39	29	12	14	2	4	71	16	439
2019	4 student work terms	35	33	13	13	4	2	69	17	302
2019	5 or more student work terms	30	29	18	12	6	6	63	18	278
2018	1 student work term	36	34	12	12	5	0	71	17	4179
2018	2 student work terms	35	33	14	11	6	2	69	16	1140
2018	3 student work terms	36	33	12	13	4	2	71	17	446
2018	4 student work terms	37	32	9	14	5	3	72	19	343
2018	5 or more student work terms	33	30	13	13	6	5	66	20	318
2017	1 student work term	44	31	10	10	4	0	76	14	3394
2017	2 student work terms	44	31	11	8	4	2	77	12	811
2017	3 student work terms	40	33	9	12	3	3	75	15	351
2017	4 student work terms	38	32	10	11	6	4	73	17	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	36	31	10	13	6	4	70	20	309

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. g. The overall orientation I received about my organization.
Survey year	Demographic	Very satisfied (%)	Somewhat satisfied (%)	Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (%)	Somewhat dissatisfied (%)	Very dissatisfied (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	47	34	10	5	3	0	82	8	1923
2020	2 student work terms	56	24	13	5	1	1	81	6	317
2020	3 student work terms	49	33	10	2	2	2	85	5	87
2020	4 student work terms	39	37	10	8	2	4	79	11	49
2020	5 or more student work terms	45	32	11	5	4	4	80	9	56
2019	1 student work term	40	34	13	9	3	1	75	12	3884
2019	2 student work terms	37	33	13	9	4	2	73	14	985
2019	3 student work terms	38	32	12	12	2	4	73	15	439
2019	4 student work terms	30	35	14	11	6	4	69	17	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	29	29	16	11	6	8	64	19	278
2018	1 student work term	39	35	13	8	4	1	75	12	4185
2018	2 student work terms	37	35	14	8	3	2	74	11	1143
2018	3 student work terms	35	37	13	9	3	3	74	13	448
2018	4 student work terms	38	28	13	10	6	4	69	17	343
2018	5 or more student work terms	31	32	16	9	4	6	68	14	318
2017	1 student work term	41	34	13	9	4	1	75	12	3397
2017	2 student work terms	38	35	13	8	4	2	75	12	812
2017	3 student work terms	34	31	15	11	4	4	68	16	351
2017	4 student work terms	34	32	14	12	6	4	68	18	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	27	35	13	14	7	4	65	22	310

6. Did your manager or supervisor make you aware of orientation or student events offered by your organization or other organizations?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Don't know (%)	not applicable (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	69	16	9	6	2015
2020	2 student work terms	67	18	8	7	1068
2020	3 student work terms	59	23	7	10	458
2020	4 student work terms	64	23	5	8	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	61	25	5	9	330

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Work experience

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. a. Throughout my student job, I was provided with the necessary materials and equipment to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	63	26	4	5	2	89	7	2015
2020	2 student work terms	68	24	3	4	1	93	5	1065
2020	3 student work terms	65	25	4	4	1	90	5	458
2020	4 student work terms	66	24	3	4	3	90	7	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	61	27	3	5	4	88	9	329

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. b. I was generally made to feel part of the team.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	71	21	4	3	1	1	92	4	2013
2020	2 student work terms	75	18	3	2	2	0	93	4	1067
2020	3 student work terms	74	21	1	2	2	0	96	3	458
2020	4 student work terms	74	20	3	3	1	0	93	4	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	68	21	4	4	3	0	89	7	327
2019	1 student work term	72	20	4	3	1	0	92	4	3883
2019	2 student work terms	75	17	3	3	1	0	93	4	985
2019	3 student work terms	70	23	3	3	1	0	93	3	440
2019	4 student work terms	71	18	4	5	2	0	89	7	302
2019	5 or more student work terms	60	28	4	6	3	0	88	9	276
2018	1 student work term	73	19	3	3	1	0	93	4	4181
2018	2 student work terms	73	19	4	3	2	0	92	4	1140
2018	3 student work terms	72	20	3	4	1	0	92	5	447
2018	4 student work terms	70	20	2	6	2	0	90	7	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	64	25	4	4	3	0	89	7	317
2017	1 student work term	75	19	3	2	1	0	94	3	3391
2017	2 student work terms	77	17	2	3	1	0	94	4	812
2017	3 student work terms	75	19	3	3	1	0	94	4	349
2017	4 student work terms	71	20	4	4	1	0	91	5	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	61	26	5	5	3	0	87	8	310

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. c. My supervisor/manager was available for meetings or consultations.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	79	15	3	2	1	1	94	3	2004
2020	2 student work terms	79	15	3	2	1	0	94	3	1064
2020	3 student work terms	77	17	3	2	1	0	94	3	457
2020	4 student work terms	77	17	2	2	2	0	94	3	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	72	19	4	3	2	1	92	4	329
2019	1 student work term	72	20	3	3	1	1	92	4	3882
2019	2 student work terms	74	19	4	2	1	0	94	3	982
2019	3 student work terms	72	20	4	3	0	0	92	4	440
2019	4 student work terms	71	19	5	3	2	1	90	5	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	65	24	5	4	2	0	89	6	278
2018	1 student work term	71	20	4	3	1	0	92	4	4171
2018	2 student work terms	71	19	5	4	2	0	90	5	1140
2018	3 student work terms	71	21	4	2	2	0	92	4	446
2018	4 student work terms	72	18	3	5	2	0	90	7	343
2018	5 or more student work terms	65	22	5	5	2	0	88	7	316
2017	1 student work term	74	19	3	3	1	0	93	4	3394
2017	2 student work terms	75	16	4	3	1	0	92	4	813
2017	3 student work terms	71	17	5	3	2	1	89	6	351
2017	4 student work terms	71	21	2	4	2	0	92	6	336
2017	5 or more student work terms	63	23	6	5	2	0	86	7	308

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. d. I attended regularly scheduled staff or team meetings.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	75	12	3	2	2	0	5	92	4	2011
2020	2 student work terms	77	13	3	2	2	0	3	92	4	1064
2020	3 student work terms	69	15	5	3	3	0	6	89	6	456
2020	4 student work terms	77	12	3	2	2	0	5	93	4	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	69	17	5	3	2	0	4	90	5	330
2019	1 student work term	68	16	5	3	3	0	5	89	6	3886
2019	2 student work terms	67	18	4	4	3	0	4	89	7	981
2019	3 student work terms	64	19	5	4	3	0	6	88	7	440
2019	4 student work terms	65	16	5	6	4	0	4	84	10	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	63	21	6	3	3	0	4	87	7	278
2018	1 student work term	64	16	6	4	3	0	5	86	8	4185
2018	2 student work terms	63	17	5	5	4	0	6	85	9	1139
2018	3 student work terms	62	17	7	5	3	0	6	84	8	446
2018	4 student work terms	64	20	2	5	6	0	3	87	11	343
2018	5 or more student work terms	61	19	4	5	4	0	6	86	10	318
2017	1 student work term	66	15	5	4	3	0	7	87	7	3396
2017	2 student work terms	66	17	4	3	4	0	6	89	7	812
2017	3 student work terms	66	17	5	3	3	0	7	88	6	351
2017	4 student work terms	64	16	6	4	5	0	6	85	9	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	55	19	7	7	6	1	5	78	14	309

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. e. Lines of authority and reporting relationships were made clear to me.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	58	27	6	5	2	1	1	86	7	2005
2020	2 student work terms	63	25	5	4	2	0	0	89	6	1066
2020	3 student work terms	64	24	5	4	1	1	0	90	5	456
2020	4 student work terms	66	23	5	4	2	0	1	89	6	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	60	23	6	6	2	1	1	85	8	329
2019	1 student work term	52	30	8	7	2	1	1	83	9	3876
2019	2 student work terms	54	28	7	7	3	1	0	83	10	984
2019	3 student work terms	54	28	6	10	2	0	0	82	11	437
2019	4 student work terms	56	26	7	7	2	0	1	84	9	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	52	27	12	5	3	1	1	80	8	277
2018	1 student work term	51	30	8	8	2	0	1	82	10	4177
2018	2 student work terms	54	29	6	7	2	1	0	84	9	1143
2018	3 student work terms	55	29	6	5	4	1	0	84	9	448
2018	4 student work terms	56	31	4	6	2	0	0	88	8	341
2018	5 or more student work terms	48	33	8	8	3	0	0	81	11	317
2017	1 student work term	57	27	7	6	2	1	1	86	8	3386
2017	2 student work terms	59	27	5	6	2	0	1	86	8	813
2017	3 student work terms	54	29	8	6	2	0	1	83	8	349
2017	4 student work terms	53	28	7	8	3	1	1	82	11	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	52	27	11	6	3	0	0	80	9	311

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. f. I knew how my work contributed to the achievement of my team's goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	61	26	6	3	2	1	1	89	5	2008
2020	2 student work terms	68	21	6	3	1	0	0	90	4	1065
2020	3 student work terms	66	23	5	3	2	0	0	89	5	456
2020	4 student work terms	66	21	7	4	1	0	1	88	5	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	63	26	4	2	3	0	1	90	5	328

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. g. I felt my work made a contribution to my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	58	29	7	4	2	0	87	6	2011
2020	2 student work terms	67	23	6	3	2	0	90	5	1064
2020	3 student work terms	65	24	5	3	2	0	89	5	458
2020	4 student work terms	65	23	6	5	1	0	88	6	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	59	29	5	2	4	1	89	6	330
2019	1 student work term	55	31	7	4	2	0	87	6	3883
2019	2 student work terms	60	29	5	4	2	0	89	6	983
2019	3 student work terms	63	28	4	3	2	0	91	5	440
2019	4 student work terms	64	26	4	4	1	1	91	5	302
2019	5 or more student work terms	58	25	9	6	3	0	83	9	278
2018	1 student work term	58	30	6	4	2	0	87	7	4182
2018	2 student work terms	60	27	6	4	2	0	88	6	1141
2018	3 student work terms	64	24	6	4	2	0	88	6	447
2018	4 student work terms	64	24	6	4	2	0	88	6	343
2018	5 or more student work terms	59	29	6	3	2	0	88	6	315
2017	1 student work term	62	26	6	3	2	0	89	5	3390
2017	2 student work terms	66	26	4	2	2	0	92	4	813
2017	3 student work terms	67	24	3	5	2	0	91	7	349
2017	4 student work terms	66	24	6	3	1	0	90	4	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	59	29	5	5	2	0	88	7	310

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. h. I was encouraged to take initiative in my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	63	25	7	3	1	0	0	89	4	2014
2020	2 student work terms	63	26	7	2	1	0	0	90	3	1067
2020	3 student work terms	62	26	8	2	1	0	0	89	4	458
2020	4 student work terms	62	27	7	3	0	0	0	89	4	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	53	27	8	6	4	1	1	82	10	330
2019	1 student work term	56	26	11	4	2	0	0	83	7	3881
2019	2 student work terms	61	22	10	5	2	0	1	83	6	987
2019	3 student work terms	60	27	7	3	2	0	0	88	5	440
2019	4 student work terms	61	20	10	5	3	1	0	82	8	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	52	26	10	8	4	0	0	78	12	278
2018	1 student work term	58	25	10	5	2	0	1	83	7	4179
2018	2 student work terms	60	24	9	4	3	0	1	84	7	1143
2018	3 student work terms	60	22	8	7	3	0	0	82	10	447
2018	4 student work terms	62	22	6	6	3	0	1	85	9	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	54	26	8	8	4	1	0	80	12	317
2017	1 student work term	62	23	9	4	2	0	0	85	6	3397
2017	2 student work terms	63	23	8	4	3	0	0	86	6	814
2017	3 student work terms	64	19	9	6	1	0	1	84	7	351
2017	4 student work terms	62	19	10	7	1	0	0	82	8	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	50	25	11	9	4	0	0	75	13	311

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. i. I was given meaningful work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	54	31	8	5	2	85	7	2016
2020	2 student work terms	59	27	7	5	2	86	7	1065
2020	3 student work terms	56	28	8	5	2	84	8	456
2020	4 student work terms	53	29	9	7	2	82	9	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	53	28	9	7	3	81	10	330
2019	1 student work term	50	29	10	7	4	79	11	3886
2019	2 student work terms	55	26	9	6	4	81	10	988
2019	3 student work terms	54	26	10	6	4	80	10	436
2019	4 student work terms	50	30	8	7	4	80	12	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	49	25	14	8	5	73	13	278
2018	1 student work term	51	28	9	7	4	79	11	4181
2018	2 student work terms	52	28	10	6	5	80	10	1141
2018	3 student work terms	50	30	9	7	4	80	11	448
2018	4 student work terms	54	25	9	7	4	80	11	342
2018	5 or more student work terms	46	30	9	10	5	76	15	317

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. j. I was given interesting tasks.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	51	30	9	6	3	0	82	9	2015
2020	2 student work terms	50	31	10	6	3	0	81	9	1065
2020	3 student work terms	50	30	9	7	4	0	80	11	456
2020	4 student work terms	48	30	12	6	3	0	79	9	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	45	30	11	8	5	0	75	13	328
2019	1 student work term	45	30	11	8	5	0	75	13	3879
2019	2 student work terms	48	29	10	9	4	0	77	13	986
2019	3 student work terms	47	33	9	6	4	0	80	10	438
2019	4 student work terms	45	29	10	10	6	0	75	16	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	41	31	14	8	6	0	72	14	278
2018	1 student work term	47	28	10	9	5	0	76	14	4175
2018	2 student work terms	47	29	10	8	5	0	77	13	1140
2018	3 student work terms	42	30	12	10	5	0	73	15	448
2018	4 student work terms	50	25	10	10	5	0	74	15	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	43	28	11	12	6	0	71	18	317
2017	1 student work term	49	29	10	7	5	0	78	11	3394
2017	2 student work terms	49	29	9	7	5	0	78	13	811
2017	3 student work terms	53	24	9	6	8	0	77	14	351
2017	4 student work terms	47	26	15	7	4	1	74	11	335
2017	5 or more student work terms	40	31	13	10	6	0	71	17	311

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. k. My job was a good fit with my interests.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	47	31	12	7	3	0	78	10	2011
2020	2 student work terms	45	32	13	7	3	0	77	10	1067
2020	3 student work terms	45	31	12	7	4	0	76	11	458
2020	4 student work terms	43	30	14	8	4	0	73	13	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	43	30	15	7	5	0	73	12	329
2019	1 student work term	39	30	14	10	6	0	70	16	3881
2019	2 student work terms	43	30	14	9	4	0	73	13	985
2019	3 student work terms	46	27	16	8	3	0	73	11	435
2019	4 student work terms	43	28	12	10	7	0	72	16	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	40	28	12	10	8	0	69	19	278
2018	1 student work term	42	29	14	9	6	0	71	15	4166
2018	2 student work terms	45	27	14	9	5	0	72	13	1141
2018	3 student work terms	42	29	15	9	5	0	71	14	447
2018	4 student work terms	48	29	11	8	4	0	77	12	340
2018	5 or more student work terms	40	27	15	10	8	0	68	17	317
2017	1 student work term	45	30	12	8	5	0	75	12	3387
2017	2 student work terms	46	30	12	6	6	0	76	12	811
2017	3 student work terms	46	27	13	8	7	0	73	14	350
2017	4 student work terms	44	29	15	8	4	0	73	12	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	36	27	16	12	8	1	64	20	310

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. l. My job was a good fit with my skills.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	53	32	9	4	2	0	85	6	2005
2020	2 student work terms	54	30	9	4	2	0	84	7	1065
2020	3 student work terms	49	34	9	5	3	0	84	7	457
2020	4 student work terms	50	32	11	4	3	0	82	7	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	49	35	8	5	2	0	84	8	328
2019	1 student work term	46	32	12	6	4	0	78	10	3868
2019	2 student work terms	49	32	10	6	3	0	81	8	982
2019	3 student work terms	53	31	9	5	2	0	84	7	436
2019	4 student work terms	53	27	9	8	4	0	80	12	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	47	31	11	5	5	0	78	11	275
2018	1 student work term	47	31	11	6	4	0	79	10	4169
2018	2 student work terms	49	30	10	6	4	0	79	10	1139
2018	3 student work terms	50	32	8	6	3	0	83	9	442
2018	4 student work terms	53	31	7	6	3	0	84	9	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	41	37	8	7	7	1	78	14	317

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. m. My job was a good fit with my field of study.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	47	28	12	8	4	0	1	76	12	2009
2020	2 student work terms	45	26	11	9	6	0	2	73	16	1061
2020	3 student work terms	40	25	12	10	11	0	3	67	21	456
2020	4 student work terms	38	25	12	12	10	0	3	66	22	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	40	31	9	8	11	1	1	72	19	329
2019	1 student work term	41	26	12	10	9	0	1	68	20	3874
2019	2 student work terms	45	25	10	11	8	0	1	70	19	985
2019	3 student work terms	41	26	15	9	9	0	1	67	18	438
2019	4 student work terms	44	22	11	9	12	1	2	67	21	302
2019	5 or more student work terms	33	23	13	12	17	0	1	57	29	277
2018	1 student work term	39	25	14	11	9	0	2	65	20	4156
2018	2 student work terms	40	22	14	12	9	0	2	63	22	1139
2018	3 student work terms	39	24	13	10	11	0	2	65	22	446
2018	4 student work terms	44	22	13	11	8	0	2	67	20	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	32	26	14	11	15	1	2	60	26	316

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. n. Overall, I had a positive work experience.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	72	22	3	2	1	94	3	2015
2020	2 student work terms	71	20	5	3	1	91	4	1067
2020	3 student work terms	74	19	3	3	1	93	4	458
2020	4 student work terms	70	24	3	2	2	94	4	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	64	25	4	3	3	90	6	330
2019	1 student work term	64	26	6	3	2	89	5	3872
2019	2 student work terms	66	25	5	3	1	91	4	986
2019	3 student work terms	64	29	4	2	1	93	3	433
2019	4 student work terms	62	26	8	2	2	88	4	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	59	28	7	4	3	87	7	276
2018	1 student work term	64	25	6	3	2	89	5	4167
2018	2 student work terms	65	26	4	3	2	91	5	1136
2018	3 student work terms	61	29	6	2	2	90	4	446
2018	4 student work terms	64	27	4	3	2	91	5	343
2018	5 or more student work terms	56	30	7	4	3	86	7	314
2017	1 student work term	68	23	5	2	1	92	4	3387
2017	2 student work terms	69	24	3	2	1	93	4	812
2017	3 student work terms	67	22	6	3	2	89	5	350
2017	4 student work terms	69	22	6	2	1	91	4	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	55	33	7	4	1	89	5	307

7o. Overall, the amount of work that I was assigned was…
Survey year	Demographic	Far too little (%)	Too little (%)	Sufficient (%)	Too much (%)	Far too much (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	3	17	75	2	0	1	1	77	23	2015
2020	2 student work terms	2	12	80	3	0	1	1	81	19	1068
2020	3 student work terms	3	12	78	5	1	0	1	79	21	457
2020	4 student work terms	2	13	79	4	1	1	1	79	21	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	3	12	77	4	2	2	1	79	21	330
2019	1 student work term	4	22	69	3	0	1	1	70	30	3891
2019	2 student work terms	4	18	73	4	1	1	0	74	26	987
2019	3 student work terms	4	14	76	4	0	1	0	77	23	439
2019	4 student work terms	5	16	70	7	1	1	0	71	29	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	6	15	67	9	1	1	1	68	32	278
2018	1 student work term	6	20	69	3	0	1	1	70	30	4187
2018	2 student work terms	3	18	73	4	1	0	1	74	26	1142
2018	3 student work terms	4	17	72	4	1	1	1	73	27	448
2018	4 student work terms	4	16	72	6	2	0	0	72	28	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	4	17	68	8	1	2	0	69	31	319
2017	1 student work term	5	19	71	3	1	1	1	72	28	3371
2017	2 student work terms	3	14	78	3	1	0	1	78	22	807
2017	3 student work terms	5	15	71	7	1	1	0	72	28	350
2017	4 student work terms	3	14	76	4	2	1	0	78	22	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	3	15	72	6	3	1	0	73	27	310

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. a. There was a clear work plan in place for my student work term.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	33	33	12	12	5	2	2	69	18	2014
2020	2 student work terms	37	31	13	11	5	1	2	71	16	1068
2020	3 student work terms	31	33	13	12	4	2	4	69	18	458
2020	4 student work terms	33	29	13	12	7	2	5	67	20	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	29	34	12	9	8	2	7	69	19	329
2019	1 student work term	25	33	12	16	9	2	3	61	26	3887
2019	2 student work terms	27	31	11	16	9	1	5	62	26	988
2019	3 student work terms	27	32	11	15	8	1	5	64	24	440
2019	4 student work terms	24	31	12	15	9	2	6	61	27	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	18	34	12	17	12	2	5	57	31	278
2018	1 student work term	26	32	13	16	8	2	2	61	26	4185
2018	2 student work terms	27	33	13	17	7	2	2	62	25	1144
2018	3 student work terms	27	31	12	15	9	3	3	62	25	445
2018	4 student work terms	26	31	12	14	11	1	4	61	26	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	23	30	13	17	11	2	4	56	30	318
2017	1 student work term	27	33	13	15	8	2	3	63	24	3399
2017	2 student work terms	28	35	11	12	8	2	4	67	21	812
2017	3 student work terms	28	32	13	12	7	1	7	66	20	351
2017	4 student work terms	25	33	14	16	6	1	5	62	23	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	25	28	12	15	11	2	6	58	28	311

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. b. My student work term generally followed the structure of the work plan.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	34	31	14	7	3	4	7	74	11	2011
2020	2 student work terms	36	30	14	6	3	2	8	74	11	1067
2020	3 student work terms	32	30	14	9	4	2	9	70	15	457
2020	4 student work terms	32	28	13	9	3	3	12	72	14	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	30	31	12	6	6	3	12	72	14	327
2019	1 student work term	26	30	16	9	6	3	10	65	17	3880
2019	2 student work terms	27	29	16	10	5	2	10	65	18	983
2019	3 student work terms	26	30	17	8	4	2	13	66	15	437
2019	4 student work terms	26	28	14	11	6	3	13	65	19	301
2019	5 or more student work terms	23	28	13	12	7	4	13	62	22	274
2018	1 student work term	26	32	15	10	5	3	9	65	17	4176
2018	2 student work terms	27	31	17	11	4	3	8	64	17	1144
2018	3 student work terms	25	31	16	9	7	4	8	64	18	444
2018	4 student work terms	27	27	15	9	7	3	11	63	19	341
2018	5 or more student work terms	24	27	16	11	8	3	11	59	22	315
2017	1 student work term	29	30	17	9	4	2	10	67	14	3392
2017	2 student work terms	29	34	13	8	4	2	9	71	14	811
2017	3 student work terms	31	31	13	6	4	3	13	73	12	350
2017	4 student work terms	25	31	16	10	3	2	12	65	16	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	26	25	15	11	7	3	13	61	21	311

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. c. My daily tasks and duties were clearly defined for me.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	42	31	12	10	4	1	74	14	2012
2020	2 student work terms	47	31	9	9	3	1	79	13	1066
2020	3 student work terms	43	34	11	8	3	1	78	10	458
2020	4 student work terms	45	33	10	9	3	1	78	12	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	46	32	8	7	5	2	79	12	330
2019	1 student work term	34	33	14	13	6	1	67	19	3876
2019	2 student work terms	35	32	13	14	5	1	68	19	987
2019	3 student work terms	34	37	14	11	4	1	72	15	438
2019	4 student work terms	37	35	8	13	7	0	72	20	301
2019	5 or more student work terms	35	34	13	11	6	1	69	17	277
2018	1 student work term	34	33	13	13	6	1	68	19	4170
2018	2 student work terms	39	31	10	14	6	1	70	20	1140
2018	3 student work terms	36	32	12	13	6	1	69	19	447
2018	4 student work terms	34	35	12	10	7	2	70	18	343
2018	5 or more student work terms	32	36	13	13	5	1	69	18	317
2017	1 student work term	39	31	12	12	5	1	70	18	3386
2017	2 student work terms	42	32	12	10	4	1	74	14	812
2017	3 student work terms	42	31	11	9	5	2	74	15	351
2017	4 student work terms	37	37	11	10	4	1	75	14	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	37	33	14	9	5	1	71	14	309

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. d. My colleagues helped me learn more about the job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	63	26	5	3	2	1	90	5	2014
2020	2 student work terms	66	23	6	3	1	1	90	4	1064
2020	3 student work terms	67	21	5	3	2	1	90	5	457
2020	4 student work terms	64	26	6	3	1	1	90	4	372
2020	5 or more student work terms	62	22	8	5	2	2	86	6	329
2019	1 student work term	66	25	5	3	1	0	91	4	3878
2019	2 student work terms	66	25	5	2	1	1	91	4	983
2019	3 student work terms	62	30	4	2	1	1	93	3	439
2019	4 student work terms	64	24	7	5	1	0	88	5	302
2019	5 or more student work terms	59	29	4	5	3	2	89	7	278
2018	1 student work term	67	24	4	3	1	1	92	4	4180
2018	2 student work terms	65	25	5	3	2	1	90	5	1141
2018	3 student work terms	65	24	6	2	2	0	89	5	446
2018	4 student work terms	66	24	5	3	2	1	90	5	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	61	27	3	5	2	2	89	7	316
2017	1 student work term	68	24	5	2	1	0	92	3	3390
2017	2 student work terms	68	23	5	3	1	1	91	4	811
2017	3 student work terms	67	22	5	3	2	1	90	5	349
2017	4 student work terms	65	25	4	2	2	1	92	5	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	60	29	6	2	2	1	90	4	311

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. e. I was provided with informative feedback about my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	56	26	8	6	2	0	1	83	8	2005
2020	2 student work terms	57	27	7	5	3	0	0	84	8	1067
2020	3 student work terms	52	32	7	6	2	0	1	85	8	458
2020	4 student work terms	50	28	10	8	3	0	0	79	11	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	48	27	10	6	5	0	2	77	12	330
2019	1 student work term	47	30	11	8	3	0	1	78	11	3875
2019	2 student work terms	50	29	10	8	3	0	1	79	11	984
2019	3 student work terms	45	36	10	5	4	0	0	81	9	440
2019	4 student work terms	44	27	12	11	6	0	0	72	17	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	37	33	13	10	5	0	1	71	16	277
2018	1 student work term	46	30	11	8	4	0	0	77	12	4180
2018	2 student work terms	49	30	10	8	4	0	1	79	11	1143
2018	3 student work terms	45	30	12	8	4	0	0	75	13	446
2018	4 student work terms	45	29	13	8	5	0	0	74	13	343
2018	5 or more student work terms	37	32	10	13	6	1	1	70	19	312
2017	1 student work term	48	30	10	7	3	0	1	80	10	3393
2017	2 student work terms	51	30	8	7	4	0	1	81	11	810
2017	3 student work terms	48	27	11	8	3	1	1	77	12	351
2017	4 student work terms	45	34	10	9	3	0	0	79	11	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	40	30	13	11	5	0	0	71	16	311

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. f. I gained an overall understanding of the work done in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	61	30	4	3	1	0	0	92	4	2010
2020	2 student work terms	66	26	5	2	1	0	0	92	3	1066
2020	3 student work terms	61	30	4	2	3	0	0	91	5	457
2020	4 student work terms	60	31	6	2	0	1	1	92	2	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	62	30	5	2	1	0	0	92	4	330
2019	1 student work term	61	31	4	3	1	0	0	92	4	3884
2019	2 student work terms	59	33	5	2	1	0	0	92	4	988
2019	3 student work terms	54	38	4	2	1	0	0	93	3	440
2019	4 student work terms	58	35	4	2	2	0	0	92	4	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	54	34	8	2	2	0	0	88	4	277
2018	1 student work term	57	33	5	3	1	0	0	90	5	4176
2018	2 student work terms	57	31	6	4	1	1	0	89	5	1141
2018	3 student work terms	54	37	5	3	2	0	0	91	4	446
2018	4 student work terms	60	33	3	2	1	0	0	93	4	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	53	33	8	4	1	0	1	87	5	315
2017	1 student work term	61	30	5	2	1	0	0	92	3	3392
2017	2 student work terms	57	34	5	2	1	0	0	92	3	810
2017	3 student work terms	56	34	5	3	1	0	1	91	4	351
2017	4 student work terms	61	27	7	2	1	0	1	89	3	335
2017	5 or more student work terms	54	35	5	4	2	1	0	89	6	310

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. g. I gained an understanding of how government works.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	47	36	9	5	2	1	84	6	2008
2020	2 student work terms	51	31	10	5	2	1	83	7	1068
2020	3 student work terms	45	34	13	4	3	1	80	7	457
2020	4 student work terms	51	30	11	5	2	1	82	7	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	47	37	8	4	2	2	85	7	330
2019	1 student work term	47	37	9	5	2	0	85	6	3884
2019	2 student work terms	46	35	11	5	2	1	82	7	986
2019	3 student work terms	45	38	11	3	3	0	84	5	440
2019	4 student work terms	50	35	9	4	2	1	85	6	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	46	36	11	4	3	0	83	6	278
2018	1 student work term	44	38	11	5	2	1	82	7	4182
2018	2 student work terms	42	36	12	6	3	1	79	9	1143
2018	3 student work terms	39	41	11	5	3	0	81	9	447
2018	4 student work terms	53	32	8	4	2	1	86	6	343
2018	5 or more student work terms	44	38	11	5	2	1	82	6	316
2017	1 student work term	45	37	11	5	2	1	83	6	3392
2017	2 student work terms	45	36	9	6	3	0	82	9	811
2017	3 student work terms	46	36	10	4	3	1	83	7	351
2017	4 student work terms	49	32	12	4	2	1	82	6	335
2017	5 or more student work terms	47	34	9	5	4	1	82	9	310

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Accommodations

The duty to accommodate refers to the employer’s obligation to eliminate disadvantages to employees, prospective employees or clients that result from a rule, practice or physical barrier that has or that may have an adverse impact on individuals or groups protected under the Canadian Human Rights Act or identified as a designated group under the Employment Equity Act. It applies to all grounds of discrimination covered by the Canadian Human Rights Act: race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy and childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test), disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered. Employers must provide accommodation up to the point of undue hardship, taking into account essential job requirements.

9a. Having carefully read the definition above, have you requested measures to accommodate your needs during your summer job?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	16	84	2014
2020	2 student work terms	18	82	1067
2020	3 student work terms	20	80	457
2020	4 student work terms	17	83	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	21	79	329

9b. Were any measures taken to accommodate your needs?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	77	23	326
2020	2 student work terms	78	22	191
2020	3 student work terms	76	24	92
2020	4 student work terms	77	23	64
2020	5 or more student work terms	74	26	68

9c. I am satisfied with the measures that were taken to accommodate my needs.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	65	24	4	1	0	0	6	95	1	251
2020	2 student work terms	67	26	3	1	1	0	3	96	1	149
2020	3 student work terms	74	19	4	0	0	0	3	96	0	70
2020	4 student work terms	59	27	6	2	0	2	4	91	2	49
2020	5 or more student work terms	64	28	2	2	2	0	2	94	4	50

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Work environment

10. The following questions relate to the work environment that you experienced during your student job. Please indicate the extent to which the following occurred. b. The Wi-fi at the location from which I worked remotely was sufficient to carry out my day-to-day work activities.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	68	23	7	1	1	1	91	1	1690
2020	2 student work terms	65	24	7	2	0	1	91	2	879
2020	3 student work terms	62	27	7	2	0	1	90	2	352
2020	4 student work terms	67	21	10	1	1	0	88	1	309
2020	5 or more student work terms	62	27	9	1	0	1	90	2	256

10. The following questions relate to the work environment that you experienced during your student job. Please indicate the extent to which the following occurred. c. Discussions during virtual meetings were difficult to follow because of video or audio interruptions.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	5	6	26	34	26	2	62	11	1685
2020	2 student work terms	5	6	25	37	24	4	63	11	876
2020	3 student work terms	3	7	28	34	23	6	60	10	351
2020	4 student work terms	6	7	27	29	28	3	59	13	308
2020	5 or more student work terms	5	9	26	32	24	4	59	14	257

10. The following questions relate to the work environment that you experienced during your student job. Please indicate the extent to which the following occurred. d. My team members encouraged me to share my ideas and opinions during virtual team meetings.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	40	30	17	5	2	0	5	74	7	1689
2020	2 student work terms	40	30	18	4	2	1	5	74	6	877
2020	3 student work terms	40	32	14	3	1	0	9	80	4	351
2020	4 student work terms	39	28	17	7	2	0	7	72	10	308
2020	5 or more student work terms	41	28	14	5	3	1	9	76	9	257

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Workplace well-being

11. The following questions relate to your workplace well-being throughout your current student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. a. I would have felt comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my physical health and safety, including those related to COVID-19.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	71	19	5	2	1	0	2	92	3	2008
2020	2 student work terms	68	22	4	3	2	1	1	91	4	1065
2020	3 student work terms	72	18	4	3	2	0	1	92	4	458
2020	4 student work terms	71	19	4	3	2	0	1	91	5	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	69	20	3	3	3	1	2	92	6	330

11. The following questions relate to your workplace well-being throughout your current student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. b. I am satisfied with the measures my department or agency has taken to protect my physical health and safety during the COVID-19 situation.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	79	15	2	1	1	2	96	2	2010
2020	2 student work terms	74	19	3	2	1	1	93	4	1063
2020	3 student work terms	74	16	4	3	2	1	91	5	456
2020	4 student work terms	76	16	3	4	1	0	92	5	371
2020	5 or more student work terms	69	20	5	2	2	1	90	5	330

11. The following questions relate to your workplace well-being throughout your current student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. c. I feel that the information I have received from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic was clear and easy to understand.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	69	21	4	2	1	0	1	92	3	2003
2020	2 student work terms	65	25	5	4	1	0	0	90	5	1063
2020	3 student work terms	62	27	5	5	1	0	0	89	6	458
2020	4 student work terms	60	27	5	6	2	1	0	87	8	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	55	28	8	5	4	0	1	83	9	330

11. The following questions relate to your workplace well-being throughout your current student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. d. I feel that the information I have received from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic was relevant to me and the work that I did.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	57	24	9	4	1	1	2	84	6	2014
2020	2 student work terms	53	29	10	6	1	1	0	83	7	1067
2020	3 student work terms	53	31	10	3	2	0	1	85	5	458
2020	4 student work terms	52	28	13	3	1	1	1	82	5	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	51	30	11	4	3	0	1	82	7	329

11. The following questions relate to your workplace well-being throughout your current student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. e. I feel that the information I have received from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic was consistent with the information provided to me by my immediate supervisor.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	75	16	4	1	1	2	3	95	1	2013
2020	2 student work terms	73	18	4	2	1	1	2	93	3	1066
2020	3 student work terms	70	20	5	2	1	1	1	92	3	457
2020	4 student work terms	72	17	4	4	1	0	2	91	5	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	70	18	5	2	2	1	2	91	3	330

11. The following questions relate to your workplace well-being throughout your current student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. f. If I had questions or concerns regarding my mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, I knew where to get information.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	53	25	9	7	3	1	2	80	10	2013
2020	2 student work terms	53	24	10	8	3	1	1	78	12	1067
2020	3 student work terms	51	27	9	8	2	2	1	80	10	457
2020	4 student work terms	49	27	6	11	5	0	1	77	16	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	49	27	8	9	7	0	0	77	16	329

11. The following questions relate to your workplace well-being throughout your current student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. g. I would have felt comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my mental health, including those related to COVID-19.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	56	22	9	7	4	1	1	80	11	2008
2020	2 student work terms	54	19	10	11	5	1	1	74	16	1066
2020	3 student work terms	55	23	8	9	4	1	1	79	13	456
2020	4 student work terms	54	19	9	9	7	1	1	75	16	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	54	19	10	8	8	1	1	74	16	329

11. The following questions relate to your workplace well-being throughout your current student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. h. My immediate supervisor supported my mental health and well-being during my student job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	64	18	9	2	1	1	4	87	4	2011
2020	2 student work terms	64	18	9	3	2	1	4	86	4	1067
2020	3 student work terms	66	15	10	3	1	1	4	85	5	457
2020	4 student work terms	64	16	9	4	4	0	4	83	8	372
2020	5 or more student work terms	60	17	9	5	3	2	5	82	8	329

11i. Were you made aware that some students were eligible to take "Other Leave with Pay" (code 699) in recent months during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not sure (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	23	58	19	2016
2020	2 student work terms	35	48	16	1068
2020	3 student work terms	36	51	13	459
2020	4 student work terms	37	52	11	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	35	56	10	330

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Employment in the federal public service

12. The following questions ask about your intentions to seek or recommend future student employment or a future career in the federal public service. Based on your experience with your current student job, please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. a. I feel that my current student job provided me with contacts and networks that will assist me in finding future employment.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	45	36	10	5	2	1	0	82	8	2014
2020	2 student work terms	50	34	8	5	2	0	1	84	7	1068
2020	3 student work terms	47	36	10	3	2	1	1	84	6	459
2020	4 student work terms	44	38	9	5	2	1	1	83	7	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	48	33	9	5	3	0	1	82	9	330
2019	1 student work term	35	42	13	7	2	1	0	78	9	3886
2019	2 student work terms	41	40	9	6	2	1	0	82	8	987
2019	3 student work terms	41	40	10	5	2	1	1	83	7	440
2019	4 student work terms	43	39	8	6	3	1	1	83	9	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	38	40	12	8	3	0	0	77	11	278
2018	1 student work term	36	42	13	7	3	1	0	78	9	4185
2018	2 student work terms	40	38	10	7	4	0	1	79	11	1143
2018	3 student work terms	42	37	9	8	3	0	0	79	11	448
2018	4 student work terms	42	39	10	4	4	1	0	82	8	342
2018	5 or more student work terms	37	36	15	8	3	0	1	74	11	318
2017	1 student work term	42	38	11	5	2	1	0	82	7	3393
2017	2 student work terms	43	38	10	5	2	1	0	82	8	815
2017	3 student work terms	45	35	11	6	2	0	1	81	8	348
2017	4 student work terms	48	32	11	6	3	0	0	80	9	337
2017	5 or more student work terms	42	36	10	6	4	1	1	79	10	310

12. The following questions ask about your intentions to seek or recommend future student employment or a future career in the federal public service. Based on your experience with your current student job, please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. b. I feel that my current student job provided me with valuable skills needed for future employment.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	61	28	6	3	1	0	90	5	2012
2020	2 student work terms	64	27	5	2	1	0	91	4	1068
2020	3 student work terms	65	26	5	2	1	0	91	4	458
2020	4 student work terms	60	30	5	4	0	1	91	4	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	64	26	5	2	3	0	90	5	329
2019	1 student work term	53	33	8	4	2	0	86	6	3879
2019	2 student work terms	57	32	6	3	1	0	90	4	986
2019	3 student work terms	57	31	6	4	2	0	89	6	438
2019	4 student work terms	62	28	4	4	2	0	90	6	303
2019	5 or more student work terms	54	32	8	4	1	0	87	6	278

12. The following questions ask about your intentions to seek or recommend future student employment or a future career in the federal public service. Based on your experience with your current student job, please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. c. I would seek a job in my department or agency after I complete my studies.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	50	24	11	6	3	6	0	79	9	2014
2020	2 student work terms	54	21	10	6	4	3	1	79	11	1064
2020	3 student work terms	54	19	11	6	6	4	1	76	12	459
2020	4 student work terms	52	21	10	7	4	4	1	78	12	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	54	23	8	5	5	4	2	81	11	330
2019	1 student work term	39	25	14	9	6	6	1	69	17	3882
2019	2 student work terms	45	25	13	7	5	4	1	74	13	987
2019	3 student work terms	49	23	10	8	5	3	2	75	14	440
2019	4 student work terms	49	22	11	9	4	5	1	75	14	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	47	22	14	7	7	3	0	71	15	276
2018	1 student work term	39	27	14	8	7	5	1	69	16	4183
2018	2 student work terms	42	27	11	8	7	4	1	72	16	1143
2018	3 student work terms	43	26	13	9	5	4	1	72	14	447
2018	4 student work terms	47	24	12	10	5	2	0	73	15	342
2018	5 or more student work terms	47	23	11	6	10	3	0	72	16	317
2017	1 student work term	41	24	14	8	6	6	1	70	15	3397
2017	2 student work terms	42	24	12	10	7	4	1	70	17	814
2017	3 student work terms	46	21	13	10	5	4	1	70	16	350
2017	4 student work terms	46	27	10	7	4	4	1	78	12	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	46	18	14	9	8	4	2	67	18	309

12. The following questions ask about your intentions to seek or recommend future student employment or a future career in the federal public service. Based on your experience with your current student job, please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. d. I would seek a career in the federal public service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	54	23	11	4	2	6	0	82	6	2012
2020	2 student work terms	56	23	9	5	2	4	0	83	8	1060
2020	3 student work terms	57	20	11	4	4	4	0	81	8	457
2020	4 student work terms	55	23	10	5	3	4	0	82	8	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	60	24	5	4	3	2	1	87	7	329
2019	1 student work term	45	27	14	5	3	5	0	76	9	3866
2019	2 student work terms	49	25	14	4	3	4	0	78	7	986
2019	3 student work terms	60	21	9	4	3	3	0	84	6	440
2019	4 student work terms	55	21	13	2	2	6	0	82	5	302
2019	5 or more student work terms	53	23	14	5	4	2	0	78	8	277
2018	1 student work term	45	26	14	6	4	5	0	75	10	4175
2018	2 student work terms	48	26	13	5	4	4	0	77	10	1143
2018	3 student work terms	48	26	13	6	3	4	0	78	9	448
2018	4 student work terms	55	26	10	5	3	1	0	82	9	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	50	26	10	7	4	3	0	78	12	317
2017	1 student work term	46	27	13	6	3	5	0	77	10	3391
2017	2 student work terms	46	26	14	5	4	5	0	75	9	814
2017	3 student work terms	47	27	12	5	3	4	1	78	9	349
2017	4 student work terms	52	24	10	5	3	5	1	81	8	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	54	25	9	4	4	4	1	82	8	310

12. The following questions ask about your intentions to seek or recommend future student employment or a future career in the federal public service. Based on your experience with your current student job, please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. e. I would recommend to other students that they seek a career in the federal public service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	61	26	9	2	1	1	87	3	2014
2020	2 student work terms	60	26	10	2	1	1	87	2	1066
2020	3 student work terms	59	28	8	2	1	2	88	4	458
2020	4 student work terms	62	26	9	0	1	1	89	2	373
2020	5 or more student work terms	64	26	5	2	2	1	90	5	330
2019	1 student work term	50	30	13	3	2	2	82	5	3885
2019	2 student work terms	53	27	14	4	1	1	81	5	988
2019	3 student work terms	59	27	10	1	3	0	86	4	440
2019	4 student work terms	58	23	14	3	1	0	81	5	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	51	28	15	3	3	0	80	5	278
2018	1 student work term	49	30	13	4	2	1	81	6	4180
2018	2 student work terms	52	31	11	3	2	1	84	5	1144
2018	3 student work terms	52	28	14	4	1	0	80	6	448
2018	4 student work terms	55	31	9	2	2	1	87	4	344
2018	5 or more student work terms	51	31	9	5	3	1	83	8	316
2017	1 student work term	53	29	12	3	2	2	83	5	3397
2017	2 student work terms	49	33	12	4	2	0	82	7	812
2017	3 student work terms	52	27	14	4	2	1	80	6	349
2017	4 student work terms	57	27	10	3	2	1	84	5	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	53	29	9	6	3	0	82	9	310

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Pay

13a. To what extent has your pay been affected by the issues with the Phoenix pay system?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	60	12	4	2	2	18	3	75	25	2015
2020	2 student work terms	52	20	8	3	1	13	2	61	39	1069
2020	3 student work terms	47	24	11	5	4	9	0	51	49	458
2020	4 student work terms	36	32	14	5	4	8	1	40	60	374
2020	5 or more student work terms	33	27	18	8	7	5	2	35	65	330
2019	1 student work term	50	21	11	5	4	8	2	55	45	3887
2019	2 student work terms	38	26	17	9	4	5	1	40	60	988
2019	3 student work terms	26	32	20	10	6	5	1	28	72	440
2019	4 student work terms	21	31	24	9	11	4	0	22	78	304
2019	5 or more student work terms	17	27	21	19	17	1	0	17	83	278
2018	1 student work term	49	22	12	5	4	7	2	53	47	4185
2018	2 student work terms	36	28	18	7	6	4	1	38	62	1142
2018	3 student work terms	27	31	18	11	8	3	1	28	72	448
2018	4 student work terms	22	32	24	14	6	1	0	22	89	345
2018	5 or more student work terms	18	24	25	14	15	3	2	19	81	319
2017	1 student work term	44	23	14	7	5	5	1	47	53	3400
2017	2 student work terms	24	23	24	13	12	2	1	25	75	815
2017	3 student work terms	16	21	21	20	21	1	1	17	83	351
2017	4 student work terms	10	18	24	22	24	2	0	11	89	338
2017	5 or more student work terms	9	14	23	20	30	3	0	10	90	311

13b. I am satisfied with the support (e.g., regular information, follow-up, making enquiries on my behalf, offering emergency or priority pay) I received from my department or agency to help resolve my pay issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Total responses
2020	1 student work term	26	31	11	11	7	1	12	66	21	402
2020	2 student work terms	28	31	10	11	8	2	10	67	21	353
2020	3 student work terms	27	29	15	13	8	0	7	61	23	204
2020	4 student work terms	25	29	17	14	8	1	6	58	24	204
2020	5 or more student work terms	19	26	15	15	17	1	6	49	35	201
2019	1 student work term	21	31	13	16	10	2	5	56	29	1558
2019	2 student work terms	18	27	13	22	14	2	4	48	38	550
2019	3 student work terms	16	32	11	23	13	1	3	50	38	298
2019	4 student work terms	15	26	10	29	16	1	4	43	47	227
2019	5 or more student work terms	10	21	15	25	24	2	2	33	52	229
2018	1 student work term	21	28	15	19	11	3	5	53	31	1783
2018	2 student work terms	14	29	14	22	15	2	4	45	40	679
2018	3 student work terms	14	30	12	21	17	1	4	47	40	308
2018	4 student work terms	16	25	12	23	22	0	1	42	46	264
2018	5 or more student work terms	13	28	8	25	23	0	4	42	50	248
2017	1 student work term	24	27	14	13	10	2	10	58	27	1682
2017	2 student work terms	20	27	11	20	17	1	5	49	39	591
2017	3 student work terms	14	24	13	22	24	1	4	40	47	288
2017	4 student work terms	14	23	12	22	27	1	2	38	50	297
2017	5 or more student work terms	14	19	16	18	31	1	1	33	50	272

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Date modified:: 2019-03-01

2020 Student Exit Survey Results for the Public Service by Question 15. Including your current student work term, please provide the total number of student work terms you have worked in your current department or agency.

2. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about the application process for your current student job. a. It was easy to get information about the student employment program/process.

2. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about the application process for your current student job. b. The application process was clear and easy to understand.

2. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about the application process for your current student job. c. I was provided with sufficient information about the job prior to applying for the position.

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? a. Gaining work experience in my field of study

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? b. Job location

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? c. Establishing contacts and networking opportunities for future work in the federal public service

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? d. Timing of the job offer

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? e. Salary

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? f. No other job offers at the time

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? g. Recommendations from other students working in the federal public service

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? h. Educational requirement (e.g., CO-OP, internship, etc.)

4. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your recruitment experience. c. The length of time between first being contacted about the job and the interview.

4. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your recruitment experience. d. The length of time between the initial job offer and the start date.

4. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your recruitment experience. e. The amount of information I was provided about the job prior to accepting the position.

4. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your recruitment experience. f. The extent to which the interviewer made me feel at ease during the interview.

4. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement. g. Overall, I was satisfied with the way in which the interview process was conducted.

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. b. The welcome I received from my supervisor/manager (either virtually or in person).

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. c. The welcome I received from my colleagues in my work unit (either virtually or in person).

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. d. Being provided with the necessary materials and equipment to do my work when I started my student job.

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. f. The overall orientation I received about the work I would be doing.

5. Please indicate the extent to which you are satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your onboarding and orientation experience. g. The overall orientation I received about my organization.

6. Did your manager or supervisor make you aware of orientation or student events offered by your organization or other organizations?

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. a. Throughout my student job, I was provided with the necessary materials and equipment to do my job.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. b. I was generally made to feel part of the team.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. c. My supervisor/manager was available for meetings or consultations.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. d. I attended regularly scheduled staff or team meetings.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. e. Lines of authority and reporting relationships were made clear to me.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. f. I knew how my work contributed to the achievement of my team's goals.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. g. I felt my work made a contribution to my work unit.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. h. I was encouraged to take initiative in my work.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. i. I was given meaningful work.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. j. I was given interesting tasks.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. k. My job was a good fit with my interests.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. l. My job was a good fit with my skills.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. m. My job was a good fit with my field of study.

7. The following questions ask about your general experience in your current job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. n. Overall, I had a positive work experience.

7o. Overall, the amount of work that I was assigned was…

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. a. There was a clear work plan in place for my student work term.

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. b. My student work term generally followed the structure of the work plan.

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. c. My daily tasks and duties were clearly defined for me.

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. d. My colleagues helped me learn more about the job.

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. e. I was provided with informative feedback about my work.

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. f. I gained an overall understanding of the work done in my department or agency.

8. The following questions relate to the learning experiences that were provided to you through your student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. g. I gained an understanding of how government works.

9a. Having carefully read the definition above, have you requested measures to accommodate your needs during your summer job?

9b. Were any measures taken to accommodate your needs?

9c. I am satisfied with the measures that were taken to accommodate my needs.

10. The following questions relate to the work environment that you experienced during your student job. Please indicate the extent to which the following occurred. b. The Wi-fi at the location from which I worked remotely was sufficient to carry out my day-to-day work activities.

10. The following questions relate to the work environment that you experienced during your student job. Please indicate the extent to which the following occurred. c. Discussions during virtual meetings were difficult to follow because of video or audio interruptions.

10. The following questions relate to the work environment that you experienced during your student job. Please indicate the extent to which the following occurred. d. My team members encouraged me to share my ideas and opinions during virtual team meetings.

11. The following questions relate to your workplace well-being throughout your current student job. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. h. My immediate supervisor supported my mental health and well-being during my student job.

11i. Were you made aware that some students were eligible to take "Other Leave with Pay" (code 699) in recent months during the COVID-19 pandemic?

13a. To what extent has your pay been affected by the issues with the Phoenix pay system?

13b. I am satisfied with the support (e.g., regular information, follow-up, making enquiries on my behalf, offering emergency or priority pay) I received from my department or agency to help resolve my pay issues.