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Appendix D: Informal Mail Survey of Employers of Engineers
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... Division or Company Form Used in Mail Survey Information Prepared by: l ~ Optional Number of Employees in Division or Company Number of Engineering Employees Reported on 6. Major Products/Services of the Division or Company Field Computer Hardware Computer Software Aeronautical Engineer APPENDIX D Total Number Included Average Number of New Graduates Hired/Year {last 3 years)
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... APPENDIX D 67 Responses to Informal Survey TABLE D-1 Survey Responses Regarding Difficulty in Finding Quality Graduates Percent Responding "Very or Somewhat" Number of Engineers Difficult Responden Computer hard ware 67.5 37 Computer soft ware 52.8 53 Aeronautical 25.0 16 Chemical 33.4 39 Civil 14.0 57 Electrical 58.2 67 Electronic 65.7 35 Industrial 33.4 36 Mechanical 47.4 76 TABLE D-2 Survey Responses Regarding Utilization of Engineers Engineers Computer hardware Computer software Aeronautical Chemical Civil Electrical Electronic Industrial Mechanical Percent Fully Utilized Respondents Number of 75.0 73.7 43.8 37.2 70.5 60.0 45.9 45.0 55.4 40 57 16 43 61 75 37 40 83
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... · Systems cost approximately $3,000 per engineer affected. · 24% had formally evaluated their systems.


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