2021 Student Exit Survey Results for the Public Service (PS) by Question 21. What is your current level of education?

The results of the 2021 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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2a. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	31	39	10	12	2	0	6	75	15	75	728
2021	Doctorate	19	46	13	13	2	0	8	70	16	70	48
2021	Professional certification	31	44	11	6	4	0	4	79	10	79	54
2021	Other	22	35	14	14	5	3	6	63	21	63	63
2021	High School	25	43	13	14	1	3	1	71	16	71	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	35	32	11	10	3	3	5	73	15	73	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	25	50	11	8	3	2	2	77	11	77	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	40	39	8	9	2	1	2	81	11	81	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	40	34	10	9	4	1	1	76	13	76	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	26	46	12	10	2	1	3	75	13	75	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	28	46	11	10	2	1	3	77	12	77	2801
2021	Graduate diploma	28	39	12	9	7	2	4	70	17	70	223

2b. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	45	34	7	7	1	0	5	84	8	84	729
2021	Doctorate	38	33	6	6	4	0	13	81	12	81	48
2021	Professional certification	42	45	6	2	0	0	6	92	2	92	53
2021	Other	40	29	11	10	5	2	5	73	15	73	63
2021	High School	35	41	8	12	2	1	1	78	14	78	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	38	39	10	6	3	1	3	81	9	81	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	33	37	13	14	2	2	0	71	16	71	63
2021	College - Years 1&2	52	34	5	6	2	0	1	86	8	86	310
2021	College - Years 3&4	47	34	7	7	3	1	2	83	9	83	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	44	39	6	5	2	0	3	87	7	87	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	43	39	6	6	1	0	3	86	8	86	2803
2021	Graduate diploma	39	35	7	9	3	1	5	80	12	80	223

2c. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	32	35	12	11	6	0	5	70	18	70	730
2021	Doctorate	13	45	13	9	15	0	6	61	25	61	47
2021	Professional certification	34	36	11	13	4	0	2	71	17	71	53
2021	Other	25	32	8	16	11	2	6	62	29	62	63
2021	High School	27	35	17	17	4	0	1	62	21	62	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	38	28	10	12	8	1	3	69	21	69	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	19	39	13	19	8	0	3	60	27	60	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	42	32	7	13	4	0	2	76	17	76	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	37	28	15	9	10	0	2	66	19	66	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	23	36	12	17	8	0	4	61	26	61	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	27	34	12	16	7	0	4	63	24	63	2798
2021	Graduate diploma	28	36	9	16	5	0	6	69	22	69	222

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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	73	14	6	3	2	0	2	88	5	88	729
2021	Doctorate	69	6	8	2	6	0	8	82	9	82	48
2021	Professional certification	72	15	2	4	6	0	2	89	9	89	54
2021	Other	45	21	10	10	10	0	5	69	20	69	62
2021	High School	34	12	14	12	16	1	11	52	32	52	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	59	17	8	9	3	0	3	79	13	79	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	58	16	13	8	0	2	5	78	8	78	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	72	14	6	2	4	0	2	88	6	88	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	78	9	5	3	2	0	3	90	4	90	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	53	18	11	8	7	0	3	73	16	73	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	62	17	9	5	5	0	2	81	10	81	2800
2021	Graduate diploma	69	11	8	5	3	0	4	83	8	83	224

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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	29	26	13	9	11	12	63	23	63	728
2021	Doctorate	36	23	11	6	6	17	72	15	72	47
2021	Professional certification	37	15	20	15	6	7	56	22	56	54
2021	Other	43	22	16	6	10	3	67	16	67	63
2021	High School	41	30	17	6	6	1	72	11	72	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	31	29	14	16	3	7	64	21	64	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	34	31	14	9	5	6	70	15	70	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	38	29	17	5	7	4	69	13	69	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	38	19	25	8	8	3	58	16	58	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	31	27	18	9	7	8	63	17	63	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	33	26	17	9	8	7	63	19	63	2797
2021	Graduate diploma	35	32	17	5	4	6	71	10	71	221

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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	56	23	13	4	3	0	0	80	7	80	728
2021	Doctorate	56	13	17	2	6	2	4	73	9	73	48
2021	Professional certification	57	26	6	7	4	0	0	83	11	83	54
2021	Other	42	19	13	16	5	3	2	64	22	64	62
2021	High School	36	29	13	13	8	0	1	66	21	66	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	44	21	19	12	1	1	2	67	13	67	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	45	23	19	8	3	0	2	70	11	70	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	60	24	9	3	2	1	1	85	5	85	309
2021	College - Years 3&4	61	21	7	7	3	0	1	83	10	83	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	42	26	17	10	4	1	0	69	14	69	1009
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	49	27	14	6	3	0	0	76	10	76	2793
2021	Graduate diploma	57	24	10	5	4	0	0	81	9	81	222

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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	47	28	13	6	3	1	3	77	9	77	727
2021	Doctorate	46	29	6	6	4	0	8	82	11	82	48
2021	Professional certification	44	30	11	6	6	0	4	77	12	77	54
2021	Other	51	21	13	5	10	2	0	73	15	73	63
2021	High School	40	34	14	6	6	1	1	75	11	75	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	34	39	12	7	4	2	2	76	12	76	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	41	34	14	5	3	2	2	77	8	77	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	48	30	13	5	3	0	1	79	8	79	309
2021	College - Years 3&4	52	24	14	5	4	1	0	77	9	77	181
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	40	31	15	7	4	1	2	73	12	73	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	45	31	14	5	3	0	1	77	9	77	2798
2021	Graduate diploma	53	26	12	3	2	1	2	82	6	82	223

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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	26	31	23	13	5	0	2	58	19	58	729
2021	Doctorate	42	25	23	8	2	0	0	67	10	67	48
2021	Professional certification	33	30	9	11	11	2	4	67	24	67	54
2021	Other	17	44	21	8	10	0	0	62	17	62	63
2021	High School	33	35	16	7	8	0	1	69	15	69	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	17	45	19	13	3	0	2	64	17	64	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	23	20	39	13	5	0	0	44	17	44	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	27	27	21	16	8	1	2	55	24	55	309
2021	College - Years 3&4	28	25	23	15	8	0	1	54	23	54	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	22	29	26	14	7	0	1	52	21	52	1010
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	25	28	26	14	6	0	1	54	20	54	2792
2021	Graduate diploma	31	30	23	8	7	0	2	62	15	62	221

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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	9	9	13	13	24	2	30	27	54	27	724
2021	Doctorate	6	6	4	15	29	0	40	21	72	21	48
2021	Professional certification	14	12	8	10	12	6	39	46	39	46	51
2021	Other	10	7	11	10	23	7	33	27	54	27	61
2021	High School	11	11	11	10	25	9	23	32	52	32	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	3	11	15	14	22	2	33	22	55	22	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	8	7	15	8	15	7	41	28	44	28	61
2021	College - Years 1&2	14	8	12	11	27	4	25	30	53	30	309
2021	College - Years 3&4	10	9	14	15	23	5	24	26	53	26	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	10	11	14	15	24	3	23	28	53	28	1002
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	10	11	13	15	21	2	26	30	51	30	2781
2021	Graduate diploma	8	7	16	9	23	3	34	23	52	23	223

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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	13	17	15	14	16	4	22	40	40	40	723
2021	Doctorate	6	19	17	6	13	2	38	41	31	41	48
2021	Professional certification	22	17	15	17	7	2	20	50	31	50	54
2021	Other	6	10	10	14	17	0	43	28	56	28	63
2021	High School	13	18	14	9	19	4	21	42	39	42	159
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	9	16	16	13	10	3	34	39	36	39	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	14	21	13	13	6	3	30	52	29	52	63
2021	College - Years 1&2	18	15	13	11	14	4	26	47	35	47	309
2021	College - Years 3&4	13	18	13	8	16	6	26	45	36	45	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	9	12	15	13	19	3	29	31	48	31	1004
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	10	15	15	12	18	3	27	36	43	36	2782
2021	Graduate diploma	13	20	15	10	12	2	29	47	31	47	220

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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	35	13	8	6	14	1	24	63	26	63	727
2021	Doctorate	7	7	7	4	28	2	46	25	63	25	46
2021	Professional certification	43	11	6	6	6	2	28	76	16	76	54
2021	Other	10	10	3	11	21	3	41	35	59	35	61
2021	High School	10	11	10	6	28	5	30	32	53	32	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	14	22	14	6	9	5	30	55	24	55	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	20	14	22	13	5	0	27	47	23	47	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	37	17	12	5	11	2	17	66	19	66	309
2021	College - Years 3&4	36	21	8	6	11	2	15	69	21	69	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	20	12	8	8	19	2	31	48	40	48	1009
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	22	14	11	8	16	2	27	51	34	51	2795
2021	Graduate diploma	21	13	8	9	18	0	31	49	39	49	223

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? i. Opportunity to telework
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	40	17	11	8	12	1	11	65	22	65	728
2021	Doctorate	48	10	6	8	19	0	8	64	30	64	48
2021	Professional certification	30	17	11	15	11	2	15	56	31	56	54
2021	Other	27	17	8	10	16	5	17	57	33	57	63
2021	High School	10	13	8	6	21	8	34	39	47	39	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	24	10	13	11	13	4	24	48	34	48	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	39	14	9	8	9	2	19	67	22	67	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	29	17	10	9	12	5	18	59	28	59	309
2021	College - Years 3&4	31	11	9	12	14	3	19	54	34	54	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	21	14	12	11	19	4	19	45	39	45	1010
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	29	16	12	8	17	2	15	55	31	55	2787
2021	Graduate diploma	29	20	12	6	15	3	15	59	26	59	220

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? j. Working in the offical language of my choice
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	37	20	15	10	11	1	7	61	23	61	729
2021	Doctorate	33	29	10	2	21	0	4	65	24	65	48
2021	Professional certification	31	17	7	9	19	2	15	58	33	58	54
2021	Other	34	16	13	8	15	0	15	58	26	58	62
2021	High School	34	22	8	12	18	1	6	59	32	59	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	22	21	15	16	18	3	6	46	38	46	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	38	11	20	13	13	0	6	52	27	52	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	41	25	8	9	8	2	8	73	19	73	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	47	20	7	5	11	2	8	74	18	74	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	29	22	14	13	15	1	6	55	30	55	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	35	22	13	10	14	1	6	61	25	61	2800
2021	Graduate diploma	42	18	9	10	13	1	7	65	24	65	223

4c. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	65	22	6	4	1	0	2	89	5	89	550
2021	Doctorate	61	11	11	6	6	0	6	76	12	76	18
2021	Professional certification	66	20	2	5	0	0	7	92	5	92	41
2021	Other	45	24	21	8	3	0	0	68	11	68	38
2021	High School	41	34	9	11	3	2	0	76	15	76	133
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	47	32	10	6	3	0	2	80	9	80	98
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	51	31	11	2	0	2	2	86	2	86	45
2021	College - Years 1&2	65	24	5	3	1	0	1	91	4	91	235
2021	College - Years 3&4	59	27	8	4	1	0	1	87	5	87	118
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	55	25	11	6	1	1	2	82	7	82	821
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	60	24	7	6	2	0	1	85	8	85	1762
2021	Graduate diploma	60	21	11	4	4	0	1	82	7	82	141

4d. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	54	20	8	11	5	0	1	75	17	75	550
2021	Doctorate	67	11	0	11	6	0	6	82	18	82	18
2021	Professional certification	54	20	7	15	5	0	0	73	20	73	41
2021	Other	42	34	13	8	3	0	0	76	11	76	38
2021	High School	44	26	14	11	5	0	0	70	16	70	133
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	42	28	16	9	3	1	1	71	13	71	98
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	36	33	13	9	7	2	0	70	16	70	45
2021	College - Years 1&2	55	25	7	9	3	0	1	80	13	80	235
2021	College - Years 3&4	45	25	12	14	3	0	1	71	17	71	117
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	45	25	10	12	6	0	1	71	19	71	821
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	47	24	8	13	7	0	1	71	20	71	1760
2021	Graduate diploma	47	21	10	12	9	0	1	69	21	69	141

4e. 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 (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	39	35	11	12	3	0	73	16	73	547
2021	Doctorate	50	33	0	11	6	0	83	17	83	18
2021	Professional certification	46	29	17	7	0	0	76	7	76	41
2021	Other	39	18	16	16	11	0	58	26	58	38
2021	High School	28	29	20	20	3	1	57	23	57	133
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	34	36	11	13	6	0	69	19	69	98
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	20	40	16	22	2	0	60	24	60	45
2021	College - Years 1&2	44	34	10	10	1	0	78	11	78	235
2021	College - Years 3&4	41	28	16	14	1	0	69	15	69	117
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	29	34	15	17	5	0	63	22	63	819
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	30	36	13	16	4	0	66	21	66	1762
2021	Graduate diploma	42	30	11	13	4	0	72	17	72	141

4f. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	77	17	4	1	0	0	1	95	1	95	549
2021	Doctorate	56	33	0	6	0	0	6	94	6	94	18
2021	Professional certification	83	15	0	0	0	0	2	100	0	100	41
2021	Other	74	18	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	92	38
2021	High School	65	29	1	2	0	1	2	98	2	98	133
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	72	19	6	0	2	0	0	92	2	92	98
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	67	33	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	45
2021	College - Years 1&2	80	14	5	1	0	0	0	93	2	93	235
2021	College - Years 3&4	75	18	6	1	0	0	0	93	1	93	118
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	70	23	5	1	0	0	1	94	1	94	820
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	74	19	4	2	0	0	0	94	2	94	1763
2021	Graduate diploma	77	17	3	2	0	0	1	95	2	95	141

4g. 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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	69	26	3	2	0	1	95	2	95	550
2021	Doctorate	61	28	0	0	6	6	94	6	94	18
2021	Professional certification	76	22	0	0	0	2	100	0	100	41
2021	Other	61	26	8	5	0	0	87	5	87	38
2021	High School	59	34	3	2	1	2	94	3	94	133
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	57	37	5	0	1	0	94	1	94	98
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	67	33	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	45
2021	College - Years 1&2	77	22	0	0	0	0	99	1	99	235
2021	College - Years 3&4	80	14	6	0	0	0	94	0	94	117
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	64	30	3	2	0	0	95	2	95	819
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	66	28	3	2	0	1	95	2	95	1763
2021	Graduate diploma	70	22	4	3	1	1	93	4	93	141

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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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	80	14	3	3	1	0	94	3	94	556
2021	Doctorate	70	20	5	5	0	0	90	5	90	20
2021	Professional certification	81	12	7	0	0	0	93	0	93	43
2021	Other	73	25	0	3	0	0	98	3	98	40
2021	High School	80	12	7	1	1	0	91	1	91	138
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	76	18	3	3	0	0	94	3	94	99
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	85	11	4	0	0	0	96	0	96	47
2021	College - Years 1&2	82	16	1	0	0	0	98	0	98	238
2021	College - Years 3&4	81	13	3	2	1	0	94	3	94	118
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	79	16	3	1	1	0	95	2	95	832
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	78	16	3	2	1	0	94	3	94	1789
2021	Graduate diploma	81	14	2	1	1	1	95	3	95	145

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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	74	18	4	2	1	1	92	3	92	556
2021	Doctorate	60	25	10	0	5	0	85	5	85	20
2021	Professional certification	79	19	2	0	0	0	98	0	98	43
2021	Other	68	23	3	5	3	0	90	8	90	40
2021	High School	84	14	1	0	0	0	99	0	99	138
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	73	22	2	3	0	0	95	3	95	99
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	77	15	9	0	0	0	91	0	91	47
2021	College - Years 1&2	80	15	3	1	1	0	95	2	95	238
2021	College - Years 3&4	78	14	8	0	0	0	92	0	92	118
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	76	18	4	1	0	1	94	2	94	831
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	72	20	5	2	1	0	93	3	93	1788
2021	Graduate diploma	73	19	2	4	2	0	92	6	92	144

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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	51	28	5	13	3	0	79	16	79	566
2021	Doctorate	60	15	10	10	5	0	75	15	75	20
2021	Professional certification	51	21	5	16	7	0	72	23	72	43
2021	Other	63	20	5	10	2	0	83	12	83	41
2021	High School	58	27	5	8	0	1	87	9	87	142
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	58	29	6	4	2	1	88	6	88	100
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	62	23	9	4	2	0	85	6	85	47
2021	College - Years 1&2	68	19	3	8	1	1	88	9	88	245
2021	College - Years 3&4	65	20	6	3	6	1	85	9	85	122
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	58	24	5	8	4	0	82	12	82	851
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	54	27	5	10	4	0	81	13	81	1826
2021	Graduate diploma	56	25	6	11	2	0	81	13	81	151

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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	45	28	6	14	8	0	0	72	22	72	564
2021	Doctorate	60	15	10	5	10	0	0	75	15	75	20
2021	Professional certification	51	16	7	23	0	0	2	69	24	69	43
2021	Other	51	22	10	10	2	5	0	77	13	77	41
2021	High School	37	23	12	13	5	1	8	67	20	67	142
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	46	28	9	11	4	0	2	76	15	76	100
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	47	23	11	15	4	0	0	70	19	70	47
2021	College - Years 1&2	51	24	5	12	6	1	2	76	19	76	244
2021	College - Years 3&4	52	26	7	11	3	0	2	79	14	79	121
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	42	27	8	15	7	0	1	70	23	70	847
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	42	30	8	12	7	0	0	72	20	72	1824
2021	Graduate diploma	44	30	3	17	7	0	1	74	24	74	149

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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	43	35	10	9	2	0	0	79	11	79	564
2021	Doctorate	35	35	5	15	10	0	0	70	25	70	20
2021	Professional certification	53	33	7	7	0	0	0	86	7	86	43
2021	Other	41	27	10	15	5	2	0	70	20	70	41
2021	High School	47	34	8	9	2	0	0	81	11	81	142
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	51	29	14	5	1	0	0	80	6	80	100
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	43	32	21	2	2	0	0	74	4	74	47
2021	College - Years 1&2	58	28	7	5	2	0	0	86	7	86	245
2021	College - Years 3&4	61	25	6	6	2	0	1	87	7	87	122
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	47	33	9	9	2	0	0	80	11	80	849
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	45	36	8	8	3	0	0	80	11	80	1827
2021	Graduate diploma	51	30	7	10	3	0	0	81	13	81	150

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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	46	36	9	7	1	0	1	82	8	82	566
2021	Doctorate	30	45	15	0	10	0	0	75	10	75	20
2021	Professional certification	53	37	7	2	0	0	0	91	2	91	43
2021	Other	44	22	12	10	7	5	0	69	18	69	41
2021	High School	45	30	17	8	0	0	1	75	8	75	142
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	43	41	9	3	1	1	2	87	4	87	100
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	38	36	19	2	4	0	0	74	6	74	47
2021	College - Years 1&2	60	26	8	4	1	0	0	86	6	86	245
2021	College - Years 3&4	62	23	7	5	1	1	1	87	6	87	122
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	46	37	9	6	1	0	0	84	7	84	849
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	46	35	10	6	2	0	0	81	8	81	1827
2021	Graduate diploma	48	34	7	7	3	0	0	82	11	82	151

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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
2021	Master's	75	17	6	3	727
2021	Doctorate	58	25	4	13	48
2021	Professional certification	72	22	2	4	54
2021	Other	56	16	19	10	63
2021	High School	53	17	22	9	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	63	18	15	4	114
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	56	20	20	3	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	69	13	12	6	310
2021	College - Years 3&4	73	15	8	4	180
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	67	17	11	5	1009
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	73	17	7	3	2783
2021	Graduate diploma	62	27	8	3	222

7a. 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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	64	30	2	4	1	0	0	93	5	93	731
2021	Doctorate	65	29	4	2	0	0	0	94	2	94	48
2021	Professional certification	61	24	4	9	2	0	0	85	11	85	54
2021	Other	68	19	5	5	2	2	0	89	6	89	63
2021	High School	74	17	3	5	1	0	1	91	6	91	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	67	26	4	3	0	0	0	93	3	93	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	61	31	2	5	2	0	0	92	6	92	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	74	19	3	3	0	0	0	93	4	93	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	69	22	3	5	2	0	0	91	7	91	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	67	25	3	4	2	0	0	92	5	92	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	67	25	2	4	1	0	0	92	6	92	2803
2021	Graduate diploma	63	29	4	4	1	0	0	91	5	91	224

7b. 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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	75	17	3	3	2	0	92	5	92	731
2021	Doctorate	83	15	0	0	2	0	98	2	98	48
2021	Professional certification	72	13	13	2	0	0	85	2	85	54
2021	Other	68	22	3	5	2	0	90	6	90	63
2021	High School	82	14	2	1	1	0	96	2	96	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	77	15	6	1	0	2	93	1	93	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	75	16	2	6	2	0	91	8	91	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	78	14	4	2	0	1	94	3	94	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	80	13	5	1	2	0	93	2	93	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	77	17	3	2	1	0	94	3	94	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	73	19	4	3	1	0	92	4	92	2804
2021	Graduate diploma	71	16	5	6	1	0	88	8	88	224

7c. The people I worked with valued my ideas and opinions.
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	74	18	4	2	1	0	0	93	3	93	729
2021	Doctorate	77	15	4	0	2	0	2	94	2	94	48
2021	Professional certification	70	20	7	0	0	0	2	92	0	92	54
2021	Other	59	19	8	3	3	3	5	84	7	84	63
2021	High School	68	22	3	3	1	1	2	93	4	93	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	58	25	10	1	0	2	4	89	1	89	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	60	22	6	8	2	0	2	84	10	84	63
2021	College - Years 1&2	73	16	8	2	1	0	0	90	3	90	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	77	14	4	3	1	1	1	92	4	92	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	71	21	5	2	0	0	1	93	2	93	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	70	19	5	3	1	1	1	91	4	91	2798
2021	Graduate diploma	62	26	4	4	2	0	3	90	6	90	224

7d. My supervisor/manager was available for meetings or consultations.
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	79	16	3	2	1	0	0	95	3	95	729
2021	Doctorate	83	13	2	0	2	0	0	96	2	96	48
2021	Professional certification	80	9	2	9	0	0	0	89	9	89	54
2021	Other	67	21	5	3	2	2	2	90	5	90	63
2021	High School	78	17	1	1	2	1	1	96	3	96	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	78	14	4	3	0	1	0	93	3	93	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	78	17	2	0	3	0	0	95	3	95	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	85	9	4	1	1	0	1	95	2	95	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	85	9	2	2	2	0	1	94	4	94	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	76	16	2	3	1	0	1	94	4	94	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	77	17	3	2	1	0	0	95	3	95	2799
2021	Graduate diploma	75	18	4	3	0	0	0	93	3	93	224

7e. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	85	9	2	1	2	0	1	95	3	95	730
2021	Doctorate	85	13	0	0	2	0	0	98	2	98	47
2021	Professional certification	78	15	4	0	2	0	2	94	2	94	54
2021	Other	71	13	3	3	3	0	6	90	7	90	63
2021	High School	57	9	9	2	2	1	20	84	5	84	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	68	12	5	2	3	1	9	89	6	89	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	70	17	0	2	3	0	8	95	5	95	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	75	10	4	2	1	0	8	93	3	93	310
2021	College - Years 3&4	80	7	4	3	1	0	6	92	4	92	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	72	12	3	2	2	0	8	92	5	92	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	78	12	2	2	1	0	4	94	4	94	2794
2021	Graduate diploma	79	11	4	2	2	0	2	92	5	92	224

7f. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	63	26	4	6	1	0	0	89	7	89	729
2021	Doctorate	56	31	2	4	4	2	0	89	9	89	48
2021	Professional certification	63	30	2	4	0	2	0	94	4	94	54
2021	Other	60	24	3	8	0	2	3	88	8	88	63
2021	High School	58	25	7	6	2	3	0	85	8	85	159
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	53	25	9	3	3	6	1	84	7	84	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	50	23	14	5	3	5	0	77	8	77	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	71	18	6	3	2	1	0	90	4	90	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	70	20	4	4	1	1	0	91	5	91	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	61	26	4	4	2	1	2	90	6	90	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	62	26	5	5	1	0	0	89	6	89	2799
2021	Graduate diploma	59	25	4	6	1	0	3	88	8	88	224

7g. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	66	23	6	3	1	0	0	89	4	89	730
2021	Doctorate	71	27	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	98	48
2021	Professional certification	69	26	4	2	0	0	0	94	2	94	54
2021	Other	59	21	8	10	0	3	0	82	10	82	63
2021	High School	69	22	5	3	0	1	0	92	3	92	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	66	22	6	3	1	1	1	89	4	89	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	63	25	5	2	5	2	0	89	6	89	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	73	21	4	2	1	0	0	94	2	94	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	76	18	2	2	2	1	0	94	4	94	181
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	67	24	5	2	1	0	0	92	3	92	1014
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	67	23	5	3	1	0	0	90	4	90	2803
2021	Graduate diploma	61	27	5	3	2	0	1	90	5	90	224

7h. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	64	25	5	4	1	0	89	5	89	731
2021	Doctorate	73	23	2	2	0	0	96	2	96	48
2021	Professional certification	61	35	2	2	0	0	96	2	96	54
2021	Other	60	22	6	10	0	2	84	10	84	63
2021	High School	70	20	4	3	0	2	92	3	92	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	63	22	9	4	1	2	86	5	86	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	66	25	2	3	3	2	92	6	92	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	74	19	5	2	0	0	93	2	93	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	79	15	3	1	2	1	94	3	94	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	64	27	5	3	1	0	91	4	91	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	66	24	5	3	1	0	91	4	91	2802
2021	Graduate diploma	63	26	6	4	1	0	90	5	90	224

7i. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	65	24	7	3	1	0	0	89	4	89	731
2021	Doctorate	69	21	6	4	0	0	0	90	4	90	48
2021	Professional certification	69	22	6	4	0	0	0	91	4	91	54
2021	Other	60	24	8	3	0	2	3	88	3	88	63
2021	High School	68	22	7	2	0	0	1	90	3	90	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	61	28	8	2	0	1	0	90	2	90	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	52	33	8	6	2	0	0	84	8	84	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	74	16	6	3	1	1	0	91	4	91	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	78	14	5	2	1	0	1	92	3	92	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	63	27	6	2	1	0	0	91	3	91	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	64	25	7	3	1	0	0	89	4	89	2802
2021	Graduate diploma	61	26	7	3	2	0	1	87	5	87	224

7j. I was encouraged to work in the official language of my choice.
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	73	9	7	3	1	1	7	89	4	89	730
2021	Doctorate	75	10	13	0	0	0	2	87	0	87	48
2021	Professional certification	72	8	9	0	0	0	11	89	0	89	53
2021	Other	75	6	3	2	2	0	13	93	4	93	63
2021	High School	68	9	12	2	1	1	7	84	3	84	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	53	19	13	3	1	3	9	81	4	81	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	50	20	13	5	0	2	11	80	5	80	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	74	10	7	1	1	0	5	90	3	90	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	78	5	7	1	1	1	8	90	2	90	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	68	13	8	2	1	0	7	88	3	88	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	71	12	7	1	1	1	7	90	2	90	2803
2021	Graduate diploma	70	14	8	1	0	0	7	90	1	90	223

7k. I was given meaningful 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	60	24	9	4	2	0	0	85	6	85	729
2021	Doctorate	67	27	4	2	0	0	0	94	2	94	48
2021	Professional certification	65	28	6	0	2	0	0	93	2	93	54
2021	Other	54	19	13	8	5	0	2	74	13	74	63
2021	High School	52	31	9	6	1	0	1	84	7	84	159
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	51	30	10	6	2	1	0	82	8	82	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	58	27	8	5	2	2	0	86	6	86	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	67	20	7	4	2	0	0	87	5	87	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	67	20	8	3	2	0	0	88	4	88	181
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	54	31	8	5	1	0	0	85	7	85	1011
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	56	28	8	5	2	0	0	84	8	84	2801
2021	Graduate diploma	58	25	8	5	3	0	0	84	8	84	224

7l. My job was a good fit with my interests.
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	53	28	10	6	2	0	0	82	8	82	730
2021	Doctorate	50	35	10	2	2	0	0	85	4	85	48
2021	Professional certification	63	26	7	2	0	0	2	91	2	91	54
2021	Other	38	33	20	5	3	0	2	72	8	72	61
2021	High School	47	30	13	5	4	1	1	78	9	78	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	48	23	16	7	3	1	3	73	11	73	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	54	21	17	8	0	0	0	75	8	75	63
2021	College - Years 1&2	57	26	12	3	3	0	0	83	5	83	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	59	23	10	5	3	0	0	82	8	82	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	44	31	15	8	2	0	0	75	10	75	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	45	32	12	7	4	0	0	77	11	77	2800
2021	Graduate diploma	52	24	13	8	3	0	0	77	11	77	223

7m. 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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	59	26	8	6	2	0	0	84	7	84	727
2021	Doctorate	63	27	8	2	0	0	0	90	2	90	48
2021	Professional certification	70	28	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	98	53
2021	Other	48	27	19	2	2	0	2	77	3	77	62
2021	High School	56	32	7	3	2	0	1	88	5	88	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	50	32	12	3	2	0	1	83	5	83	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	55	27	16	3	0	0	0	81	3	81	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	63	26	7	2	1	1	0	89	3	89	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	66	21	8	3	1	1	0	87	4	87	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	54	33	8	5	1	0	0	87	6	87	1009
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	54	31	8	5	2	0	0	86	7	86	2793
2021	Graduate diploma	57	28	11	2	2	0	0	85	4	85	224

7n. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	58	22	8	6	4	0	1	81	11	81	729
2021	Doctorate	52	23	8	6	8	0	2	77	15	77	48
2021	Professional certification	66	23	8	2	2	0	0	89	4	89	53
2021	Other	29	24	22	13	8	2	3	55	22	55	63
2021	High School	24	20	19	8	9	1	19	55	21	55	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	44	18	13	9	9	1	7	67	19	67	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	50	27	8	5	8	2	2	79	13	79	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	56	26	6	6	5	0	0	82	12	82	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	58	19	8	9	4	0	2	79	13	79	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	37	27	14	11	8	0	3	67	19	67	1014
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	45	27	10	10	6	0	1	73	16	73	2801
2021	Graduate diploma	53	24	9	6	6	0	1	79	13	79	223

7o. Overall, I had a positive work experience.
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	73	19	4	3	1	0	92	4	92	730
2021	Doctorate	77	19	2	0	2	0	96	2	96	48
2021	Professional certification	72	28	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	54
2021	Other	70	17	6	2	3	2	89	5	89	63
2021	High School	75	21	2	1	1	0	96	2	96	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	67	26	5	2	0	0	93	2	93	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	75	17	3	3	2	0	92	5	92	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	84	12	3	1	0	0	96	1	96	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	76	19	3	2	1	0	95	2	95	181
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	71	22	4	2	1	0	93	3	93	1014
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	72	21	4	2	1	0	93	3	93	2797
2021	Graduate diploma	69	23	4	3	1	0	92	4	92	224

7p. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	3	17	73	5	1	1	0	74	26	74	730
2021	Doctorate	0	6	88	6	0	0	0	88	13	88	48
2021	Professional certification	6	20	70	2	0	2	0	72	28	72	54
2021	Other	3	14	76	0	2	3	2	80	20	80	63
2021	High School	0	14	78	5	1	1	1	80	20	80	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	3	16	78	2	1	1	0	78	22	78	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	3	13	80	3	0	2	0	81	19	81	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	2	12	82	3	0	1	0	82	18	82	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	2	9	84	3	2	1	1	85	15	85	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	2	19	73	4	1	1	0	74	26	74	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	2	14	78	4	1	1	0	79	21	79	2802
2021	Graduate diploma	1	13	79	3	2	2	0	81	19	81	223

8a. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	34	31	10	14	7	0	3	68	21	68	731
2021	Doctorate	42	31	4	6	6	4	6	81	14	81	48
2021	Professional certification	33	37	4	19	2	4	2	75	22	75	54
2021	Other	41	22	11	13	8	0	5	67	22	67	63
2021	High School	47	22	14	10	2	2	2	72	13	72	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	27	34	10	16	3	1	9	67	21	67	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	28	31	14	8	3	5	11	70	13	70	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	51	26	11	7	2	2	1	79	10	79	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	51	22	10	8	7	2	1	75	15	75	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	32	32	12	12	4	2	5	69	17	69	1014
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	34	33	12	11	6	2	2	70	18	70	2803
2021	Graduate diploma	36	28	10	17	7	0	2	66	24	66	224

8b. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	34	29	12	9	4	1	11	71	15	71	729
2021	Doctorate	40	30	4	4	2	2	17	87	8	87	47
2021	Professional certification	37	35	11	7	0	6	4	80	8	80	54
2021	Other	37	29	11	6	5	2	10	75	13	75	62
2021	High School	50	20	12	6	1	5	5	79	8	79	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	32	28	15	6	1	4	14	74	8	74	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	33	28	17	5	2	3	13	72	7	72	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	53	25	12	4	1	3	3	83	5	83	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	51	23	8	5	5	3	4	80	11	80	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	34	29	14	8	3	2	9	72	13	72	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	34	31	14	7	3	3	8	73	12	73	2803
2021	Graduate diploma	37	28	13	8	4	1	8	72	13	72	224

8c. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	40	30	12	12	4	1	72	17	72	729
2021	Doctorate	47	40	4	4	0	4	91	4	91	47
2021	Professional certification	48	35	7	6	2	2	85	8	85	54
2021	Other	45	29	11	10	3	2	75	13	75	62
2021	High School	63	24	7	5	1	0	87	6	87	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	44	33	12	7	3	2	78	10	78	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	50	36	8	3	0	3	89	3	89	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	58	27	8	5	2	0	86	6	86	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	56	28	4	6	4	2	85	11	85	181
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	47	31	10	9	2	1	79	12	79	1012
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	45	31	10	10	3	1	77	13	77	2792
2021	Graduate diploma	43	32	11	8	5	0	75	13	75	224

8d. My colleagues helped me learn more about the 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	67	25	4	3	1	0	1	93	3	93	731
2021	Doctorate	63	25	4	2	4	0	2	89	6	89	48
2021	Professional certification	76	22	0	2	0	0	0	98	2	98	54
2021	Other	57	25	8	5	2	2	2	85	7	85	63
2021	High School	76	16	2	4	1	0	2	93	5	93	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	75	16	6	2	0	0	2	92	2	92	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	72	19	3	6	0	0	0	91	6	91	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	83	12	5	0	0	0	0	95	1	95	310
2021	College - Years 3&4	79	15	3	2	2	0	0	94	3	94	181
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	71	22	4	2	0	0	1	93	3	93	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	68	23	4	3	1	0	1	92	4	92	2800
2021	Graduate diploma	66	25	3	3	3	0	1	91	5	91	223

8e. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	57	29	7	5	2	0	0	87	7	87	731
2021	Doctorate	60	29	4	6	0	0	0	90	6	90	48
2021	Professional certification	56	31	2	11	0	0	0	87	11	87	54
2021	Other	59	22	8	8	2	0	2	82	10	82	63
2021	High School	53	35	5	4	2	1	1	89	6	89	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	49	30	10	7	1	3	0	81	8	81	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	55	28	6	6	3	0	2	84	10	84	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	63	24	6	5	1	1	0	87	6	87	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	67	24	3	3	3	0	1	92	6	92	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	55	29	9	5	2	0	1	84	7	84	1012
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	57	27	7	6	3	0	0	85	9	85	2796
2021	Graduate diploma	52	27	8	8	4	1	0	80	12	80	224

8f. 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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	65	29	2	2	1	0	95	3	95	731
2021	Doctorate	71	23	4	0	2	0	94	2	94	48
2021	Professional certification	72	24	4	0	0	0	96	0	96	54
2021	Other	62	30	3	2	2	2	94	3	94	63
2021	High School	67	26	4	3	0	1	93	3	93	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	66	28	4	1	2	0	93	3	93	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	61	30	6	2	0	2	92	2	92	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	73	23	3	1	0	0	96	1	96	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	72	22	3	2	2	0	94	3	94	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	65	30	3	1	0	0	95	2	95	1011
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	64	29	3	3	1	0	93	3	93	2802
2021	Graduate diploma	58	34	5	1	1	0	92	2	92	224

8g. I gained an understanding of how government works.
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	55	33	8	2	1	0	1	89	3	89	731
2021	Doctorate	56	31	6	4	2	0	0	88	6	88	48
2021	Professional certification	59	31	6	2	0	0	2	92	2	92	54
2021	Other	57	21	8	2	6	3	3	83	8	83	63
2021	High School	33	27	19	9	7	1	2	63	17	63	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	53	31	8	8	1	0	0	84	9	84	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	56	30	8	3	2	0	2	87	5	87	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	55	27	9	5	2	1	1	84	7	84	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	58	30	7	2	2	0	1	90	3	90	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	45	38	12	3	1	0	0	84	5	84	1012
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	51	35	8	4	1	0	1	87	5	87	2800
2021	Graduate diploma	48	37	9	4	2	0	0	85	5	85	224

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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
2021	Master's	12	88	731
2021	Doctorate	17	83	48
2021	Professional certification	11	89	54
2021	Other	17	83	63
2021	High School	22	78	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	13	87	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	6	94	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	17	83	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	16	84	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	11	89	1012
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	14	86	2794
2021	Graduate diploma	21	79	224

9b. Were any measures taken to accommodate your needs?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	60	40	88
2021	Other	70	30	10
2021	High School	72	28	36
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	67	33	15
2021	College - Years 1&2	69	31	51
2021	College - Years 3&4	55	45	29
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	58	42	113
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	61	39	401
2021	Graduate diploma	54	46	46

9c. Have your accommodations been fully put in place and are working properly?
Survey year	Demographic	My accommodation has been fully put in place and working properly (%)	My accommodation has been put in place but it is not working properly and/or it does not fully meet my requirements (%)	My accommodation has been approved but has not been put in place yet (%)	I am still waiting for a decision about my accommodation request (not yet approved or denied) (%)	My accommodation request was denied (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	92	6	2	0	0	52
2021	High School	96	4	0	0	0	26
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	100	0	0	0	0	10
2021	College - Years 1&2	85	0	9	3	3	34
2021	College - Years 3&4	93	0	7	0	0	14
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	95	5	0	0	0	63
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	89	6	1	3	1	238
2021	Graduate diploma	96	4	0	0	0	25

9d. How long did it take for your accommodation to be fully put in place and working properly after the request was approved?
Survey year	Demographic	In less than 2 weeks after approval (%)	In less than 1 month after approval (%)	In less than 2 month after approval (%)	In less than 3 month after approval (%)	Over 3 months after approval (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	79	17	0	2	2	48
2021	High School	80	8	12	0	0	25
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	70	30	0	0	0	10
2021	College - Years 1&2	76	24	0	0	0	29
2021	College - Years 3&4	92	0	0	0	8	13
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	83	14	2	0	2	59
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	86	10	2	1	1	210
2021	Graduate diploma	83	8	8	0	0	24

9e. 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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	82	10	2	6	0	0	92	6	92	51
2021	High School	77	15	4	0	4	0	96	0	96	26
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	60	40	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	10
2021	College - Years 1&2	72	21	3	0	3	0	96	0	96	29
2021	College - Years 3&4	77	23	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	13
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	73	24	2	0	2	0	98	0	98	63
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	68	22	4	2	0	4	94	2	94	227
2021	Graduate diploma	80	20	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	25

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Work environment

10b. 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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	71	22	5	1	0	0	1	94	1	94	656
2021	Doctorate	78	15	5	2	0	0	0	93	2	93	41
2021	Professional certification	68	24	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	93	41
2021	Other	76	22	0	3	0	0	0	97	3	97	37
2021	High School	69	21	3	0	3	3	0	93	4	93	29
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	65	32	2	0	2	0	0	97	2	97	62
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	70	25	5	0	0	0	0	95	0	95	40
2021	College - Years 1&2	82	14	3	1	1	0	1	96	1	96	198
2021	College - Years 3&4	79	18	1	1	1	0	0	98	1	98	141
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	72	23	4	0	0	0	1	96	0	96	658
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	71	22	5	1	1	0	1	94	1	94	2182
2021	Graduate diploma	74	20	5	0	1	0	0	94	1	94	168

10c. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	5	4	21	40	29	1	69	9	9	654
2021	Doctorate	2	0	17	39	39	2	80	3	3	41
2021	Professional certification	5	5	20	27	41	2	70	10	10	41
2021	Other	11	8	8	30	43	0	73	19	19	37
2021	High School	10	0	3	34	41	10	85	12	12	29
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	6	3	13	27	45	5	76	10	10	62
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	0	5	18	25	53	0	78	5	5	40
2021	College - Years 1&2	8	3	13	30	44	2	76	11	11	198
2021	College - Years 3&4	4	2	12	36	45	0	81	6	6	140
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	5	3	18	35	38	1	74	8	8	656
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	5	4	22	34	35	1	70	9	9	2180
2021	Graduate diploma	5	6	17	29	40	2	71	12	12	168

10d. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	46	31	16	4	1	0	2	79	5	79	656
2021	Doctorate	49	37	10	2	2	0	0	85	5	85	41
2021	Professional certification	51	22	15	5	0	2	5	79	5	79	41
2021	Other	35	14	35	3	3	3	8	55	6	55	37
2021	High School	24	31	14	3	0	7	21	76	5	76	29
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	39	34	10	8	3	0	6	78	12	78	62
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	38	40	15	5	0	0	3	79	5	79	40
2021	College - Years 1&2	55	28	14	1	0	0	3	85	1	85	199
2021	College - Years 3&4	54	27	14	2	1	0	2	83	3	83	141
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	41	34	16	4	2	1	2	77	6	77	655
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	44	32	16	3	1	0	3	79	5	79	2182
2021	Graduate diploma	43	30	15	5	2	1	4	77	8	77	168

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Workplace well-being

11a. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	69	19	5	2	1	0	4	92	3	92	729
2021	Doctorate	69	23	0	2	2	0	4	96	4	96	48
2021	Professional certification	76	17	0	2	0	0	6	98	2	98	54
2021	Other	60	22	10	2	2	0	5	87	3	87	63
2021	High School	66	22	7	3	1	0	1	89	4	89	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	63	23	4	4	1	2	3	90	6	90	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	61	28	2	5	2	0	3	92	6	92	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	77	15	3	1	1	0	2	94	3	94	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	73	17	6	0	1	1	2	93	1	93	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	70	21	4	2	1	0	2	93	3	93	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	68	21	4	3	1	0	2	92	4	92	2802
2021	Graduate diploma	66	21	5	4	2	0	1	89	6	89	224

11b. 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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	74	13	3	1	0	1	8	95	1	95	728
2021	Doctorate	83	8	0	0	0	0	8	100	0	100	48
2021	Professional certification	81	13	2	0	0	2	2	98	0	98	53
2021	Other	76	11	5	2	0	2	5	93	2	93	63
2021	High School	68	19	8	3	1	0	2	89	4	89	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	73	20	3	0	2	0	3	96	2	96	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	61	30	5	2	0	2	2	94	2	94	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	83	10	2	2	0	0	3	96	2	96	310
2021	College - Years 3&4	82	10	2	1	1	1	3	95	2	95	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	72	17	4	1	1	1	4	93	2	93	1014
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	77	14	3	1	0	0	4	96	2	96	2801
2021	Graduate diploma	71	17	3	2	1	1	5	94	3	94	223

11c. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	63	22	6	1	0	1	7	92	2	92	728
2021	Doctorate	77	19	0	0	0	0	4	100	0	100	48
2021	Professional certification	72	19	2	2	0	0	6	96	2	96	54
2021	Other	52	29	3	5	2	2	8	89	7	89	63
2021	High School	63	21	6	5	1	1	4	88	6	88	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	65	22	5	1	1	1	6	93	2	93	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	59	25	6	2	3	2	3	89	5	89	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	77	15	3	2	1	0	3	94	3	94	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	75	14	4	2	2	1	3	93	3	93	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	66	21	5	2	1	1	5	91	3	91	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	68	20	6	2	1	1	3	91	3	91	2793
2021	Graduate diploma	63	22	4	3	1	2	4	91	5	91	223

11d. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	51	22	9	4	1	2	10	83	6	83	729
2021	Doctorate	65	29	0	0	0	0	6	100	0	100	48
2021	Professional certification	57	26	9	0	0	0	7	90	0	90	54
2021	Other	46	30	11	2	2	3	6	84	4	84	63
2021	High School	57	22	13	3	1	1	3	82	5	82	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	57	24	9	1	3	1	5	87	4	87	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	52	19	13	8	2	2	6	76	10	76	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	69	18	6	2	1	0	3	90	3	90	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	67	17	6	3	2	1	5	88	5	88	181
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	54	24	10	3	1	1	6	84	5	84	1012
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	55	24	10	3	1	1	4	84	5	84	2798
2021	Graduate diploma	58	22	8	3	2	2	6	86	5	86	223

11e. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	68	14	5	1	0	1	10	93	1	93	726
2021	Doctorate	81	8	0	2	0	2	6	98	2	98	48
2021	Professional certification	66	19	0	2	0	0	13	98	2	98	53
2021	Other	65	19	5	0	2	2	8	93	2	93	63
2021	High School	67	19	6	1	2	1	4	91	3	91	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	66	23	2	0	0	3	7	98	0	98	114
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	59	25	5	0	2	5	5	93	2	93	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	77	14	3	1	0	1	4	96	1	96	309
2021	College - Years 3&4	74	14	5	1	1	2	3	93	2	93	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	68	17	5	1	1	1	7	92	2	92	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	70	18	5	1	1	1	4	93	1	93	2788
2021	Graduate diploma	69	17	5	1	1	0	5	91	3	91	223

11f. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	50	23	10	8	4	2	3	77	12	77	726
2021	Doctorate	63	19	6	4	4	2	2	85	9	85	48
2021	Professional certification	59	22	9	6	2	2	0	83	8	83	54
2021	Other	50	13	8	8	10	5	6	71	20	71	62
2021	High School	54	23	7	9	4	1	2	79	13	79	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	57	19	4	6	8	1	4	81	15	81	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	45	25	11	8	2	5	5	78	10	78	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	57	23	11	4	2	1	2	82	6	82	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	65	20	4	6	3	2	1	87	9	87	181
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	50	24	9	9	3	2	3	78	12	78	1004
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	51	23	10	8	3	2	1	77	12	77	2788
2021	Graduate diploma	49	27	10	7	3	1	3	79	10	79	222

11g. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	57	20	9	7	4	2	2	79	11	79	727
2021	Doctorate	75	10	2	8	4	0	0	85	13	85	48
2021	Professional certification	59	22	4	4	6	2	4	86	10	86	54
2021	Other	43	16	17	6	10	2	6	64	17	64	63
2021	High School	57	23	6	7	6	1	1	81	14	81	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	54	20	9	7	4	3	3	78	12	78	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	53	25	11	6	3	0	2	79	10	79	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	63	18	9	3	3	1	2	84	6	84	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	62	16	8	6	4	1	2	81	11	81	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	56	21	9	8	4	1	2	78	12	78	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	55	21	9	8	5	1	1	77	13	77	2792
2021	Graduate diploma	52	23	10	9	4	0	2	77	13	77	224

11h. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	67	17	8	2	1	1	5	89	3	89	730
2021	Doctorate	75	10	6	2	2	0	4	89	4	89	48
2021	Professional certification	67	13	9	2	0	2	7	88	2	88	54
2021	Other	48	22	11	0	3	5	11	83	4	83	63
2021	High School	65	16	10	2	1	2	4	86	3	86	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	61	20	5	3	2	3	7	90	5	90	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	63	19	8	3	2	0	6	87	5	87	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	72	13	7	2	1	1	4	90	3	90	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	70	15	8	2	1	1	4	89	3	89	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	64	19	9	2	1	1	4	87	4	87	1012
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	65	17	9	2	2	1	4	87	4	87	2800
2021	Graduate diploma	63	17	8	4	2	1	5	85	6	85	224

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Employment in the federal public service

12a. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	48	35	9	6	2	1	0	84	8	84	729
2021	Doctorate	38	42	15	2	2	0	2	81	4	81	48
2021	Professional certification	59	26	7	4	2	0	2	87	6	87	54
2021	Other	38	29	14	8	6	5	0	70	15	70	63
2021	High School	55	25	10	6	0	4	1	84	6	84	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	49	30	13	3	3	3	0	80	6	80	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	48	31	16	3	0	0	2	81	3	81	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	62	27	7	2	1	1	1	90	3	90	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	51	33	7	7	2	1	0	85	9	85	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	45	37	9	4	1	2	1	85	6	85	1014
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	48	36	8	4	2	1	0	85	6	85	2801
2021	Graduate diploma	53	31	8	4	4	0	0	84	8	84	224

12b. 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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	65	28	4	2	1	0	0	93	3	93	728
2021	Doctorate	69	19	6	6	0	0	0	88	6	88	48
2021	Professional certification	74	19	6	2	0	0	0	93	2	93	54
2021	Other	59	17	13	5	2	5	0	80	7	80	63
2021	High School	63	24	9	1	0	1	1	89	1	89	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	63	28	6	0	1	2	0	93	1	93	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	66	25	8	2	0	0	0	91	2	91	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	74	19	4	2	0	0	0	94	2	94	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	69	22	4	3	2	0	1	91	5	91	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	61	30	4	3	1	0	0	92	4	92	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	65	26	5	3	1	0	0	91	4	91	2800
2021	Graduate diploma	70	24	3	3	1	0	0	93	4	93	224

12c. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	62	19	8	3	4	2	1	84	7	84	729
2021	Doctorate	58	21	6	4	2	4	4	86	7	86	48
2021	Professional certification	70	13	4	4	0	7	2	92	4	92	54
2021	Other	46	25	10	6	2	8	3	80	9	80	63
2021	High School	34	17	20	10	8	9	2	57	20	57	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	40	22	19	6	3	9	2	68	11	68	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	56	16	14	2	2	8	3	81	4	81	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	64	19	7	5	2	3	0	85	8	85	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	68	18	3	2	3	4	1	91	6	91	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	36	29	13	7	4	9	2	73	13	73	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	52	22	10	6	4	6	1	79	10	79	2799
2021	Graduate diploma	64	16	8	4	4	5	0	84	8	84	222

12d. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	67	19	8	2	1	3	1	89	4	89	730
2021	Doctorate	63	23	2	6	2	2	2	89	9	89	48
2021	Professional certification	72	9	6	2	2	7	2	90	4	90	54
2021	Other	51	22	11	5	2	10	0	81	7	81	63
2021	High School	31	19	21	9	6	14	1	58	18	58	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	47	19	16	7	2	9	1	73	10	73	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	55	16	13	5	2	6	5	79	7	79	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	65	20	7	3	2	4	0	89	4	89	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	66	19	5	2	4	4	1	89	6	89	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	42	29	12	7	3	8	1	77	10	77	1015
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	56	23	10	3	2	5	0	83	6	83	2801
2021	Graduate diploma	64	21	5	3	2	4	0	89	5	89	224

12e. 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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most Positive or Least Negative answers (%)	Most Negative or Least Positive answers (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	64	24	8	2	1	1	0	89	3	89	729
2021	Doctorate	69	23	4	2	0	0	2	94	2	94	48
2021	Professional certification	76	13	4	2	2	2	2	92	4	92	54
2021	Other	62	16	14	3	3	2	0	79	6	79	63
2021	High School	58	25	9	2	2	3	0	86	4	86	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	60	22	11	3	1	2	0	84	4	84	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	64	23	6	0	2	5	0	92	2	92	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	72	17	8	1	1	1	0	90	2	90	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	73	16	7	0	2	2	0	91	2	91	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	52	32	9	2	1	3	0	87	4	87	1014
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	61	25	10	2	1	1	0	87	3	87	2803
2021	Graduate diploma	66	22	8	1	1	2	0	90	2	90	224

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	81	15	3	1	0	0	0	999	999	95	729
2021	Doctorate	79	8	6	0	2	0	4	999	999	91	48
2021	Professional certification	89	6	4	0	2	0	0	999	999	94	54
2021	Other	81	10	3	2	3	0	2	999	999	92	63
2021	High School	54	22	12	2	5	1	4	999	999	80	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	72	15	6	2	0	1	4	999	999	92	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	67	13	11	3	0	0	6	999	999	85	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	81	13	4	2	0	0	0	999	999	95	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	87	7	3	2	1	0	0	999	999	95	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	71	19	6	2	1	0	1	999	999	90	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	74	18	5	1	1	0	0	999	999	93	2802
2021	Graduate diploma	78	14	5	1	0	0	1	999	999	93	222

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? b. Innovative and exciting opportunities and experiences
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	73	22	4	1	0	0	0	999	999	95	728
2021	Doctorate	81	8	4	2	4	0	0	999	999	90	48
2021	Professional certification	72	19	7	0	2	0	0	999	999	91	54
2021	Other	70	21	5	5	0	0	0	999	999	90	63
2021	High School	64	26	6	3	1	0	1	999	999	91	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	67	22	7	1	0	2	1	999	999	92	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	63	20	14	3	0	0	0	999	999	83	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	76	17	5	1	1	0	0	999	999	94	310
2021	College - Years 3&4	77	17	4	1	1	0	0	999	999	95	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	65	26	7	1	0	0	0	999	999	91	1011
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	69	23	6	2	0	0	0	999	999	92	2802
2021	Graduate diploma	75	17	7	1	0	0	0	999	999	91	223

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? c. Ability to make a difference in people’s lives
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	69	21	7	2	1	0	0	999	999	90	725
2021	Doctorate	79	13	6	0	2	0	0	999	999	91	47
2021	Professional certification	72	21	4	4	0	0	0	999	999	92	53
2021	Other	59	21	10	8	2	2	0	999	999	81	63
2021	High School	59	23	11	3	3	0	1	999	999	83	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	54	27	10	5	2	2	0	999	999	82	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	45	23	17	9	3	0	2	999	999	70	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	62	21	10	4	1	1	1	999	999	85	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	61	28	7	1	2	1	0	999	999	90	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	55	26	12	5	2	0	0	999	999	81	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	61	24	11	3	1	0	0	999	999	85	2793
2021	Graduate diploma	64	21	9	3	1	0	1	999	999	87	224

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? d. Job location
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	40	31	16	7	5	0	2	999	999	72	727
2021	Doctorate	36	38	17	2	2	0	4	999	999	78	47
2021	Professional certification	39	24	20	15	2	0	0	999	999	63	54
2021	Other	48	27	11	6	6	2	0	999	999	76	63
2021	High School	50	28	16	4	3	0	0	999	999	78	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	45	32	15	4	3	0	2	999	999	78	114
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	41	37	14	3	3	0	2	999	999	79	63
2021	College - Years 1&2	43	32	14	5	4	1	1	999	999	76	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	44	31	14	8	3	0	0	999	999	75	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	38	31	19	7	3	0	1	999	999	70	1011
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	39	33	17	6	3	0	1	999	999	73	2797
2021	Graduate diploma	48	30	14	4	3	0	1	999	999	79	223

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? e. Ability to telework part-time (living within commuting distance to an office)
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	40	24	12	9	8	1	5	999	999	68	725
2021	Doctorate	44	27	13	6	8	0	2	999	999	72	48
2021	Professional certification	33	19	13	17	9	2	7	999	999	57	54
2021	Other	38	16	13	5	22	2	5	999	999	58	63
2021	High School	19	14	7	15	22	9	14	999	999	43	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	36	19	9	15	11	3	7	999	999	61	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	25	30	8	14	13	2	8	999	999	61	63
2021	College - Years 1&2	38	23	12	8	10	3	6	999	999	67	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	36	23	13	10	13	1	4	999	999	62	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	24	21	18	13	15	3	7	999	999	50	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	33	24	17	10	12	2	3	999	999	60	2798
2021	Graduate diploma	41	25	14	7	8	2	4	999	999	70	224

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? f. Ability to telework full-time (living anywhere within Canada and rarely going in to an office)
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	39	21	12	11	13	1	2	999	999	63	728
2021	Doctorate	42	21	10	10	13	2	2	999	999	65	48
2021	Professional certification	42	9	8	13	17	8	4	999	999	57	53
2021	Other	35	10	14	10	21	2	10	999	999	50	63
2021	High School	18	10	7	11	31	9	14	999	999	36	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	34	18	11	15	16	2	4	999	999	56	114
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	45	16	6	11	13	2	8	999	999	67	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	39	22	11	7	14	4	5	999	999	65	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	40	20	10	8	17	3	2	999	999	63	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	23	18	16	13	23	3	5	999	999	43	1012
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	30	20	15	11	19	2	3	999	999	52	2787
2021	Graduate diploma	42	17	12	10	13	2	4	999	999	63	224

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? g. Hours of work
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	50	32	12	5	1	0	0	999	999	82	727
2021	Doctorate	52	31	13	4	0	0	0	999	999	83	48
2021	Professional certification	52	31	9	7	0	0	0	999	999	83	54
2021	Other	60	19	10	5	6	0	0	999	999	79	63
2021	High School	53	34	11	1	1	0	1	999	999	88	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	54	30	9	3	1	1	1	999	999	86	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	59	24	14	2	2	0	0	999	999	83	63
2021	College - Years 1&2	63	29	5	2	1	1	0	999	999	92	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	58	28	9	3	2	0	1	999	999	87	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	46	36	12	4	2	0	0	999	999	83	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	51	33	11	4	1	0	0	999	999	84	2796
2021	Graduate diploma	53	30	13	4	1	0	0	999	999	83	223

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? h. Leave provisions (i.e., vacation, sick leave)
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	56	25	11	5	2	0	2	999	999	82	727
2021	Doctorate	56	21	17	4	0	0	2	999	999	79	48
2021	Professional certification	55	25	9	8	2	0	2	999	999	81	53
2021	Other	52	25	11	6	3	0	2	999	999	79	63
2021	High School	44	32	12	2	4	2	2	999	999	80	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	50	28	10	7	2	2	2	999	999	81	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	48	33	2	8	5	2	3	999	999	85	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	58	25	9	4	1	2	1	999	999	85	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	56	23	11	5	2	0	3	999	999	81	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	43	30	15	7	3	1	3	999	999	75	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	49	30	13	5	2	0	2	999	999	81	2798
2021	Graduate diploma	48	28	10	5	2	0	6	999	999	82	223

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? i. Salary
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	58	30	8	3	1	0	0	999	999	89	729
2021	Doctorate	65	29	4	0	2	0	0	999	999	94	48
2021	Professional certification	65	30	4	2	0	0	0	999	999	94	54
2021	Other	56	38	2	2	2	2	0	999	999	95	63
2021	High School	52	27	10	4	3	1	3	999	999	82	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	53	32	10	3	1	0	1	999	999	86	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	51	32	11	3	2	0	2	999	999	84	63
2021	College - Years 1&2	57	30	8	4	1	1	0	999	999	87	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	60	25	11	3	1	0	0	999	999	84	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	48	37	10	3	1	0	0	999	999	86	1012
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	53	34	10	2	1	0	0	999	999	87	2799
2021	Graduate diploma	59	25	9	3	3	0	1	999	999	86	224

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? j. Job security
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	70	21	5	2	1	0	1	999	999	92	728
2021	Doctorate	68	28	4	0	0	0	0	999	999	96	47
2021	Professional certification	72	22	4	0	0	0	2	999	999	96	54
2021	Other	70	25	2	2	2	0	0	999	999	95	63
2021	High School	63	24	5	2	2	1	3	999	999	91	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	64	25	7	2	1	0	1	999	999	90	114
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	64	27	5	2	2	2	0	999	999	92	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	72	21	5	1	0	0	1	999	999	94	311
2021	College - Years 3&4	77	16	2	2	1	0	1	999	999	94	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	59	28	8	3	1	0	1	999	999	89	1010
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	67	24	6	2	0	0	0	999	999	92	2794
2021	Graduate diploma	70	21	6	1	0	0	1	999	999	92	224

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? k. Pension and benefits
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	60	25	8	4	1	0	2	999	999	87	723
2021	Doctorate	54	33	8	2	0	0	2	999	999	89	48
2021	Professional certification	65	24	4	4	0	0	4	999	999	92	54
2021	Other	53	31	5	3	2	2	5	999	999	90	62
2021	High School	44	24	9	8	4	2	9	999	999	77	160
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	53	26	6	7	3	0	4	999	999	83	115
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	53	25	11	2	2	2	6	999	999	85	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	66	21	7	3	1	1	2	999	999	88	310
2021	College - Years 3&4	66	20	6	3	3	0	2	999	999	88	182
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	47	25	13	6	3	1	5	999	999	77	1013
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	53	28	10	3	1	1	3	999	999	84	2797
2021	Graduate diploma	61	22	9	4	0	1	4	999	999	87	223

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? l. Other
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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	22	5	2	0	2	6	63	999	999	88	415
2021	Doctorate	24	0	3	0	0	10	62	999	999	88	29
2021	Professional certification	24	0	6	0	0	3	67	999	999	80	33
2021	Other	14	3	3	0	6	6	69	999	999	67	36
2021	High School	15	2	2	1	2	17	60	999	999	77	98
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	13	3	1	3	1	10	69	999	999	73	70
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	3	11	6	0	3	6	71	999	999	63	35
2021	College - Years 1&2	21	5	1	1	2	11	59	999	999	87	184
2021	College - Years 3&4	22	0	2	1	4	8	64	999	999	77	111
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	13	3	1	2	1	10	70	999	999	82	588
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	17	4	2	1	1	7	68	999	999	84	1595
2021	Graduate diploma	25	3	2	1	2	6	60	999	999	85	139

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Pay

14a. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	61	14	6	3	0	12	4	72	28	28	730
2021	Doctorate	46	17	10	8	4	10	4	54	46	46	48
2021	Professional certification	57	7	7	7	0	15	6	72	28	28	54
2021	Other	44	14	5	3	2	24	8	65	35	35	63
2021	High School	37	17	9	6	6	23	4	50	50	50	161
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	54	12	9	4	0	16	4	68	32	32	116
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	50	20	13	2	2	11	3	58	42	42	64
2021	College - Years 1&2	58	13	7	3	0	16	4	72	28	28	312
2021	College - Years 3&4	51	16	8	3	2	16	4	64	36	36	183
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	50	15	7	4	2	19	4	64	36	36	1014
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	52	18	7	3	2	13	3	63	37	37	2802
2021	Graduate diploma	48	17	10	4	3	15	2	58	42	42	223

14b. 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 (%)	Affirmative Results (%)	Total responses
2021	Master's	26	33	7	14	9	1	11	66	26	66	175
2021	Doctorate	21	32	11	21	5	5	5	59	29	59	19
2021	Professional certification	25	17	17	33	0	0	8	45	36	45	12
2021	Other	27	27	13	13	0	13	7	67	17	67	15
2021	High School	31	20	14	19	7	3	7	57	28	57	59
2021	CEGEP - Years 1&2	17	34	24	14	0	7	3	58	15	58	29
2021	CEGEP - Year 3	22	35	17	17	0	0	9	62	19	62	23
2021	College - Years 1&2	45	23	14	6	6	3	4	73	12	73	71
2021	College - Years 3&4	32	28	15	13	8	0	4	63	22	63	53
2021	Bachelor's - Years 1&2	23	30	13	17	6	3	9	60	26	60	280
2021	Bachelor's - Years 3&4	23	33	13	11	10	3	8	62	24	62	865
2021	Graduate diploma	25	34	8	22	5	3	4	63	29	63	77

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Date modified:: 2019-03-01

2021 Student Exit Survey Results for the Public Service (PS) by Question 21. What is your current level of education?

2a. It was easy to get information about the student employment program/process.

2b. The application process was clear and easy to understand.

2c. 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.)

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? i. Opportunity to telework

3. How important were each of the following reasons in choosing to accept your current student job? j. Working in the offical language of my choice

4c. The length of time between first being contacted about the job and the interview.

4d. The length of time between the initial job offer and the start date.

4e. The amount of information I was provided about the job prior to accepting the position.

4f. The extent to which the interviewer made me feel at ease during the interview.

4g. 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?

7a. Throughout my student job, I was provided with the necessary materials and equipment to do my job.

7b. I was generally made to feel part of the team.

7c. The people I worked with valued my ideas and opinions.

7d. My supervisor/manager was available for meetings or consultations.

7e. I attended regularly scheduled staff or team meetings.

7f. Lines of authority and reporting relationships were made clear to me.

7g. I knew how my work contributed to the achievement of my team's goals.

7h. I felt my work made a contribution to my work unit.

7i. I was encouraged to take initiative in my work.

7j. I was encouraged to work in the official language of my choice.

7k. I was given meaningful work.

7l. My job was a good fit with my interests.

7m. My job was a good fit with my skills.

7n. My job was a good fit with my field of study.

7o. Overall, I had a positive work experience.

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

8a. There was a clear work plan in place for my student work term.

8b. My student work term generally followed the structure of the work plan.

8c. My daily tasks and duties were clearly defined for me.

8d. My colleagues helped me learn more about the job.

8e. I was provided with informative feedback about my work.

8f. I gained an overall understanding of the work done in my department or agency.

8g. 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. Have your accommodations been fully put in place and are working properly?

9d. How long did it take for your accommodation to be fully put in place and working properly after the request was approved?

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

10b. The Wi-fi at the location from which I worked remotely was sufficient to carry out my day-to-day work activities.

10c. Discussions during virtual meetings were difficult to follow because of video or audio interruptions.

10d. My team members encouraged me to share my ideas and opinions during virtual team meetings.

11a. I would have felt comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my physical health and safety, including those related to COVID-19.

11b. I am satisfied with the measures my department or agency has taken to protect my physical health and safety during the COVID-19 situation.

11c. 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.

11d. 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.

11e. 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.

11f. If I had questions or concerns regarding my mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, I knew where to get information.

11g. I would have felt comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my mental health, including those related to COVID-19.

11h. My immediate supervisor supported my mental health and well-being during my student job.

12a. I feel that my current student job provided me with contacts and networks that will assist me in finding future employment.

12b. I feel that my current student job provided me with valuable skills needed for future employment.

12c. I would seek a job in my department or agency after I complete my studies.

12d. I would seek a career in the federal public service.

12e. I would recommend to other students that they seek a career in the federal public service.

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? a. Gaining work experience in my field of study

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? b. Innovative and exciting opportunities and experiences

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? c. Ability to make a difference in people’s lives

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? d. Job location

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? e. Ability to telework part-time (living within commuting distance to an office)

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? f. Ability to telework full-time (living anywhere within Canada and rarely going in to an office)

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? g. Hours of work

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? h. Leave provisions (i.e., vacation, sick leave)

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? i. Salary

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? j. Job security

13. How important is each of the following when seeking or choosing future employment both internal and external to the federal public service? k. Pension and benefits