Form 1 EXPOSE PRE-SURVEY

Pre-EXPOSE Survey

Thank you for participating in the NCI Explore on Site (EXPOSE) program and our pre-program
survey!
OMB No. 0925-0642
Expiration Date: 05/31/2020
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completed form to this address.

Please reflect on your current skills and knowledge as you respond to the following questions.
Later this summer after completing the EXPOSE program, you will be asked to assess changes in
these skills and knowledge as a result of the program. Your responses will be kept private, to the
extent provided by law, and will be reported in aggregate.
This survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete.

EXPOSE Pre-Survey

* 1. Please select your best assessment of your current skill/knowledge in the areas below.
No skill or
knowledge

Some skill or
knowledge

Little skill or
knowledge

Good degree of skill Great degree of skill
or knowledge
or knowledge

Developing
a professional resume to
best market my skills
Presenting myself in a
professional setting
Awareness of career
option(s) that interest
me
Understanding of broad
responsibilities in
science-related careers
Understanding of dayto-day duties in sciencerelated careers
Insight into potential
employers
Developing connections
with potential employers

* 2. Please select up to three career paths currently of the most interest to you. Please rank your three
choices 1, 2, and 3. If you are only interested in one career path (eg., regulatory science), select that one
choice and assign it a rank of 1.
1st Choice
Research
Research administration
Communications, policy,
and analysis
Industry
Education or non-profit
Intellectual property
Regulatory science
Business, marketing,
and consulting
Other

2nd Choice

3rd Choice

* 3. In 1-3 sentences, what do you envision as the responsibilities of someone in the top career path you
selected above in question # 2? Responsibilities could be general tasks or specific day-to-day duties.

* 4. Please select the site visit of most interest to you.
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR): policy and legislative affairs
Contract Research Organization (CRO): research
MedImmune: industry research & development, marketing, sales
NCI Shady Grove: research program management, scientific review, tech transfer
Foundation for the NIH (FNIH): program management, communications, non-profit
Deloitte Consulting: science consulting
Ripple Communications: communications, working with the public

* 5. Please indicate why you selected the above site visit.

* 6. Will you consider seeking employment at one of the organizations visited through the EXPOSE
program?
Yes
Yes, but not in the immediate future
Maybe
No
If you answered no, where will you consider employment?