Microsoft Word 2007 ichrie conference Proceedings Final-Final 06-06-07. doc

 
2007 Annual International CHRIE Conference & Exposition 
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have a work-based experience. Wildes and Mount (1997/1998) reported that industry recruiters would prefer schools 
and colleges to triple their work-based learning requirement from the average of 500-550 hours of employment 
experience.
METHODOLOGY 
A cross-sectional, comparison group design study was chosen because the researcher is seeking to compare 
job preparedness/job preview and career satisfaction of alumni from four-year hospitality management schools in 
the mid-Atlantic region; alumni from three different colleges or universities, each using a different model of 
cooperative education, have been targeted for this study.