I. Introduction
A. About me:
Needs assessment team member, hired by the Texas Space Leadership
Council (TSLC) to assess a production problem.
B. About project.
1. NASA/JSC (and it's constituent aerospace contractors) are
concerned about how
they are directing their efforts at analyzing the number of entry-level
engineers
who apply to work at NASA (and ways to increase that number).
A. About this Meeting.
1. Need to know if you think there is an insufficient
number of entry-level engineers
at the BS and graduate level. Why do you think the recruiting numbers are
low?
2. This meeting will take no more than 30 minutes.
II. Body of Interview
A. Need to know about:
1. The optimal number of entry-level engineers needed
at the BS and graduate
levels.
2. The actual number of entry-level engineers hired at
the various levels.
3. What do you think is the cause of the discrepency?
4. Is prior education a factor?
5. Have the numbers of engineers needed to fill aerospace
industry positions been
increasing?
6. Comment on the quality of the applicants currently
applying for these jobs.
7. How long on average do these individuals (or what
percent) remain with NASA?
8. Do you have any opinions on how the TSLC might
address this problem?
III. Conclusion
A. Questions/comments
B. Summarize ideas and compliment contribution of respondent.
C. Your ideas will contribute to the content of this
needs assessment report.
D. Thanks for your time and efforts.