3 things revealed by our market research

A few months back, we ran a poll to sharpen our services. We asked internet users  what do (did) they, as students, expect when they return(ed) to school. The poll’s selection options consisted of a well thought choices list:
Choice 1 – Acquire a practical experience useful enough to get a job or start a career
Choice 2 – Just learn new stuff for my own interest like research,  individual knowledge or passion
Choice 3 – Have fun and meet new people
Choice 4 – I don’t know what I want

We received over 140 unbiased participations. The poll was spread over a worldwide Facebook ad propagation and by talking to students.
Here is what we’ve found:
(1) More than 71% percent of them expect to acquire a practical experience useful enough to get a job or start a new career.
(2) The top 5 countries impacted by this preference are: Canada, United States,  France, Cameroon and Germany.
(3) Most students know what they want on their way back to school.

Below are some synthesis we did with the collected data.

Canada: 60
United States: 25
France: 17
Cameroon: 13
Germany: 8
Belgium: 4
Italy: 2
United Kingdom: 2
Senegal: 2
Ivory Coast: 1
South Africa: 1
Nigeria: 1
Mauritius: 1
Madagascar: 1
India: 1
Saudi Arabia: 1
Norway: 1
Japan: 1
Burkina Faso: 1
Europe/Vaduz: 1
Anonymous: 2

Choice 1 ==> 71.23%
Choice 2 ==> 19.18%
Choice 3 ==> 8.22%
Choice 4 ==> 1.37%

--- Choice 1 ---
Canada: 35
United States: 22
France: 12
Cameroon: 10
Germany: 6
Belgium: 4
Senegal: 2
Madagascar: 1
United Kingdom: 1
Norway: 1
Saudi Arabia: 1
Italy: 1
India: 1
Burkina Faso: 1
Nigeria: 1
South Africa: 1
Japan: 1
Europe/Vaduz: 1
Anonymous: 2

--- Choice 2 ---
Canada: 17
France: 4
United States: 2
Cameroon: 2
Germany: 2
Mauritius: 1

--- Choice 3 ---
Canada: 7
Cameroon: 1
Italy: 1
United Kingdom: 1
France: 1
Ivory Coast: 1

--- Choice 4 ---
Canada: 1
United States: 1

Huge thanks to everyone who shared information about themselves. Your contribution will be a massive factor in the path we will take to enhance our services.

For those who want to dive in the data,  here is a dump of all line-by-line responses.
Have ideas for what we should ask next year?  Let us know in the comments, a post on our Facebook page or by email.