CGE/CTI graduate employment surveys: tracking without Excel or Google Forms
Your graduates already have a profile on Terrilink. Their employment survey is pre-filled. They confirm it in two minutes. You export a report in CGE or CTI format in one click. No more manual forms, no more hand-sent reminders, no more copy-paste into Excel.
Why a dedicated platform for CGE/CTI surveys
Graduate employment surveys are not a poll — they are annual obligations that condition your school's accreditation. Treating them like a simple data collection creates two risks: a response rate too low to be representative, and a report that doesn't meet the expectations of governing bodies.
Non-negotiable annual obligations
The CGE mandates two surveys per graduating class (6 months and 30 months), with specific indicators (employment rate, share of permanent contracts, salary, satisfaction). The CTI adds its own requirements for engineering degrees. Failing to report weakens accreditation. Terrilink ships with standardised questionnaires, kept up to date by our team.
Google Forms kills the response rate
A generic form sent to a graduate asks them to re-enter information you already have (their employer, city, role). Response rates on this kind of tool often stay very low — under 30% for older classes. The result: your indicators are not representative and the CGE notices.
Excel does not produce the deliverable that CGE/CTI expect
Once responses are collected, you have to clean them, recode them, compare them to benchmarks, and build the report. Excel can do it — with three days of manual work per campaign, formula errors and a poor deliverable. Terrilink generates the 29-column XLSX, the PDF summary and the public page in a single click.
How it works, step by step
Five clear steps, from campaign creation to report delivery. No technical skills, no form configuration.
1. Create your campaign
Pick the survey type (CGE 6 months, CGE 30 months, CTI), the target class and reminder settings. The standardised questionnaire is loaded — you write nothing, configure nothing. The campaign is ready in under five minutes.
2. Opening to graduates
Graduates receive a personalised email with a unique link. They land on a questionnaire already filled in with information from their Terrilink profile (employer, role, city, contract type). They confirm, correct, add anything missing. Average completion time: two minutes.
3. Automated reminders
Up to three email and notification reminders scheduled automatically, with customisable intervals. Each reminder is tracked. Graduates unreachable by email can be contacted via the internal Terrilink messaging if they are members of the alumni space.
4. Dashboard with CGE benchmarks
Real-time tracking of response rate, key indicators (employment, permanent contracts, salary, satisfaction) and automatic comparison with national CGE benchmarks. You see where you stand before even exporting, and you can re-target lagging segments.
5. XLSX exports in one click
In the format expected by the CGE: 29-column XLSX, PDF summary report, shareable public page (unique URL for external communication). The three deliverables are generated together. No Excel work left to do.
Bonus: directory activation
Every graduate who answers the survey is invited to join the Terrilink alumni space. The survey becomes an activation lever for the alumni network: one CGE campaign generates dozens of new active members each year.
CGE 6-month, CGE 30-month and CTI tracking — in detail
Three frameworks, three turnkey campaigns in Terrilink. You tick the box, you launch.
CGE 6 months — Immediate employment
Survey of graduates from the most recent class, six months after graduation. Indicators covered: status (employed, continuing studies, job-seeking), contract type (permanent, fixed-term, apprenticeship), industry, location (France / international), gross annual salary, satisfaction with the programme. Standardised questionnaire built in, zero configuration.
CGE 30 months — 2.5-year trajectory
Survey of graduates 30 months after graduation, to measure career progression. Indicators: salary progression, role or employer change, international mobility, level of responsibility, alignment with training received. Same logic as the 6-month survey, with the questions specific to the framework.
CTI — Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur
Questionnaire specific to engineering schools accredited by the CTI. Covers the indicators required for accreditation: distribution of engineering roles, geographical mobility, satisfaction with the programme, net employment rate for recent graduates. Template aligned with the expectations of the Commission.
Comparison: Terrilink vs Google Forms vs AlumnForce
Three possible approaches to running your CGE/CTI surveys. The differences are concrete.
| Criterion | Google Forms |
AlumnForce |
Recommended Terrilink |
|---|---|---|---|
Standardised CGE/CTI questionnaires CGE 6 months, CGE 30 months, CTI — ready to use |
To be written from scratch | Form builder to configure | Built in, maintained |
Pre-fill from alumni profile Employer, role, city already known |
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Automated reminders Email + notifications, up to 3 reminders |
Manual (export + Mailchimp) | Add-on module | |
National CGE benchmarks Compare employment rate, permanent contracts, satisfaction |
Not native | ||
29-column XLSX export in CGE format Deliverable expected by governing bodies |
Manual remapping required | Depends on configuration | 1 click, CGE/CTI format |
PDF report + shareable public page |
Separate project | ||
Response rate Impact of pre-fill and built-in reminders |
Often < 30% | Average | Significantly higher |
Alumni directory activation on exit Every respondent becomes an active member |
Yes | ||
Hosted in France · GDPR |
United States | France | France |
Frequently asked questions — CGE/CTI surveys
Which CGE and CTI questionnaires are covered by Terrilink?
Terrilink natively supports the CGE 6-month questionnaire (immediate employment survey), the CGE 30-month questionnaire (2.5 years after graduation) and the CTI questionnaire (Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur). Each template follows the current framework, maintained by our team, and usable without any configuration.
How does Terrilink improve response rate compared to Google Forms?
On Google Forms, the graduate starts from scratch — every question takes effort. On Terrilink, their profile is already known (company, role, city): answers are pre-filled, they validate or correct in about two minutes. On top of that, automatic email and notification reminders are built in. Response rates are significantly higher thanks to pre-fill.
Can results be exported in the format expected by the CGE?
Yes. Terrilink produces a 29-column XLSX export in CGE format, a PDF summary report for governing bodies, and a shareable public page to display results on the school's website. All three are generated in a single click from the campaign dashboard.
Are national CGE benchmarks integrated?
Yes. Reference CGE indicators (employment rate, share of permanent contracts, satisfaction rate, median salary) are displayed alongside your results. You see where you stand against the national average for top schools without exporting any external data.
Do graduates need to create a Terrilink account to answer?
No. Graduates receive a personalised link by email and can answer without creating an account. If they are already members of the Terrilink alumni space, their profile is used for pre-fill. If not, they can join the directory at the end of the questionnaire — a highly effective activation lever that turns every survey campaign into a source of active alumni.
Your next CGE campaign, on autopilot
In a 30-minute demo, we run a dry-run campaign on your most recent class and you see pre-fill, reminders and the CGE-format XLSX export happen live. No slides, just a product demo. Terrilink is also used to run professional diasporas.