Eddie, Absolutely - building rapport with the student early on, and throughout their training is key to obtaining placement/employment information later. Uncooperative students often have one or more reasons for their lack of cooperation. A common misperception by graduates is that they do not want the school to "take credit" for their employment success (especially if they feel they obtained a job on their own). It may help to communicate to students that, in addition to the state requirement for data, the state reports we complete differentiate how the student obtained employment: i.e. on their own or with help from the school so we will report it accurately. Another way to encourage communication is to tell them our concern is that they are employed, not who got them the job. JP Mehlmann