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Competency to Career: Preparing Students Through a NACE-Based Internship Program

By Kelli Smith posted 23 hours ago
by Kelli K. Smith and Cassie Spencer Don't miss this session at the NACE 2019  Conference & Expo: Competency to Career: Preparing Students Through ...
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I Made a Student Cry

By Garrett Secor posted 7 days ago
As I sat at my desk helping a student with their resume, I noticed tears starting to form in their eyes. I wish I could say these tears formed because ...
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Avoiding Summer Intern Housing Horror Stories

By Marjorie McCamey posted 15 days ago
Summer internships, along with GPAs, have been shown to be the best predictors of post-graduate success, according to the NACE report, “ The Impact of ...
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Job Offers, Tight Deadlines, and the Impact on Students

By David Ortendahl posted 21 days ago
by David Ortendahl, Toni Burrell, Bryan Barts, and Lori Elder Introduction and Framework   The job offer process is inherently fraught with stress ...
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Digital Badging: Do We Need Another Credential?

By Jeffrey Moss posted 26 days ago
We all know campus recruiting is broken for employers and students alike, and that academic pedigree does not predict success or fit. In response, we ...
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Leadership Lessons From Campus Career Consolidations—A Journey

By Kathryn Jackson posted 28 days ago
Prepare for the Captain Obvious statement in…3…2...1… Change is difficult and, sometimes messy. Okay?  Allow me to drill down on that statement from ...
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Rowan University Students Find First-Year Initiative an Effective Career Development Model

By Altonia Bryant posted 04-16-2019
Get ready career services professionals! We are now in the middle from what I like to call the “Senior Rush.” Countless of graduating seniors bombard ...
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Quantifying the Unquantifiable: How to Use Marketability in the Career Exploration Process

By Alex Rizzutto posted 04-09-2019
Whenever I work with students who are exploring careers, I am reminded of Esther Greenwood from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), “I saw my life ...
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Interviewing and Hiring for Your Career Studio

By Kelly Dorner posted 04-02-2019
It is hard to believe we are more than half way through the winter semester at Oakland University Career Services. Spring is in the air and we are celebrating ...
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College Degree vs. Company Training

By Stephen Patchin posted 03-21-2019
“There’s a skill shortage in the United States. If we don’t start training programs now we will have a shortage of technical candidates.” – Natalia ...
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Interning Abroad: The Ideal Balance of Work and Travel

By Lexie Kadlec posted 03-19-2019
Thanks to advancements in technology, transportation, and international communication, traveling abroad is easier than it’s ever been. And as international ...
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Going to #NACE19? Tips for Your Trip to Orlando

By Chaim Shapiro posted 03-12-2019
I just came back from a great family trip to Orlando, the host city for NACE19 in June.  I know you probably aren’t looking to the Orthodox Jewish guy ...
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Rethinking Prepared

By Emily Carpenter posted 03-05-2019
Can I think through something with you all? There’s this word in our field that we all hear so often that it may have lost its meaning, but ever since ...
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So, You Help Students Get Jobs...?

By Garrett Secor posted 02-26-2019
Many of us spend quality time with friends and family. During this time, I face a common question that I am sure we all hear which is, “What kind of work ...
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Career Centers at Three Types of Institutions

By Brandon Wright posted 02-19-2019
Career centers across the nation are now expected to produce quantifiable results to respond to those challenging the worth and merit of a college degree—more ...
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Why Aren’t You Taking Notes???

By Jamie Belinne posted 02-12-2019
As I speak to organizations around the country, I’ve heard a consistent frustration from business leaders that interns and new graduates don’t bring paper ...
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Why the Job Search Is Not Like Dating (But Should Be)

By Jeffrey Moss posted 02-05-2019
During a conversation with Noel Arellano, a Dell Scholar completing his senior year at Texas A&M, I shared a comment I have heard from students and ...
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Mentoring: A Connection With Purpose

By Alicia Monroe posted 01-29-2019
On the coldest day of Winter 2019, I listened to a segment of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, Sen. Kamala Harris announced ...
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The Future of We Is Intrapreneurship: Leading Change From Within

By Jennifer Mobley posted 01-22-2019
An interview with Andy Chan, VP for Innovation and Career Development at Wake Forest University This year, The Future of We Task Force  is launching ...
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Just Keep Walking Toward the Mountain

By Denise Colaianni posted 01-15-2019
Even though I meet with students throughout their careers at our university to prepare them for their intern capstone experience, I still find that several ...
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