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From Mentorship to Friendship – My Journey Through the NACE Mentor Program

By Ana Clara Blesso posted 8 days ago
by Fatim Lelenta (Ana Clara Blesso is her mentor)  Why did I decide to find a mentor? A mentor is more than an adviser. A mentor provides you ...
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Great Resources for Working With Non-Neurotypical Students

By Cindy Verduce posted 22 days ago
Recently, a member of our Individuals with Disabilities Affinity Impact Team, Heather Rickerl, a career counselor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, ...
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Engaging Generation Z

By Josh Frahm posted 29 days ago
Self-disclosure: I am a borderline Millennial, born in 1982, but consider myself more of what you hear from students from time to time—an old soul . ...
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OK Boomer: Making the Workplace Inclusive

By Jamie Belinne posted 11-05-2019
So many organizations ask me to train their young people on how to be more professional. I get that. I run a professional office with a diverse group ...
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Training and Teaching Students With Different Learning Styles

By Josh Frahm posted 10-22-2019
Learning styles are defined as the way each person learns best. Just like we all have different personalities, we all have different learning styles as ...
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Adding Faculty to Your Career Advisory Team

By Allana Farley posted 10-15-2019
Often, career services departments are run by one to three individuals and may have some graduate assistants at four-year schools and even fewer staff ...
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Ideas for Creating a Career Center and Disability Services Office Collaboration

By Cindy Verduce posted 10-08-2019
Improving employment outcomes for students with disabilities is getting a little easier these days on college campuses as more and more employers are ...
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Hiring Students With Disabilities, a Win/Win for All

By Cindy Verduce posted 10-02-2019
by Cynthia Price Verduce and Sue Keever Watts, co-chairs of the Disabilities Affinity Impact Team October is National Disability Employment ...
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Crucial Aspects of a Great Student Training Program

By Josh Frahm posted 09-17-2019
One could argue that training students is much more difficult than training full-time staff, making it important for you to create a dynamic training ...
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Networking With a Purpose

By Ryan Tin Loy posted 09-10-2019
When I first learned about the importance of professional networking, I really had no clue of what was involved. All I saw, and continue to see, are very ...
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Do You Have a Great Career Center?

By Bless Vaidian posted 08-20-2019
I started my career in higher education back in 2000. As another anniversary approaches, I wanted to put together a list of what makes a great career ...
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Using Technology to Further Great Student Support and Relationships

By Jennifer Lasater posted 08-13-2019
Back in 2011, Purdue University Global (formerly Kaplan University) decided to build an internal career services site that was available for our students ...
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Choose the Right Students: Pre-Selection Necessities

By Josh Frahm posted 08-06-2019
Whether hiring a student for a part-time or work-study position or selecting one to lead a student organization, what you do in the pre-selection process ...
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Gen Z – The Communication Generation

By Jamie Belinne posted 07-23-2019
You didn’t see that title coming, did you? But it’s true. Gen Z, the people in their teens and early twenties right now are much better at communication ...
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Unpacking Best Practices

By Ned Khatrichettri posted 07-15-2019
"Best practice" is a common phrase in higher education institutions; yet it is rarely analyzed, and thus its meanings are often subjective. It is presumably ...
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(AW + T) + R = BS

By Garrett Secor posted 07-09-2019
Bulleted statements are a foundational piece to a great resume. Attempting to highlight relevant skills, getting past application tracking systems (ATS), ...
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Living, Learning, and Working With a Disability

By Denise Colaianni posted 07-02-2019
I recently moderated a panel discussion on overcoming career obstacles with a disability.  One of the young professionals on the panel was my former student, ...
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What Exactly Is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?...

By Karen Armstrong posted 06-25-2019
Sometimes it feels like understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is complicated. There are lots of similarities, overlap, and of course differences ...
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NACE 2019—We Are Worth It

By Chaim Shapiro posted 06-17-2019
Usually, it is not a good idea to start a blog post with the end, but Richard Pimentel’s closing keynote was the perfect summation of NACE19.    Pimentel ...
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10 More Tips for a Great NACE Conference

By Corey Twitty posted 05-30-2019
By Corey Twitty and Charles Jennings Jr. As you embark upon your first National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) conference, we realize ...
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