Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2025

Beyond Work-Life Balance: The Future of Career Services Lies in Career and Life Integration Melissa Ezarik Mon, 03/03/2025 - 03:00 AM Career centers must evolve into hubs of lifelong guidance, personal development and future readiness, writes Hassan Akmal of UC San Diego.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 17, 2023

Program Innovation: Alums and Career Services Delivering Financial Literacy Lessons Featured Image at Top of Article LDT Financial Lit 2.jpg jpg Melissa Ezarik Thu, 05/18/2023 - 12:00 AM

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Symplicity

JUNE 19, 2023

So what can career services do to give these soft skills the respect they deserve and ensure students stand out? What actually separates thriving organizations from struggling ones are the difficult-to-measure attitudes, processes and perceptions of the people who do the work…Let’s stop calling them soft. They’re interpersonal skills.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A new brief from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities highlights promising practices in career readiness for college students, including tech integration and targeted outreach.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 12, 2023

What I haven’t seen, but would love to, is sustained interaction between career services offices and academic departments in liberal arts fields. They develop college-level writing and synthesis skills in an applied context, with the unwritten rules of the various workplaces revealing themselves over time and through comparison.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Better serving students in career preparation requires a strong understanding of what’s working and what isn’t, plus creative ideas for making career-focused events enticing and boosting utilization of available supports. Cross-campus discussion of three key questions can help.

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Symplicity

AUGUST 16, 2023

College students with disabilities face unique challenges when it comes to finding employment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

GEAR UP APEX includes 12 school districts and eight partnering North Carolina higher education institutions that work together to provide college and career services to middle and high school students and their families.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Lakeland Community College board members voted recently for the unexpected 66-employee cut – part-and full-time workers, janitors, career services specialists, IT techs, groundskeepers, and others – which will take effect Jan. And some of those who will be cut will not receive benefit packages.

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Symplicity

MARCH 24, 2023

Higher education career services are facing unprecedented challenges in today's rapidly changing job market. As the economy continues to shift towards automation, globalization, and digitalization, traditional career paths are disappearing, and new fields are emerging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

It will also have quiet study areas, student meeting rooms, a Career Services Center, computer labs, a lecture hall, storage areas for equipment and materials, restrooms, locker rooms, mechanical rooms, electrical/data closets, and a Student Welcome Center.

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Symplicity

APRIL 12, 2023

Since the COVID-19 pandemic uprooted more traditional means of engaging students, career services staffs have had to adapt. No matter the size of an institution, nor one’s resources, vying for students’ attention is always a challenge. In case you missed it, here are some highlights from our conversation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2023

Participants will be able to get individual career service assistance, career counseling, resume-building and interview skill workshops, and wrap-around services such as childcare and transportation stipends.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Blogs 5 career services to support your professional and adult learners Build these services to aid your current students and stand out to prospects Career services are going to be especially important to your graduate and adult students in 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Previous gifts from the Marsal family have established new career services for education graduates, provided scholarships for future teachers, and supported professional training of teachers, UM officials said. Kathleen is a UM School of Education alumna and has served on the school’s Dean’s Advisory Council for over 10 years.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Having successful career outcomes is important for colleges and also for students, but getting students to engage in career services can feel like an uphill battle. Leaders at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania decided to bring careers to students with an event called LVC Success Expo.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Internships, career preparation and networking are also important – included in the report are a series of case studies of higher ed institutions who have taken steps towards preparing their English majors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The report’s authors also suggested investing in career service departments and training staff for matters such as cultural competency and certification process knowledge. -style resume and how do I best position my international experience and credentials so that they'll be recognized and valued within the U.S. job search?"

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Symplicity

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Symplicity CSM is constantly innovating based on the career services needs of our university partners. Check out the latest updates to help provide your student job seekers more opportunities and career preparation tools than ever before.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 15, 2025

Shirley: From what Ive observed in both my undergraduate and postgraduate classes, as well as through my role at the University Careers Service, international student adjustment challenges go far beyond academics. At the Careers Service, Ive also noticed that some international students engage less with available support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

When students are completing their workforce training programs, building trades, as they work on resumes and get ready for job interviews, the career services team in the ACE division encourages them to think about getting a degree, and the importance of a degree,” said Adams. “In

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Symplicity

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The UK is facing a growing skills crisis that threatens economic growth, particularly as the country grapples with a shortage of skilled workers in critical sectors such as life sciences, engineering, and professional services.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Big Ambitions, Small Teams Sarah Bray Mon, 10/02/2023 - 03:00 AM Roshni Rao explores the challenges of scaling career services to meet the needs of thousands of grad students with diverse backgrounds, disciplines and career aspirations. Byline(s) Roshni Rao

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Also, Black managers are 65% more likely to progress in their careers if they have a sponsor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

GCU, located in New Jersey, also has women in other school leadership positions as well, such as director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; director of career services, the director of financial aid, and the director of global education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

So, we took a proactive approach and invested in career services. She said that many first-generation, Latinx students do not have the tacit knowledge of the professional ecosystem and the steps and connections it might take to become employed. Dr. Elizabeth Béjar, provost at Florida International University. “So,

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Symplicity

APRIL 28, 2023

According to the World Bank , one billion people, or 15percent of the world's population, experience some form of disability, and persons with disabilities are more likely to experience adverse socioeconomic outcomes such as less education, poorer health outcomes, lower levels of employment, and higher poverty rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2023

Because of historic underfunding, career services centers at HBCUs and PWIs are often staffed by a single person juggling many responsibilities. Gasman thinks that things are changing, however, and echoed the report’s recommendation that corporations look to build relationships with Black colleges.

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Symplicity

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

These capabilities empower our users to deliver more personalized experiences, optimize career services, and elevate student employability to meet the demands of today’s dynamic job market.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

It can enhance student career services by delivering data-driven insights that compare various career paths based on the student’s major, skills, and interests, aiding in resume building, job matching, and interview preparation.

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The Guardian Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Exclusive: one university cites the industry as a ‘fundamental barrier to a more just and sustainable world’ Three more UK universities have banned fossil fuel companies from recruiting students through their career services, with one citing the industry as a “fundamental barrier to a more just and sustainable world”.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The National Association of Colleges and Employers’ 2022 Student Survey found that graduating seniors who used career center services received more job offers on average, compared to their peers who did not. Create career services champions across campus. Translate coursework into career preparation.

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Kay Peterson

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Sheri Young, Assistant Provost of Experiential Education & Industry Relations at Johnson & Wales University (JWU), leads initiatives that align academic programs with career services and foster industry partnerships.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This survey collected responses from 237 employers, 162 of which were members of the college career service association. While hiring for the Class of 2023 was expected to increase by 14.7%, the actual figure posted in April was 3.9%.

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EAB

JANUARY 12, 2023

Large or small, public or private, almost all VPSAs manage between six and seven direct reports, almost always including the director of career services. Most student affairs divisions now own career services. of institutions today have career services reporting to VPSAs. -->.

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Symplicity

JUNE 29, 2023

If you, like me, are a career services professional just making your way through this crazy, high-tech world to stay connected to your students, Application Programming Interface (or API) probably doesn’t mean much to you!

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Symplicity

MARCH 29, 2024

Symplicity CSM is constantly innovating based on the career services needs of our university partners. Check out the latest updates to help provide your student job seekers more opportunities and career preparation tools than ever before.

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Career Services 81