Symplicity

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Each and every day, our client managers across the globe help make our clients' day-to-day just a little bit easier so that they can better support their students. In our latest installment, we shine a spotlight on our beloved colleague and lead CSM client manager Rebecca Florey. And then book a monthly call with your client manager.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 3, 2024

Ruth is Assistant Director, Careers Service, and SACHA Programme Director, and Emma is SACHA Programme Manager. Ruth Donnelly Ruth Donnelly is Assistant Director, Careers Service, and SACHA Programme Director. This series is introduced in the this post by Emma Taylor and Ruth Donnelly. What is SACHA?

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Gavin is the Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme. […]

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In this post, Gavin McCabe, Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service, spotlights the Reflection Toolkit – an invaluable resource for reflective practice in the HE sector and beyond.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Image credit: Pixabay, pexels, CC0 In this post, Susan Bird, the Link Careers Consultant for the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Edinburgh, explores a recent opportunity to strengthen ties between the Careers Service and evolving student support systems. “The Bite, Snack and the Meal.”

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

So, we took a proactive approach and invested in career services. Yet despite their representation in the U.S. workforce, Latinx workers earn the lowest weekly salary when compared with other races and ethnicities in the U.S. Latinx employees are also more likely than any other racial group to work manual labor jobs.

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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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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 6, 2020

Managing student support via the Personal Tutor System Like all Schools, we have a well-run Personal Tutor system that underpins our established formal (and informal) staff-student networks. The nature of these varies from managing lots of queries (usually after a “Mega Email”) to discussing the pets of students and staff attending the chat.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Image credit: Christina Morello Lucy Everett, Employer Engagement manager at the Careers Service, offers an overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic has utterly transformed the relationship between students, employers, and careers services. How have these stakeholders responded to the rise of virtual recruitment?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 10, 2023

In partnership with the Career Services and Cooperative Education Office, RIT students can explore their motivations to learn and work, as well as plan for a future of values-based living. ” Instead of prioritizing skills like time management and organization, Dornsife and his team prioritize the values a student holds.

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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. Michael Collins The report notes that only 5% of Black employees reported having a sponsor at work, compared to 20% of their white counterparts.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Image credit: Alex Green, pexels, CC0 In this post, Shelagh Green, Director of Careers Service at The University of Edinburgh, offers an overview of the Scottish Government’s 2022 review of careers services for young people. And the burning question: will we see any demonstrable impact from such interventions?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2023

For example, if the recruiter thinks equity is the most important thing, and the hiring manager thinks that equality is the goal, they may not be appreciating all the diverse talent that recruiters bring in.” Kahn, associate director of research and public policy at NACE and a co-author of the study.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 18, 2019

The University of Edinburgh, McEwan Hall, Careers Fair Day, Photo credit: Neil Hanna Photography. We put our money where our mouth is to offer students work experience in a number of areas, including part-time work in the Careers Service, and through coordinating the Employ.Ed Importantly these are all paid.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In this post, Susan Bird, the Link Careers Consultant for the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Edinburgh, explores a recent opportunity to strengthen ties between the Careers Service and evolving student support systems.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 3, 2023

Employability is not just the job of a Careers Service. Planning and managing one’s career is a skill in itself, and Sharon’s blog post illustrates how student’s need support and reassurance as they develop their self-awareness. Alongside internship modules, we deliver a range of Career Management modules.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, college graduates are having trouble articulating what skills they learned due in part to their education, and hiring managers are not illuminating to applicants what skills they are looking for. To bridge the delta, the whitepaper suggests colleges and universities start in their backyard.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Gavin is the Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme. The question is how we best engage with and use these opportunities, and keeping our energy up so we can try to enjoy the ride.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Compounded by the wider pressures facing Gen Z, these curricula developments have given urgency to the need for update links between ECA/Music and the University Careers Service , and also to generate new networks and resources that can better serve both students and academic staff.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Advisors can't do it all In conversations with advisors and advising administrators at NACADA, we heard that caseloads would be more manageable if students could take certain questions or issues to qualified staff in support units on campus or other members of an assigned student success team. There are six themes that emerged.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 12, 2017

Encourage organisations to offer internships and refer them to the Careers Service. Recommend the Careers Service to offer advice about internship best practice. She has worked in Careers and Employability for the last 10 years and is passionate about student work experience and internships. Jan 12, 2017

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Helen Stringer, Assistant Director of the Careers Service, then provides some insights into the content of the series, before Colm offers a concluding statement. This post is part of the L&T Enhancement Series: Careers and Employability. The university experience is marked by transitions, whether into, through or beyond.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 21, 2019

Photo credit: unsplash,Alejandro Escamilla, CC0 In this post, Eilidh Steele, Internships Manager at the Careers Service, highlights the Insights Programme, which exemplifies the fourth and final strand of the Widening Participation Strategy: ‘Support to Progress”. She is responsible for the Insights Programme and the Employ.ed

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CAPD

APRIL 11, 2023

Key programs and events so far During IAP, Alexis Boyer, Assistant Director for Graduate Career Services, presented a well-attended workshop titled “Pursuing Academic and Industry Trajectories Simultaneously,” which offered advice and strategies for anticipating and managing this rather daunting task.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Image credit: The Reflection Toolkit , The University of Edinburgh In this post, Gavin McCabe, Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service, spotlights the Reflection Toolkit – an invaluable resource for reflective practice in the HE sector and beyond. You can reach us at Gavin.McCabe@ed.ac.uk.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Data collection: Austin Community College is optimizing student success metrics by considering employers’ job placement data and other insight from its career services department and career pathways ambassadors.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

AUGUST 31, 2023

The project, funded by a PTAS grant, brought together academic staff from Moray House School of Education with practitioners in the Careers Service. One of the project aims has been to develop a sustainable career learning intervention which will be integrated within various provisions offered to students by the Careers Service.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Image credit: Clark Tibbs, unsplash, CC0 Dr Sharon Maguire, a Careers & Employability Manager at The University of Edinburgh , proposes the “creative, iterative, human-centered, problem-solving methodology” of Life Design as an answer to urgent questions of student employability, curriculum transformation, and the future of work.

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Symplicity

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Each and every day, our client managers across the globe help make our clients' day-to-day just a little bit easier so that they can better support their students.

Management 105

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 29, 2018

Helen Stringer Helen Stringer is Assistant Director of the Careers Service, and has a remit for developing academic partnerships. Helen also manages a team of careers consultants, and worked with Dr Lynsey Russell-Watts – careers consultant for ECA – on the career resilience project.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 17, 2018

CC0 [Pixabay] For a number of years now, the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) has been working closely with the Careers Service to help address the question every arts and humanities students faces at some point in their career: ‘So your degree; what are you going to do with that?

Development and Fund Raising 52

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EAB

MAY 5, 2023

We encourage you to use this as a guide for thinking about an aligned model that fits with your unique services, assets, and campus culture.

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CU Work-Life Balance

JULY 30, 2021

Mark Paquette guides UCCS students through the ins and outs of identifying and securing jobs that align with their career goals. After spending 15 years in the financial services sector, Paquette moved to higher education with a focus on student career services. Senior Managing Associate Counsel.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 21, 2019

Photo credit: unsplash,Alejandro Escamilla, CC0 In this post, Eilidh Steele, Internships Manager at the Careers Service, highlights the Insights Programme, which exemplifies the fourth and final strand of the Widening Participation Strategy: ‘Support to Progress”. She is responsible for the Insights Programme and the Employ.ed

Alumni 40

Alumni Career Services Management Research 40

EAB

MAY 22, 2023

Accelerators Strategic Enrollment Management Student enrollment is practically everyone’s job at an institution. Various individuals from across campus contribute to enrollment numbers—from setting the strategy to managing academic programs, and more.

Marketing and Communication Services 52

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A more recent trend is consolidating student services related to academics or health and wellness into a larger office or building. Tutoring, library resources, academic advising and career services are smushed together, and counseling, disability services, medical centers and student care teams are sharing space more than ever before.

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