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MassBay Community College to Offer Free Tech Education and Training to Unemployed and Underemployed Workers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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January course promotes spring semester student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Faculty and staff teach the one-hour virtual workshops three times to give students multiple opportunities to join across the three days. In January 2022, 2,155 students participated in the workshops (with 98 percent reporting they were helpful), and 1,772 students participated this past January.

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How student coach relationships give meaning to coursework

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. Career counselor Chris O’Connor focuses on connecting students’ values to their career goals, he says.

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The power of genuine relationships: Building support systems beyond the classroom

University Business

Workshops or virtual sessions that demystify processes like financial aid, academic planning, or career services can make a huge difference. Many first-generation students rely on their families for emotional support, even if their parents or caregivers lack experience with higher education systems.

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Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

With efforts like these gathering steam across the postsecondary landscape, it looks like higher education is in the midst of a mission shift that positions career readiness as a strategic, campuswide priority. This may be one reason why only 16 percent of students reported that visits to career services were very helpful.

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Symplicity Spotlight: Rebecca Florey

Symplicity

The first half of my career was spent in Alumni Relations, and then I spent the last 7 in Career Services. I also really enjoyed the opportunities I had over those years to attend Symposium and interact with staff and other career services offices around the country.

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Developing students’ career resilience – a university wide approach?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

vernonwiley/Getty Images We designed a workshop based on the findings of the focus groups and ran a version with student volunteers, who completed pre- and post-workshop questionnaires, intended to measure any shift in attitudes which had occurred as a result of the workshop. Educational Studies. 32(3): 251–264. May 29, 2018