Career Everywhere uConnect

Rebekah Paré, the Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Paré Consulting and a former longtime career services leader, shares how career leaders can amplify their impact through campus partnerships.
After 20 years in career services and higher ed, Rebekah began her consulting business in 2023 to help career centers all around the world develop strategies that improve students' career readiness and outcomes, engage alumni, elevate the career center’s status with employers and community members, and attract prospective students and their families. 
In the episode, Rebekah talks about:
Why building effective partnerships across campus is so important What’s at risk if career leaders don’t prioritize building partnerships with other stakeholdersHow career leaders can go about building partnerships (and with whom)How to leverage those partnerships to advance the career center’s goalsHow to balance long-term strategy with short-term day-to-day tasksHow career leaders can combat outdated perceptions about what the career center doesAnd more
Resources from the episode:
Rebekah’s LinkedIn profileRebekah’s website(Re-)Introducing your new ROI department: Career Services (LinkedIn article, includes the Career Services Relationship Map)
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Jenn Tardy, founder and CEO of Jennifer Tardy Consulting, shares several best practices for how career services teams can create more equity and inclusivity.

Jennifer Tardy Consulting is a training and consulting firm that specializes in diversity recruiting and retention. Jenn often speaks to employers, recruiters, jobseekers, and career services teams about how to dismantle barriers and create environments where diverse pools of talent thrive.

In the episode, Jenn talks about:
What obstacles historically underrepresented students typically face when it comes to career development and seeking their first jobsHow career services can help address those hurdlesHow career counselors can best support students from marginalized backgrounds in navigating hiring biases, even if they haven't personally experienced those challengesHow career teams can effectively assess employers to determine if they’re truly inclusiveWhat strategies and mechanisms career teams can use to hold employers accountable for fostering an inclusive environment for students from diverse backgroundsWhat resources career teams can use to keep educating themselves on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusionAnd moreResources from the episode:
Jenn’s LinkedIn profileJennifer Tardy Consulting websiteThe Miseducation of the Underrepresented Job Seeker guide25 Common Interview Questions (With Top Notch Answers) guideOther free resources for job seekersFree resources for employersIncrease Diversity newsletterThe Essential Guide to the Perfect Interview audiobookCareer Counselors Consortium
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Matt Phillips and Rebecca Davis, both of the University of Arizona Global Campus, share how their team uses video to engage more students with career. 
They discuss the diverse student population at UAGC and the importance of making career development opportunities accessible to all students. They also highlight the various ways they are using video, such as embedding videos in assignments, utilizing the Candid Career video library, and recording employer information sessions. 
In the episode, Matt and Rebecca also talk about:
How they partner with faculty to embed Candid Career videos into assignments Why video is such an important format for reaching their diverse student population (including many adult learners)What results they’ve seen since going all-in on videoTheir advice for other career leaders who want to use video more effectivelyAnd moreResources from the episode:
Matt’s LinkedIn profileRebecca’s LinkedIn profileUAGC’s Candid Career video library
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Adam Capozzi, Director of Career Services, Assessment, and Student Success at Syracuse University, shares how his team implements Career Everywhere in a distributed, decentralized career services model. 
In the episode, Adam talks about:
What Syracuse’s decentralized career services model looks like (and why it’s set up that way)How all the career centers across campus stay connected to each other and work together to engage more studentsHow they all work together to engage faculty and staffHow they use technology to support their collective engagement goals (including their new virtual Career Hub, powered by uConnect)His advice for other career leaders looking to implement Career Everywhere in a decentralized modelAnd moreResources from the episode:
Adam’s LinkedIn profileSyracuse University virtual Career Hub (powered by uConnect)
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Eric Stetson, Director of Engagement and Enrollment at FourBlock and a retired Army officer, shares best practices for how career services teams can support student veterans.
In the episode, Eric highlights:
The unique challenges student veterans commonly face as part of the career exploration process What career leaders should know about best supporting veterans in career developmentHow career teams can help veterans translate the wealth of skills they have from military service into the language of the civilian workforceBest practices for providing nuanced support and resources for veterans Immediate strategies that can be implemented to increase support for veterans as part of career servicesAnd moreEric served in the US Army for 24 years before retiring in 2015. Now he works for FourBlock, a nonprofit organization that prepares transitioning veterans and military spouses for careers in corporate America.

Resources from the episode:
Eric’s LinkedIn profileWarrior-Scholar ProjectAmerican Corporate Partners (ACP) for mentors Student Veterans of America (SVA) for student peer-to-peer networking and support Candorful for interview training for veterans Military skills translator toolO*Net Military crosswalksMy Next Move
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Chris Entringer, Career Services Coordinator and Enrollment Advisor at Northeast Iowa Community College, shares how he and his team work to support retention.
He emphasizes the importance of building relationships, collaborating with other departments, and being proactive in reaching out to at-risk students.
In this episode, Chris also shares:
At a high level, how career services can support retention (and why their role is so critical)What career services (and retention) looks like in a community collegeWhat his team’s integrated model looks like and how it supports their efforts to improve retention at NICCSeveral specific strategies his career center uses to improve retentionAnd more“It’s so important to get those referrals and really be a part of all the processes that you do for retention. I think career services should have a piece in that puzzle,” Entringer said. 

Resources from the episode:
Chris’ LinkedIn profileNICC career services email (checked by the team): careerservices@nicc.eduNICC Career Hub website
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