Career Everywhere

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Career Everywhere

For too long, career services has been an afterthought. Now it's time for career services to be in the driver's seat, leading institutional strategy around career readiness. Join us every other Tuesday for in-depth interviews with today’s most innovative career leaders about how they’re building a campus culture of career readiness… or what we call Career Everywhere.

  1. 18 FÉVR.

    How to Scale Career Services as a Team of One (feat. Nick Edwards)

    Nick Edwards, Guided Career Advisor at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, shares how he has scaled career services for Hardin-Simmons’ 1,100 students as a team of one.  Nick’s strategy relies heavily on the use of technology—in particular, uConnect’s virtual career center platform—to offer more resources to students and make them available whenever (and wherever) students need them.  “My approach is all about finding tools that will help me work with students smarter, not harder, and that will ultimately help serve the unique needs of all the different students we have,” Nick says. Nick also prioritizes faculty partnerships to embed career resources and conversations into syllabi, curriculum, and more. As Nick says, faculty are “on the front lines” and know students’ aspirations, capabilities, and goals better than anyone.  Nick also networks and coordinates with career services professionals at other institutions in Abilene. As a team of one (and being relatively new to career services), he likes to be proactive about professional development and staying on top of trends and new ideas in higher education career services. Nick and the other teams also occasionally collaborate on regional career fairs that benefit all of their students.  In this episode, Nick shares: How he uses technology to scale his reach and impactHow he decides what tech to invest in (given his limited time and resources)How he partners with faculty, staff, and employersHow he balances all of his competing priorities and decides where to spend his time as a team of oneHow he staves off the overwhelm and sets boundaries And more Resources from the episode: Nick’s LinkedIn profileNick’s email: nick.edwards@hsutx.edu Hardin-Simmons’ virtual career center Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community

    44 min
  2. 4 FÉVR.

    How Career Services Can Support LGBTQIA+ Students (feat. Amanda Zielinski Slenski and Suede Graham)

    Amanda Zielinski Slenski and Suede Graham of Out for Undergrad, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping high-achieving LGBTQ2+ undergraduates reach their full potential, discuss how career centers can support LGBTQIA+ students.  In this episode, Amanda and Suede cover: Some of the unique challenges that LGBTQIA+ students often encounter as part of career explorationBarriers or biases LGBTQIA+ students might face during interviews or internships, and how career services can coach them to be prepared to handle these situations confidentlyHow career services teams can help students assess a company’s culture or inclusivity as part of the job search processHow career leaders can best support LGBTQIA+ students in career development and immediate strategies that can be implemented to increase supportHow to consider adapting career advising, workshops, and resources to meet the unique needs and circumstances of LGBTQIA+ studentsAnd moreResources from the episode: Amanda’s LinkedIn profileSuede’s LinkedIn profileOut for Undergrad websiteOut for Undergrad job boardEmmanuel College LGBTQIA+ community page (powered by uConnect)Human Rights Campaign websiteHuman Rights Campaign LGBTQ+ Professional and Student AssociationsWindooSTEMReaching Out MBA Romba ConferencePoint Foundation (LGBTQ scholarship fund)Out LeadershipOut to Succeed 2.0 (global survey of the LGBTQ+ workforce) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community

    49 min
  3. 21 JANV.

    Scaling Engagement with Career Services in a Business School Environment (feat. Toni Rhorer and Gene Rhee)

    When it comes to student engagement with career services and resources, business schools are a different beast. First, most students enrolled in business schools (especially those in graduate programs) have specific goals and expectations around post-graduation outcomes. As a result, they often require more frequent and specialized engagement with career services. Second, it’s no secret that rankings and reputation play a critical role in the success of every business school. Career outcomes directly influence both of those things, which is why many business schools have their own career centers and leverage their own relationships with employers, faculty, alumni, and more. In this episode, we talk with Toni Rhorer of the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego and Gene Rhee of the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon about how they’ve scaled engagement with career services.  Toni and Gene share tactical strategies about: How they get buy-in from faculty to embed career development into curriculumHow they partner with admissions (and use outcomes data)How they use technology to make resources available 24/7How they leverage student clubs, alumni, employers, and more for large-scale programmingHow they’ve turned 1:1 appointments into personalized, high-value sessionsAnd more Resources from the episode: Toni’s LinkedIn profileGene’s LinkedIn profileRady School of Management’s virtual career center (powered by uConnect)Lundquist College of Business’ virtual career center (powered by uConnect) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community

    52 min
  4. 7 JANV.

    How to Improve Career Equity for All Students (feat. Dave Merry)

    Dave Merry, Associate Provost and Executive Director of the Center for Career Equity, Development, and Success at Suffolk University, shares how his team is working to improve career equity, address systemic bias, and provide equitable support for all students. “It [career equity] means not everyone has the same, but everyone has what they need. We try to really question how we can target and tailor our resources in a way that, to some, sometimes feels like we are providing more resources to some students. And that's because we are. We recognize that some students need more support or need different support, and that's part of what career equity is,” Dave says.   In the episode, Dave discusses: How his team defines career equity (and why it’s so important)How his team is working to improve career equity (including several specific strategies)Why he hired a Director of Career Equity and Access on his teamWhy his team launched their annual Career Equity Conference (and what it entails)What results his team has seenHow they measure successAnd moreResources from the episode: Dave’s LinkedIn profileDave’s email: dmerry@suffolk.edu Suffolk’s career center websiteEmployer DEI toolkit Director of Career Equity staff pageCareer Equity Conference webpageLabor Market Insights tool (powered by uConnect)Opinion piece from Dave in USA Today about employers and workplace equity Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community

    49 min

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For too long, career services has been an afterthought. Now it's time for career services to be in the driver's seat, leading institutional strategy around career readiness. Join us every other Tuesday for in-depth interviews with today’s most innovative career leaders about how they’re building a campus culture of career readiness… or what we call Career Everywhere.

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