Member Login
Home InfoCenter Salary Info Publications & Services Conferences & Events Membership Store Advertising Index

Career Services

Subjects:

horizontal rule

ASSESSMENT

Career Courses: How We Know What Students Are Learning
Measuring Up: Assessment in Career Services
Mega-Trends Over 50 Years
Office Services
    • Student Survey of Career Information (PDF)
    • Student Survey of Career Planning Services (PDF)
    • Student Survey of Employment Services (PDF)
    • Student Survey of Graduate School Services (PDF)
    • Student Survey of Internships and/or Cooperative Education Programs (PDF)
Performance Assessment: Quick-Question Survey Results
Performance Assessment Resources
    • List of Practitioners
    • Professional Standards for College & University Career Services
     • NACE Professional Standards Evaluation Workbook

ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS
General List (International associations and associations world wide related to career services and recruitment of college graduates)
Institute of International Education
International Careers Consortium
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Reinventing Higher Education in Germany: New Trends in Academic Programs and Student Career Services
Resources for Overseas Teaching Jobs

BENCHMARK& TOPICAL SURVEYS

• Benchmark Surveys
2006-07 NACE Career Services Benchmark Survey for Four-Year Colleges and Universities—Part Two (PDF)
2006-07 NACE Career Services Benchmark Survey for Four-Year Colleges and Universities—Part One (PDF)
2007 NACE Career Services Benchmark Survey for Two-Year Colleges (PDF)
2006 NACE Salary Survey for Associate Degree Candidates
2006 NACE Career Services Benchmark Survey—Two-Year Colleges (PDF)

2005 NACE Career Services Survey Executive Summary (PDF) (Find out how to get the full report.)
2004 NACE Career Services Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)

2002 NACE Career Services Performance Measurement Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)

2001 NACE Career Services Survey (PDF)
2000 NACE Career Services Survey
1998 NACE Career Services Survey
1997 NACE Career Services Survey

Career Services Survey Special Break-out Reports

2000 NACE Diversity Advancement Survey

2007-08 NACE M.B.A. Benchmark Survey
2005 NACE M.B.A. Benchmark Survey Executive Summary (PDF)—(Find out how to get the full report.)
2001 NACE M.B.A. Recruiting & Hiring Survey

Job Outlook

—2008
   2008 NACE Job Outlook Spring Update Survey (PDF)
   2008 NACE Job Outlook Survey (PDF)
   2008 NACE Job Outlook Fall Preview (PDF)
—2007
   2007 NACE Job Outlook Spring Update (PDF)
   2007 NACE Job Outlook Survey (PDF)
   2007 NACE Job Outlook Student Version (PDF)
   2007 NACE Job Outlook Fall Preview (PDF)
—2006
   2006 NACE Job Outlook Spring Update
   2006 NACE Job Outlook Survey (PDF)
   2006 NACE Job Outlook Fall Preview (PDF)
—2005
  2005 NACE Job Outlook Spring Update (PDF)
  2005 NACE Job Outlook Winter Update (PDF)
  2005 NACE Job Outlook Survey (PDF)
  2005 NACE Job Outlook Student Version (PDF)
  2005 NACE Job Outlook Fall Preview (PDF)

2007 NACE Graduating Student Survey
2006 NACE Graduating Student & Alumni Survey
2005 NACE Graduating Student & Alumni Survey
2004 NACE Graduating Student & Alumni Survey
2003 NACE Graduating Student & Alumni Survey
2002 NACE Graduating Student & Alumni Survey
2001 NACE Graduating Student & Alumni Survey (PDF)
2000 NACE Graduating Student & Alumni Survey
1999 NACE Graduating Student & Alumni Survey

• Topical Surveys
Budgets and Career Services Survey (April 2005) (PDF)
Quick Poll Results: More Than One-Quarter of Organizations Have "Googled"/Reviewed Candidate Profiles on Social Networking Sites
Salary Survey Historical Perspective, 1990-2005
Technology and Career Services Survey (January 2005) (PDF)

BEST PRACTICES OF NACE COLLEGE MEMBERS
• Career Exploration
• Career Fairs
• Creative Ideas for Presentations to Students
• Data Collection and Reports
• Diversity
• Employment
• Internship/Co-op Programs
• Marketing
• Mentor Programs
• Programming
• Small Career Centers
• Student Skill Building

CAREER & EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS & SOURCES
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Job Search Sites Online: NACE Member Favorites
More Education, Higher Earnings for Life
More Education, Higher Earnings, Lower Unemployment Chart
National Board for Certified Counselors Inc.
National Center for Education Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online
Placement Rates of New College Grads
Projected Demographics: Numbers Tell The Story
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Labor
Working Life Jobs & Careers Document

CAREER SERVICES & EMPLOYERS
Benchmarking the Status of College Recruiting: NACE Research
Career Centers and Employers: Creating Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Affirmative Environments
Career Services: A Crucial Link
Closing the Gap: Helping Students Identify the Skills Employers Want
College Recruiting and Hiring: What to Watch in 2007
Diversity Recruiting a Focus of Most NACE Member Employers
Diversity Recruiting: How Career Services Can Help Employers
Do Employers and Colleges See Eye to Eye? College Student Development and Assessment
Education Students Benefit From Program at Central Missouri State
Employer Expectations of Students Attending Job Fairs
Employer Perceptions of Letters of Recommendation
Employers and Student Candidates: How They See Each Other
The Job Interview: Is Career Services Giving Students a Realistic Picture of What to Expect?
Key Trends in Career Services and College Recruiting—Demographics, Technology, The Nature of Work, Globalization
Looking Ahead: got workers?
Managing the Transition to Work
Minority Students Reveal Top Employers and Their Best Qualities
The More Things Change: Workplace Evolutions Prompt Changes in Counseling Students
Multifaceted Relationships Benefit Career Services Offices and Employer Recruiters
Navigating the Online Application Process: Part 1
Navigating the Online Application Process: Part 2
Online Poll: Students Need to Be Better Prepared for Career Fairs
Only a Phone Call Away: Interviewing Candidates by Telephone
Preparing Education Majors for the Job Market: Behavior Based Interviewing
Recruiters: Student Preparedness Vital for Success at Career Fairs
Resumes: Typos, Grammatical Errors Most Common Resume Mistakes
So Tell Me About Yourself: Recruiters Offer a New View of the Job Interview
Still Together After All These Years: The Oregon Liberal Arts Placement Consortium
Student Expectations of Employers At Job Fairs
Traditional or Electronic Tools: How Do People Get Hired?
Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain
What Recruiters Want: A Focus Group Study
Who Gets Hired: Interviewing Skills Are a Prehire Variable
Who's in the Booth? reverse Job Fairs Change Traditional Dynamics

COUNSELING & CAREER DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
Career Liftoff® Interest Inventory
Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development (Tech Center), The Florida State University Career Center
Discover
FOCUS II
Keirsey Sorters
Sigi 3
Strong Interest Inventory

ETHICS & STANDARDS
Alcohol Policy Letter
Council for the Advancement of Professional Standards
Faculty Guide to Ethical and Legal Standards in Student Hiring
The Issues Surrounding College Recruiting and Social Networking Web Sites
Principles for Professional Conduct
Principles for Professional Conduct: Annotated Version
Professional Standards for College & University Career Services
Rescinded/Deferred Offers ("A Position Paper on Rescinded and Deferred Employment Offer")

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION
2008 NACE Experiential Education SurveyExecutive Summary (PDF) (Find out how to get the full report)
2007 NACE Recruiting Benchmarks Survey Executive Summary (PDF) ( Find out how to get the full report.)
2006 NACE Experiential Education Survey Executive Summary (Find out how to get the full report.)
2005 NACE Experiential Education Survey Executive Summary—(Find out how to get the full report.)
2004 NACE Experiential Education Survey Executive Summary (PDF)—(Find out how to get the full report.)
2001 NACE Experiential Education Survey
1999 NACE Experiential Education Survey
Accountability Creates Challenges, Opportunities for Career Services
Benchmarks for Internship and Co-op Professionals
Brain Drain: Regional Internship Center Looks to Stem the Loss of Qualified Job Candidates
Common questions about internships from career services professionals
Does Intern/Co-op Experience Translate Into Career Progress and Satisfaction
Making Experiential Education Mandatory: A Blueprint for Success (PDF)
Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain
Update: Benchmarks for Intern and Co-op Professionals

GLOBAL
2001 NACE Global Recruitment Survey
2001 NACE Job Outlook Survey
Educational Experience Abroad: Preparation for a Globalized Workplace
Employers Guide to Student Visas
Association for International Practical Training
Globalization ("Key Trends in Career Services and College Recruiting")
The Globalization of Education
Institute of International Education, Open Doors Report
 • International students studying in the U.S. and enrollment
 • Listing of international student data tables
 • Top 40 schools enrolling international students
International Schools (World Education Guide)
International Degree Equivalencies (Evaluation sources)
Over There: University Career Services in the United Kingdom
Program Aims to Prepare Students for Global Economy (ACE has selected eight schools with outstanding records in international education to formulate strategies for improving undergraduate studies.)
Ranking Sites for International Colleges/Universities
Reinventing Higher Education in Germany: New Trends in Academic Programs and Student Career Services
Study Abroad: Stepping Stone to a Successful International Career
Think—And Act—Globally: Career Services, International Students, and Global Employers

LISTSERVS—COMMUNITIES
How to Gain From Online Discussions
NACE Communities—Online discussion area by group or subject
NACE 2-Year Online Discussion Group
Professionals Share Expertise by E-mail

MARKETING CAREER SERVICES
Attracting the Recent College Graduate: The Question of Location
Career Centers Get Creative on Shoestring Budgets
Chasing Happiness: Is Consumerism in Conflict with Student Career Development?
Educator or Entrepreneur? Strategies to Enhance Career Learning Outcomes
Getting First- and Second-Year Students Involved in Career Services—Read parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
How to Market Career Services to Employers
Instant Messaging Program Blends High-Tech and High-Touch Services
M.B.A. Students in TTU Program Discover 'Roadmap To Success'
Marketing Career Services
Marketing to Students (January 15, 1998, Spotlight)
Marketing to Students (August 3, 1998, Spotlight)
New Directions in Marketing the Career Center to Students
Relationships With Faculty Can Help Market and Deliver Career Services
Student Culture: Beloit College Class of 2011 Mindset List®
Tapping the Mistaken Market: Career Services for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
They're Just Not That Into You: Working with Disinterested Faculty
A Unique Job-Hunting Plan: Courses in Self-Marketing for Students
What if Students Listened to Everything We Said?

NACE ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Job Outlook
Journal Online
Salary Survey
Spotlight Online

• Two-Year College Articles
2007 NACE Career Services Benchmark Survey for Two-Year Colleges (PDF)
2006 NACE Career Services Benchmark Survey—Two-Year Colleges (PDF)
2006 Salary Survey for Associate Degree Candidates
How to Become a Two-Year Salary Survey Participant
Interviewing DVD Allows Small Staff at RVCC to Reach More Students
New Format Allows LCC Students to Show Their Abilities at Career Fairs
Two-Year College Articles Online

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
Applying Motivational Interviewing and Career Coaching Concepts With Liberal Arts Students
Anxiety and Career Action: The Impact of Contextual Factors On Graduating College Seniors
Are Helicopter Parents Landing in Graduate School?
Attracting the Recent College Graduate: The Question of Location
A Better Way to Deliver M.B.A. Career Services
Building a Fee-for-Services Model for Career Services
The Business Profession: A Developmental Career Preparation Program for Undergraduate Business Majors
Career Coaches: Inspiring Students to Make Positive Career Changes
Career Courses: How We Know What Students Are Learning
Career Exploration Community Program—University of Florida
Career Services and the M.B.A. Student
Career Services and Student Retention: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Career Support for Students With Disabilities
Celebrating Successes: The Marriage of Fun and Work
Chasing Happiness: Is Consumerism in Conflict with Student Career Development?
Coaching Nontraditional Students: Helping to Remove the Myths
Creativity Counts: Career Advising College Students in the Arts
Detour Ahead: Taking a Gap Year After Graduation
Gay Lives, Straight Jobs: Career Counseling Tips and Resources for GLBT Students
Help Organize Student Job Searches: Developing an Individual Job Placement Plan
Helping Stakeholders Understand the ROI of Job-Search Skill Development
How to Become a Career Services Professional (Career brochure)
How to Establish a Cyber Career Center
In Search of Career Services Professionals
Into the Future: Top Issues and Trends for Career Services and College Recruiting
Managing a Center With Minimal Staff
Mega-Trends Over 50 Years
The More Things Change: Workplace Evolutions Prompt Changes in Counseling Students
Parents Have Their Say . . .About Their College-Age Children's Career Decisions
Policies and Procedures: Reviewing Graduate School Essays
Professional Staff/Support Staff: You Can Eliminate Outdated Elitism
Research to Practice: DO-IT Prepares Students With Disabilities for Employment
Recession-Proof Career Management Skills:Adding Value to Coaching Students, Alumni, and Employees
Recruiting Trends and the Economy: A Southern Employer Retreat Roundtable
Self-Managed Career Services: A Team Approach
Serving Students With ADD
Staff Development in Career Services
Step by Step—Creating a Strategic Management System for Career Services Delivery
Student Profiles and Career Planning: Case Study of a Human Resources Development Program
What if Students Listened to Everything We Said?
Workshops Revisited
Writing for Dollars: Researching Grants and Writing Proposals

SAMPLES: SURVEYS, FORMS, LETTERS, JOB DESCRIPTIONS, CAREER CENTER NEWSLETTERS
First Destination Surveys
Hold Harmless Agreements—Samples submitted by JobPlace members
Job Descriptions—Career Services Professionals
Newsletters from JobPlace Member Career Centers
Policies and Procedures: Reviewing Graduate School Essays
Recruiter Packets (articles available for photocopying)
Reciprocity—Six Sample Letters of Request
Reciprocity: A Sample School Policy
Graduate Exit Surveys (four-year schools)
Student Survey of Career Information (PDF)
Student Survey of Career Planning Services (PDF)
Student Survey of Employment Services (PDF)
Student Survey of Graduate School Services (PDF)
Student Survey of Internships and/or Cooperative Education Programs (PDF)

SHOWCASE OF CAREER OFFICE HOME PAGES
Links to career centers nationwide

STUDENT WEB SITES
How Social Networking Sites Affect Employers, Students, and Career Services
JobWeb
Quick Poll Results: More Than One-Quarter of Organizations Have "Googled"/Reviewed Candidate Profiles on Social Networking Sites

TECHNOLOGY
2006-07 NACE Career Services Benchmark Survey for Four-Year Colleges and Universities—Part One (PDF)
2007 NACE Career Services Benchmark Survey for Two-Year Colleges (PDF)
Delivery of Services (2000 NACE Career Services Survey)
     • Technologies Used Most Often
     • Software Programs Used
     • Common Web Site Features
Developing A Virtual Job Fair For Your Campus
Favorite Job Search Sites of Career Services
How to Establish a Cyber Career Center
How Social Networking Sites Affect Employers, Students, and Career Services
The Issues Surrounding College Recruiting and Social Networking Web Sites
Key Trends in Career Services & College Recruiting: Technology
Mega-Trends Over 50 Years
Quick Poll Results: More Than One-Quarter of Organizations Have "Googled"/Reviewed Candidate Profiles on Social Networking Sites
Surveys Made Easy: Online Instruments Can Guide Decision-Making
Technology: Impact On and Implications for College Career Centers
Technology: Shaping and Moving the Profession Forward
Technology Decision-Making In Career Services
Using New Media: Blogs and Social Networking Technology
You Are Not Alone: Beware of What You Say on the Internet

THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS
Guess Who's Coming to Campus: A Guide to Third-Party Recruiting
Student's Guide to Interviewing with Third Party Recruiters

WHITE PAPERS
Bridging the Gap Between Student Expectations and Employer Reality: Electronic Tools and College Recruiting
NACE White Paper: Can High Tech Coexist With High Touch? Online Application Processes and Career Fairs
The Growing Concern for Privacy Online
Native American Achievement Program
NACE White Paper: Hold Harmless Agreements

About NACE   Privacy Policy   Copyright   Webmaster
©National Association of Colleges and Employers. All rights reserved.
62 Highland Ave. Bethlehem, PA 18017 • 800/544-5272 or 610/868-1421 • Fax: 610/868-0208

NACE is a proud founding member of International Network of Graduate Recruitment and Development Associations (INGRADA).
NACE is a founding member of International Network of Graduate Recruitment and Development Associations (INGRADA).