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NACE Connect Kickoff (Free)
Monday, June 15, 2020  |  2 - 3:30 PM ET  |  Suggested Audience: All

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Shawn VanDerziel, NACE Executive Director; Chris Carlson, 2019-20 NACE President; and Jennifer Lasater, 2019-20 NACE President-Elect welcome you to the opening reception for NACE Connect.

Also included is an acknowledgement of and lively panel discussion with this year’s Academy of Fellows inductees. The Academy of Fellows Award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the profession through the advancement of knowledge, leadership, or excellence in professional practice.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

Presenters
Shawn VanDerziel, NACE
Chris Carlson, Northrop Grumman
Jennifer Lasater, Purdue University Global
Roxanne Hori, New York University
Marilyn Mackes, NACE Emeritus (retired)

Johnny Campbell, Featured Speaker from SocialTalent.com

The Distance Between Reality and Expectation: What Career Services and Graduate Employers Overlook—and How to Do Better

2020 has been quite a year. In just two months, we experienced two years worth of transformation, showing that, more than ever, the job market changes at lightning pace. As such, career services is falling short at preparing graduates for the ongoing journey of their careers, rather than the destination of their first role. Equally, graduate employers set expectations that not only exceed possibility, but also demonstrate a lack of understanding in the potential of these new hires. In this talk, you'll learn about the value in meeting in the middle to realize graduates' full potential—and how to do it effectively.

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The rapid shift to virtual recruiting is causing employers and universities to make changes in just a few months that may have taken a few years in “normal” times. With budgets tight and few events likely on campuses this fall, employers need a digital-first way to find qualified talent, create meaningful relationships, field applicants, screen candidates, and hire the best. You will walk away with some new strategies for successful fall recruiting — whether campuses are open or not.

The speakers will also shed light on what students want, what employers need, and what universities have planned for fall, culled from the Handshake community of 17 million students at over 1,000 universities and the 500,000+ employers recruiting them. Come learn what all 500 of the Fortune 500 already knows — the future of recruiting is authentic, engaging and open to all.

LUKE BAXTER, VP ENTERPRISE PRODUCT, MARKETING AND INSIGHTS, HANDSHAKE

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Inclusion, Equity, and Affinity: NACE Members Advancing Awareness and Change (Free)
Tuesday, June 16, 2020  |  2 - 3:15 PM ET  |  Suggested Audience: All

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Through NACE Affinity Groups, members can drive change, raise awareness, and take part in important conversations around personal and professional identities. Take part to learn about the Affinity Groups and how you can be a force for change. (Affinity Groups: AANAPISI; Career Services Professionals in Employer Relations; Colleges With Populations Under 5,000; Community & Two-Year Colleges; Global Talent; HSIs; HBCUs; Individuals Serving Nontraditional Populations; Individuals With Disabilities; LGBTQ & Allies; Liberal Arts Colleges & Majors; Online Career Services; People of Color; STEM; Tribal Colleges & Universities; Veterans; Women in URR & Career Services)

Jeffrey Alston, East Tennessee State University
Cynthia Murphy-Ortega , Chevron
Meredith Sadoulet, Comcast Corporation
Chris Carlson, NACE President, Northrup Grumman
Jen Lasater, Purdue Global
Ingrid Giordano, Citi
Charles Jennings, Jr., Princeton University
Cindy Verduce, Co-lead, Indiana Tech
Sue Keever Watts, Keever Group

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Are you planning to implement virtual recruiting to connect with students this fall? Join this session to learn from the strategies of leading brands who have been leveraging virtual campus recruiting for years — helping them engage more candidates, reduce time-to-hire and boost ROI. You’ll find out what virtual tactics drive results, plus actionable takeaways and tips to make your virtual strategy as effective as possible.

In this session, attendees will learn about the strategies and results of Yello clients who leverage a combination of virtual efforts and traditional on-campus efforts. These strategies were created by real campus recruiters in the finance, manufacturing, and professional services industries, but are relevant for recruiters in any industry. Attendees will learn what a virtual campus recruiting process looks like, how virtual strategies can solve traditional campus challenges, and how to create your own virtual campus recruiting strategy.

Mitch Munsell, Director of Strategic Enterprise Sales YELLO
Morgan Repovz, Senior Solutions Consultant YELLO

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The Iowa Intermediary Network connects K–12 students to career exploration opportunities in the state through exciting, work-based learning with highly dynamic and technology-driven Iowa industries. This session will review the functions of an intermediary, share successes of the Iowa Intermediary Network, and offer two regional perspectives. The context of the work-based learning continuum and the opportunities offered to K–12 partners to assist students in making future career and education plans provides a foundation for rich discussion surrounding the question of age-appropriateness for career decision-making, as well as considerations for colleges and businesses to engage in local intermediary activities.

Gena Gesing, Northeast Iowa Community College
Erin Swancutt, Hawkeye Community College
Free Event

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners for:

  • Mentor of the Year Award: Recognizes an individual who selflessly demonstrates leadership and the ability to serve as a quality mentor to one or more individuals.
  • NACE Catalyst Award: Recognizes an HR/recruiting individual with up to four years of experience in the HR/recruiting field, who exemplifies excellence and leadership, and has provided innovation in the field of human resources and recruiting. Work experience can be a combination of both career services and university relations.
  • NACE/Spelman Johnson Rising Star Award: Recognizes an individual who demonstrates strong leadership potential, and contributions to the career services profession and NACE.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

Presenters
Shawn VanDerziel, NACE
Nadine Verna, Montclair State University
Kelsey Weissgold, IBM Corporation
Whitney McDowell-Robinson, Tougaloo College

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In this session, Ms. Abramovitz will explore how Symplicity Recruit is increasing connections between your students and employers. She will discuss employer trends, recent updates, what's coming next, how Symplicity supports you and your students shifting to virtual engagement and best practices.

MEIRAV ABRAMOVITZ, CLIENT SUCCESS AND LAW PRACTICE DIRECTOR, SYMPLICITY

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In this important conversation, our expert panel focused on the current state of recruitment, retention, and the responsibility of staff. They spoke passionately about racial injustice and how it affects the personal and professional growth of black people. What are our responsibilities at the organizational level? What should diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts take into account? How can we eliminate barriers to success for black students and employees? Find out more in this don’t-miss session.

Dr. Tierney Bates, University of North Carolina
Kia Jarmon, MEPR Agency
Kacheyta McClellan, Ivy Tech Community College
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Imagine a student taking a philosophy class, then going to an English class, and then to a finance class, and experiencing the same language across the curriculum, demonstrating how the student's classes teach what employers seek. We will share a program that engages faculty, alumni/employers, and the career center in mapping course outcomes to the NACE career readiness competencies across the curriculum. Learn about our challenges, successes, and future plans for program expansion.

Jim McAtee, Ball State University
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Even without the threat of COVID-19, it is impossible and unscalable for companies to be on every college campus. That’s why companies like BDO are leveraging technology to implement virtual campus recruiting strategies and reaching a greater – and more diverse -- pool of candidates. Join this session to learn about how over three years, BDO shifted to virtual recruiting and how that strategy can work for companies in today’s environment.

Stephanie Tyler, BDO
Sarah Turcotte, BDO

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Times have changed, especially the job market, so what does that mean for education? Join us for a look at why a traditional degree no longer guarantees success. Discuss the factors leading to why many of today's young adults are choosing more non-traditional degree program, why employers are looking for more skills-based evidence, and who the emerging winners are in this new world of work.

Jarlath O’Carroll, CEO, Jobspeaker
George Westerman, Principal Research Scientist, MIT J-WEL Workforce Learning
Salvatrice Cummo, Executive Director, Economic and Workforce Development, Pasadena City College
Richard Varn, CEO, RJV Consulting & Venture Partner at Learn Launch

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With so many options available, how do you decide on a virtual career fair platform? A small, private institution will share virtual career fair best practices using Zoom technology. Career services staff will discuss their decision-making process along with event set-up and logistics, employer correspondence, student preparation and recruitment, and post-event evaluation. Pros and cons will be reviewed along with a brief overview of other virtual career fair options.

Andrea Domachowski, Ohio Northern University
Andrea Brown, Lourdes College
VE

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How do you ensure a consistent, quality delivery of career support in a virtual environment? Online modules and video micro lessons offer a solution for scaling career services and connecting with students, but require integration with existing career curriculum. At the University of Minnesota, we leveraged new and existing technology platforms to create on-demand career support for 14,000 liberal arts students. The presenters will share lessons learned about centering career curriculum throughout virtual services and programs. Join us to learn innovative approaches and get concrete take-aways for implementation to deliver scaffolded, engaging, career development to today’s college students.

Charlene Myers, The University of Minnesota
Chelsea Ochoa, The University of Minnesota
Free Event

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners and honorable mentions for:

Career Services Excellence Award: Acknowledges excellence in career services best practices.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

Presenters
Brian Guerrero, The Ohio State University
Jing Han, University of California, Berkeley
William Jones, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Sharon Mickens, University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan Schlesinger, Brandeis University
Heidi Robinson, Wake Forest University
Tricia Zelaya-Leon, Rollins College
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Practical Approaches to Career Readiness
Monday, June 22, 2020   |  11 AM - Noon ET  |  Suggested Audience: Career Services

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Is your current career readiness approach agile? Are you looking for practical strategies to improve student outcomes? This session will consider some of the myths and challenges about an institutionwide approach by providing some practical strategies and examples of how a variety of institutions are integrating career competencies. Explore different models, practical strategies, and leading practices to integrate and scale career readiness. The session provides a foundation to strategically shift language, priorities, partnerships, and student success.

Tim Harding, University of Tampa

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At 12Twenty we are proud data nerds and it has always been our goal to help Career Centers collect, organize, and interpret data successfully and efficiently. 12Twenty provides easy-to-use tools and resources that simplify the day to day workflow of anyone who interacts with the platform. We look forward to sharing how 12Twenty does the “heavy lifting,” providing a customizable platform that meets the needs of each university’s unique experience. We leverage our company partnerships to provide students with quality job opportunities and have simplified the management of the recruiting process in order to make Career Services “hassle free.” As the world is adjusting to the new "normal," our mission remains the same: let the data speak for itself and share it with your students, employers, and stakeholders to empower your constituents to make the best data-driven decisions.

Eric Garvelink, 12Twenty Inc.

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This session takes a critical look at current trends in career services and recruiting that threaten equitable outcomes for marginalized students. We will discuss how to identify these threats and how to advance equity through advocacy, coaching, and empowerment.

Matthew Crowley, University of Florida
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Learn about designing a low-to-no-cost career readiness program accessible for any student, anywhere. This presentation dives into the development of a virtual career readiness curriculum and universitywide badging program that will create partnerships and career communities across campus. Want to create your own low-cost career readiness program? Learn how one university leveraged existing resources, campus partners, and established career and professional development courses to design an accessible and engaging curriculum. You will explore how to use technology to facilitate the career readiness conversation for a digital generation and provide badges to showcase competency development. You will also create a blueprint for your own career readiness program.

Emily Kennelly, Florida State University
Kyle Roark, Florida State University

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners and honorable mentions for:

  • NACE/Chevron Award: Recognizes outstanding achievement for innovative programs in the college career services field.
  • Recruiting Excellence Award: Recognizes excellence in recruiting best practices.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

Presenters
Chris Carlson, Northrop Grumman
Marshella Pounds, Johnson & Johnson
Frits Bigham, Uber ATG
Dana Hutchens, Wake Forest University
Liz Julian, University of Wisconsin – Stout
Kayla Wheaton, Liberty Mutual Insurance

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When the world was forced to go digital overnight, employers everywhere began scrambling to figure out how to stay connected with candidates and still deliver personalized, human experiences in the hiring process. In this session, Mr. Stiefel will explore how conversational AI helped universities, school systems, and many other large organizations flourish in a virtual environment, enabling recruiters to engage candidates at scale—without losing the human touch. Discover how conversational AI helped talent leaders adapt to new hiring challenges in a matter of days, and why swapping in-person interviews and events with personalized virtual hiring experiences has been a game-changer for those organizations.

DAVID STIEFEL, VP, PARADOX

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Let’s talk about challenging issues in college recruiting! Join us to facilitate a better understanding of the needs and perspectives of recruiters and explore potential for greater collaboration. Come get tips to help students navigate challenging situations without damaging their professional reputations. This panel of leaders from private and public sectors and will share perspectives that many in career services may find surprising. Panelists and audience members will address these three topics: - How are recruiters evaluated by their employers? (Brief overview) - Deadlines and “exploding offers” (engaged conversation) - Burning bridges; reneging on offers (engaged conversation)

J. Seldric Blocker, JP Morgan Chase
Glen Fowler, California State Auditor
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Welcome to the future of work 2020, but have we yet arrived?

To date, the future of work conversation has centered around skills, jobs, and workplace dynamics, all of which have been significantly impacted by global pandemic and COVID-19. With the most diverse generation in history entering the workforce, GenZ, employers, and higher ed institutions must assess relevant methods to develop and retain early career talent. Using the output of College Code interviews and case studies, this interactive session will explore five steps for developing and retain the next generation of diverse* professionals.

*To narrow in on the topic of diversity, our content will highlight three populations College Code has served extensively—women, underrepresented minorities, and first-generation students.

Chelsea Williams, CollegeCode

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners and honorable mentions for:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Excellence Award (College and Employer): Acknowledges excellence in best practices in nurturing and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

Presenters
Norma Guerra Gaier, The University of Texas at Austin
Brian Case, PPL
David Eckstein, Swinburne University
Amanda Machonis, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Gracy Sarkissian, New York University
Lynn Schroetter, Abbott Laboratories
Ayanna Wilcher, KPMG
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Rowan University’s Autism PATH (Preparation and Achievement to Hire) Program and Vertex Inc. will provide strategies to support the hiring of neurodiverse individuals, using career readiness-based programming in college and the current structure of Vertex’s neurodiverse hiring program to illustrate. The presenters will discuss the need for more inclusive hiring and how institutions and employers can use a systemic approach to develop opportunities for meaningful employment.

Chiara Latimer, Rowan University
Craig Single, Vertex Inc.

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How are campus recruiters around the world adapting their practices and plans based on Covid-19? Join a New York Times best-selling author and a workplace expert from Cappfinity Co-founder as they share findings from their recent "2020Strong" research, conducted in May 2020. Based on interviews with more than 30 global talent leaders, Ms. Pollak and Ms. Garcea will report on what recruiters believe Is the future of intern and student hiring, including shifts in on-campus recruiting and virtual hiring. They provide practical, actionable advice on the ways in which employers and career services professionals can adapt their approach to the post-pandemic employment landscape.

NICKY GARCEA, CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER AND CO-FOUNDER, CAPPFINITY
LINDSEY POLLAK, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF GETTING FROM COLLEGE TO CAREER & THE REMIX

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The whole world is working, learning, interning, and studying remotely. Career offices have transitioned to virtual engagement and delivery to meet the changing needs of students, who faced a very different internship and job market. The NACE Online Career Professionals' group (more than 300 strong!) has curated leading practices for engaging students and created a four-part series of sessions. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with and learn from subject matter experts, and each other, to empower your strategies and practices in this new reality. This session will highlight leading practices relative to engaging students in the career and professional development life-cycle as well as practices for applying career readiness competencies to classroom experiences.

Tammy Spenziero (moderator), Excelsior College Shannon Gallo, The City University of New York - School of Professional Studies Michael Kimball-Bryant, Western Governors University Andrew Seguel, LIM College
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While companies seek a competitive advantage in their campus recruiting; want to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion; and desire job readiness of new hires, they often think about these efforts independently. During this discussion, a panel will highlight emerging approaches and strategies to collaborate with colleges that align these efforts and drive positive impact on outcomes for students, companies, and colleges alike.

Jeffrey Moss, Parker Dewey
Colin Byard, University of Central Florida
Tony Denhart, GE
Lori Sparger, Purdue University
Corey Twitty, Lyft
Free Event

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners, honorable mentions, and finalists for:

  • Members’ Choice Award: Acknowledges an individual who addresses a challenge, problem, or issue facing our profession with an innovative change or improvement.
  • Technology Excellence Award: Acknowledges excellence in best practices using technology and/or social media outlets.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

Presenters
Brian Guerrero, The Ohio State University
Kristin Balboni, Mount Holyoke College
Emily Kennelly, Florida State University
William Jones, Rutgers University
Jim Lowe, University of Connecticut
Cheryl Whitney Lower, Middlebury College
Lisa Mann, University of North Carolina at Ashville
Lauren Kross Polinksi, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
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The whole world is working, learning, interning, and studying remotely. Career offices have transitioned to virtual engagement and delivery to meet the changing needs of students, who faced a very different internship and job market. The NACE Online Career Professionals' group (more than 300 strong!) has curated leading practices for engaging students and created a four-part series of sessions. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with and learn from subject matter experts, and each other, to empower your strategies and practices in this new reality. This session will highlight leading practices relative to engaging stakeholders—including students, employers, alumni, faculty, and staff through events, webinars, and other programs. The session will also address marketing, promotions, and sponsorship.

Tammy Spenziero (moderator),Excelsior College Francine Blume,University of Maryland Global Campus Kaitlynn Malinowski Arvidson,Regis College Brandi Yates,Ultimate Medical Academy

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Since Covid-19, companies have reconfigured campus recruiting goals and strategies, placing emphasis on building and nurturing their talent pipeline. In this technology showcase, the speakers will explore how to get the most out of virtual recruiting, creative approaches to attracting and engaging students, and how to protect your future talent pipeline when campus programs are reduced or on hold.

Also, we'll take a deep-dive into how Oleeo’s Recruiting Enablement platform leverages data and automation across the candidate lifecycle. Ms. Leeds Maister and Mr. Nadarajah will showcase how leading brands empower recruiters to track the best candidates, automate interview scheduling, manage intern programs, orchestrate recruiting events, and speed the time to hire.

JEANETTE LEEDS MAISTER, MANAGING DIRECTOR – HEAD OF AMERICAS, OLEEO
IAN NADARAJAH, GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT, OLEEO

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Participants will join a discussion on Liberty Mutual’s new virtual recruiting strategy. Evan Martino (IRC) will lay out research into students shifting views of virtual recruiting. Then, Maura Quinn (Liberty Mutual) will share her insights into the process of designing and implementing a virtual strategy. Finally, we will open to discussion into how you might do something similar.

Maura Quinn, Liberty Mutual
Evan Martino, Ivy Research Council
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Rapid adoption of direct-to-candidate tools and emerging technologies have fundamentally changed the recruiting landscape and have disrupted traditional on-campus recruiting for employers, students, and career centers alike. Career centers will need to adjust their service model to sit at the intersection of student advocacy, understanding of technology, and relationship management, while employers will need to determine how emerging recruiting practices are conducive to effective, inclusive hiring. Participants will leave this session with an understanding of trends on college campuses and in recruiting, and will leave with tangible, creative, and sustainable approaches to establishing collaborative relationships with their employer/career center partners.

Jane Hershman, Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Alecia Lally, PwC

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners for:

  • Career Services Champion Award: Awarded to a college or university president or chancellor from an accredited institution of higher education who supports the establishment of, and demonstrates forward-thinking leadership in support of, career services/education.
  • Employer Recruiting Champion Award: Awarded to a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President, or Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of an organization that recruits college students. The awardee will be one who demonstrates significant commitment to recruiting, hiring and cultivating college talent.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

Presenters
Stephanie Pallante, CIGNA
Gary S. May, Chancellor, University of California at Davis (winner)
Marcie Kirk Holland, University of California at Davis (nominator)
Michael Hayford, President and Chief Executive Officer, NCR Corporation (winner)
Tony Burdett, NCR Corporation (nominator)
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The pandemic has given rise to an array of legal questions—from whether an employee’s start date be delayed to what if an employees doesn’t want to return to the office to who is responsible for an intern’s health and safety on site. Attorney Ed Easterly, Hoffman, Hlavac, & Easterly, addresses these and more.

Ed Easterly, Esq., Hoffman, Hlavac, & Easterly

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The past few months have torn up the old campus recruiting playbook, forcing companies and schools to quickly transition to virtual experiences. Although much of what has happened to date has been out of your control, you have a choice in what’s to come. Use this once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform and create lasting change.

Learn how virtual hiring can help break down barriers that exist within the current campus recruitment process, encouraging a far more diverse, inclusive applicant pool, and deliver a better candidate experience. This session will include:

  • Employer success stories: proven strategies used by top companies for early careers recruiting and rapid implementation success stories from the COVID-19 crisis.
  • Career center offerings: HireVue now offers a free virtual practice room for students to test their interview skills, as well as a tool for career center professionals to offer coaching to their students.
DINA TAYLOR, VP, SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE & GLOBAL PMO, HIREVUE
AMANDA HAHN, SENIOR DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MARKETING, HIREVUE

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The Iowa Intermediary Network connects K–12 students to career exploration opportunities in the state through exciting, work-based learning with highly dynamic and technology-driven Iowa industries. This session will review the functions of an intermediary, share successes of the Iowa Intermediary Network, and offer two regional perspectives. The context of the work-based learning continuum and the opportunities offered to K–12 partners to assist students in making future career and education plans provides a foundation for rich discussion surrounding the question of age-appropriateness for career decision-making, as well as considerations for colleges and businesses to engage in local intermediary activities.

Gena Gesing, Northeast Iowa Community College
Erin Swancutt, Hawkeye Community College
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Imagine a student taking a philosophy class, then going to an English class, and then to a finance class, and experiencing the same language across the curriculum, demonstrating how the student's classes teach what employers seek. We will share a program that engages faculty, alumni/employers, and the career center in mapping course outcomes to the NACE career readiness competencies across the curriculum. Learn about our challenges, successes, and future plans for program expansion.

Jim McAtee, Ball State University
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Practical Approaches to Career Readiness
Monday, June 22, 2020   |  11 AM - Noon ET  |  Suggested Audience: Career Services

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Is your current career readiness approach agile? Are you looking for practical strategies to improve student outcomes? This session will consider some of the myths and challenges about an institutionwide approach by providing some practical strategies and examples of how a variety of institutions are integrating career competencies. Explore different models, practical strategies, and leading practices to integrate and scale career readiness. The session provides a foundation to strategically shift language, priorities, partnerships, and student success.

Tim Harding, University of Tampa
CR-WD

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Learn about designing a low-to-no-cost career readiness program accessible for any student, anywhere. This presentation dives into the development of a virtual career readiness curriculum and universitywide badging program that will create partnerships and career communities across campus. Want to create your own low-cost career readiness program? Learn how one university leveraged existing resources, campus partners, and established career and professional development courses to design an accessible and engaging curriculum. You will explore how to use technology to facilitate the career readiness conversation for a digital generation and provide badges to showcase competency development. You will also create a blueprint for your own career readiness program.

Emily Kennelly, Florida State University
Kyle Roark, Florida State University
CR-WD

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Let’s talk about challenging issues in college recruiting! Join us to facilitate a better understanding of the needs and perspectives of recruiters and explore potential for greater collaboration. Come get tips to help students navigate challenging situations without damaging their professional reputations. This panel of leaders from private and public sectors and will share perspectives that many in career services may find surprising. Panelists and audience members will address these three topics: - How are recruiters evaluated by their employers? (Brief overview) - Deadlines and “exploding offers” (engaged conversation) - Burning bridges; reneging on offers (engaged conversation)

J. Seldric Blocker, JP Morgan Chase
Glen Fowler, California State Auditor
CR WD

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The whole world is working, learning, interning, and studying remotely. Career offices have transitioned to virtual engagement and delivery to meet the changing needs of students, who faced a very different internship and job market. The NACE Online Career Professionals' group (more than 300 strong!) has curated leading practices for engaging students and created a four-part series of sessions. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with and learn from subject matter experts, and each other, to empower your strategies and practices in this new reality. This session will highlight leading practices relative to engaging students in the career and professional development life-cycle as well as practices for applying career readiness competencies to classroom experiences.

Tammy Spenziero (moderator), Excelsior College Shannon Gallo, The City University of New York - School of Professional Studies Michael Kimball-Bryant, Western Governors University Andrew Seguel, LIM College
CR-WD

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While companies seek a competitive advantage in their campus recruiting; want to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion; and desire job readiness of new hires, they often think about these efforts independently. During this discussion, a panel will highlight emerging approaches and strategies to collaborate with colleges that align these efforts and drive positive impact on outcomes for students, companies, and colleges alike.

Jeffrey Moss, Parker Dewey
Colin Byard, University of Central Florida
Tony Denhart, GE
Lori Sparger, Purdue University
Corey Twitty, Lyft
DEI

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This session takes a critical look at current trends in career services and recruiting that threaten equitable outcomes for marginalized students. We will discuss how to identify these threats and how to advance equity through advocacy, coaching, and empowerment.

Matthew Crowley, University of Florida
DEI

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Rowan University’s Autism PATH (Preparation and Achievement to Hire) Program and Vertex Inc. will provide strategies to support the hiring of neurodiverse individuals, using career readiness-based programming in college and the current structure of Vertex’s neurodiverse hiring program to illustrate. The presenters will discuss the need for more inclusive hiring and how institutions and employers can use a systemic approach to develop opportunities for meaningful employment.

Chiara Latimer, Rowan University
Craig Single, Vertex Inc.
VE

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Even without the threat of COVID-19, it is impossible and unscalable for companies to be on every college campus. That’s why companies like BDO are leveraging technology to implement virtual campus recruiting strategies and reaching a greater – and more diverse -- pool of candidates. Join this session to learn about how over three years, BDO shifted to virtual recruiting and how that strategy can work for companies in today’s environment.

Stephanie Tyler, BDO
Sarah Turcotte, BDO
VE

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With so many options available, how do you decide on a virtual career fair platform? A small, private institution will share virtual career fair best practices using Zoom technology. Career services staff will discuss their decision-making process along with event set-up and logistics, employer correspondence, student preparation and recruitment, and post-event evaluation. Pros and cons will be reviewed along with a brief overview of other virtual career fair options.

Andrea Domachowski, Ohio Northern University
Andrea Brown, Lourdes College
VE

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How do you ensure a consistent, quality delivery of career support in a virtual environment? Online modules and video micro lessons offer a solution for scaling career services and connecting with students, but require integration with existing career curriculum. At the University of Minnesota, we leveraged new and existing technology platforms to create on-demand career support for 14,000 liberal arts students. The presenters will share lessons learned about centering career curriculum throughout virtual services and programs. Join us to learn innovative approaches and get concrete take-aways for implementation to deliver scaffolded, engaging, career development to today’s college students.

Charlene Myers, The University of Minnesota
Chelsea Ochoa, The University of Minnesota
VE

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The whole world is working, learning, interning, and studying remotely. Career offices have transitioned to virtual engagement and delivery to meet the changing needs of students, who faced a very different internship and job market. The NACE Online Career Professionals' group (more than 300 strong!) has curated leading practices for engaging students and created a four-part series of sessions. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with and learn from subject matter experts, and each other, to empower your strategies and practices in this new reality. This session will highlight leading practices relative to engaging stakeholders—including students, employers, alumni, faculty, and staff through events, webinars, and other programs. The session will also address marketing, promotions, and sponsorship.

Tammy Spenziero (moderator),Excelsior College Francine Blume,University of Maryland Global Campus Kaitlynn Malinowski Arvidson,Regis College Brandi Yates,Ultimate Medical Academy
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Participants will join a discussion on Liberty Mutual’s new virtual recruiting strategy. Evan Martino (IRC) will lay out research into students shifting views of virtual recruiting. Then, Maura Quinn (Liberty Mutual) will share her insights into the process of designing and implementing a virtual strategy. Finally, we will open to discussion into how you might do something similar.

Maura Quinn, Liberty Mutual
Evan Martino, Ivy Research Council
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Rapid adoption of direct-to-candidate tools and emerging technologies have fundamentally changed the recruiting landscape and have disrupted traditional on-campus recruiting for employers, students, and career centers alike. Career centers will need to adjust their service model to sit at the intersection of student advocacy, understanding of technology, and relationship management, while employers will need to determine how emerging recruiting practices are conducive to effective, inclusive hiring. Participants will leave this session with an understanding of trends on college campuses and in recruiting, and will leave with tangible, creative, and sustainable approaches to establishing collaborative relationships with their employer/career center partners.

Jane Hershman, Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Alecia Lally, PwC
NACE Connect Kickoff (Free)
Monday, June 15, 2020  |  2 - 3:30 PM ET  |  Suggested Audience: All

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Shawn VanDerziel, NACE Executive Director; Chris Carlson, 2019-20 NACE President; and Jennifer Lasater, 2019-20 NACE President-Elect welcome you to the opening reception for NACE Connect.

Also included is an acknowledgement of and lively panel discussion with this year’s Academy of Fellows inductees. The Academy of Fellows Award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the profession through the advancement of knowledge, leadership, or excellence in professional practice.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

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Shawn VanDerziel, NACE
Chris Carlson, Northrop Grumman
Jennifer Lasater, Purdue University Global
Roxanne Hori, New York University
Marilyn Mackes, NACE Emeritus (retired)

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The rapid shift to virtual recruiting is causing employers and universities to make changes in just a few months that may have taken a few years in “normal” times. With budgets tight and few events likely on campuses this fall, employers need a digital-first way to find qualified talent, create meaningful relationships, field applicants, screen candidates, and hire the best. You will walk away with some new strategies for successful fall recruiting — whether campuses are open or not.

The speakers will also shed light on what students want, what employers need, and what universities have planned for fall, culled from the Handshake community of 17 million students at over 1,000 universities and the 500,000+ employers recruiting them. Come learn what all 500 of the Fortune 500 already knows — the future of recruiting is authentic, engaging and open to all.

LUKE BAXTER, VP ENTERPRISE PRODUCT, MARKETING AND INSIGHTS, HANDSHAKE

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Inclusion, Equity, and Affinity: NACE Members Advancing Awareness and Change (Free)
Tuesday, June 16, 2020  |  2 - 3:15 PM ET  |  Suggested Audience: All

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Through NACE Affinity Groups, members can drive change, raise awareness, and take part in important conversations around personal and professional identities. Take part to learn about the Affinity Groups and how you can be a force for change. (Affinity Groups: AANAPISI; Career Services Professionals in Employer Relations; Colleges With Populations Under 5,000; Community & Two-Year Colleges; Global Talent; HSIs; HBCUs; Individuals Serving Nontraditional Populations; Individuals With Disabilities; LGBTQ & Allies; Liberal Arts Colleges & Majors; Online Career Services; People of Color; STEM; Tribal Colleges & Universities; Veterans; Women in URR & Career Services)

Jeffrey Alston, East Tennessee State University
Cynthia Ortega-Murphy, Chevron
Meredith Sadoulet, Comcast Corporation
Chris Carlson, NACE President, Northrup Grumman
Jen Lasater, Purdue Global
Ingrid Giordano, Citi
Charles Jennings, Jr., Princeton University
Cindy Verduce, Co-lead, Indiana Tech
Sue Keever Watts, Keever Group

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Are you planning to implement virtual recruiting to connect with students this fall? Join this session to learn from the strategies of leading brands who have been leveraging virtual campus recruiting for years — helping them engage more candidates, reduce time-to-hire and boost ROI. You’ll find out what virtual tactics drive results, plus actionable takeaways and tips to make your virtual strategy as effective as possible.

In this session, attendees will learn about the strategies and results of Yello clients who leverage a combination of virtual efforts and traditional on-campus efforts. These strategies were created by real campus recruiters in the finance, manufacturing, and professional services industries, but are relevant for recruiters in any industry. Attendees will learn what a virtual campus recruiting process looks like, how virtual strategies can solve traditional campus challenges, and how to create your own virtual campus recruiting strategy.

Mitch Munsell, Director of Strategic Enterprise Sales YELLO
Morgan Repovz, Senior Solutions Consultant YELLO

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners for:

  • Mentor of the Year Award: Recognizes an individual who selflessly demonstrates leadership and the ability to serve as a quality mentor to one or more individuals.
  • NACE Catalyst Award: Recognizes an HR/recruiting individual with up to four years of experience in the HR/recruiting field, who exemplifies excellence and leadership, and has provided innovation in the field of human resources and recruiting. Work experience can be a combination of both career services and university relations.
  • NACE/Spelman Johnson Rising Star Award: Recognizes an individual who demonstrates strong leadership potential, and contributions to the career services profession and NACE.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

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Shawn VanDerziel, NACE
Nadine Verna, Montclair State University
Kelsey Weissgold, IBM Corporation
Whitney McDowell-Robinson, Tougaloo College

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In this session, Ms. Abramovitz will explore how Symplicity Recruit is increasing connections between your students and employers. She will discuss employer trends, recent updates, what's coming next, how Symplicity supports you and your students shifting to virtual engagement and best practices.

MEIRAV ABRAMOVITZ, CLIENT SUCCESS AND LAW PRACTICE DIRECTOR, SYMPLICITY

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In this important conversation, our expert panel focused on the current state of recruitment, retention, and the responsibility of staff. They spoke passionately about racial injustice and how it affects the personal and professional growth of black people. What are our responsibilities at the organizational level? What should diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts take into account? How can we eliminate barriers to success for black students and employees? Find out more in this don’t-miss session.

Dr. Tierney Bates, University of North Carolina
Kia Jarmon, MEPR Agency
Kacheyta McClellan, Ivy Tech Community College

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Times have changed, especially the job market, so what does that mean for education? Join us for a look at why a traditional degree no longer guarantees success. Discuss the factors leading to why many of today's young adults are choosing more non-traditional degree program, why employers are looking for more skills-based evidence, and who the emerging winners are in this new world of work.

Jarlath O’Carroll, CEO, Jobspeaker
George Westerman, Principal Research Scientist, MIT J-WEL Workforce Learning
Salvatrice Cummo, Executive Director, Economic and Workforce Development, Pasadena City College
Richard Varn, CEO, RJV Consulting & Venture Partner at Learn Launch

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners and honorable mentions for:

Career Services Excellence Award: Acknowledges excellence in career services best practices.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

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Brian Guerrero, The Ohio State University
Jing Han, University of California, Berkeley
William Jones, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Sharon Mickens, University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan Schlesinger, Brandeis University
Heidi Robinson, Wake Forest University
Tricia Zelaya-Leon, Rollins College

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At 12Twenty we are proud data nerds and it has always been our goal to help Career Centers collect, organize, and interpret data successfully and efficiently. 12Twenty provides easy-to-use tools and resources that simplify the day to day workflow of anyone who interacts with the platform. We look forward to sharing how 12Twenty does the “heavy lifting,” providing a customizable platform that meets the needs of each university’s unique experience. We leverage our company partnerships to provide students with quality job opportunities and have simplified the management of the recruiting process in order to make Career Services “hassle free.” As the world is adjusting to the new "normal," our mission remains the same: let the data speak for itself and share it with your students, employers, and stakeholders to empower your constituents to make the best data-driven decisions.

Eric Garvelink, 12Twenty Inc.

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners and honorable mentions for:

  • NACE/Chevron Award: Recognizes outstanding achievement for innovative programs in the college career services field.
  • Recruiting Excellence Award: Recognizes excellence in recruiting best practices.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

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Chris Carlson, Northrop Grumman
Marshella Pounds, Johnson & Johnson
Frits Bigham, Uber ATG
Dana Hutchens, Wake Forest University
Liz Julian, University of Wisconsin – Stout
Kayla Wheaton, Liberty Mutual Insurance

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When the world was forced to go digital overnight, employers everywhere began scrambling to figure out how to stay connected with candidates and still deliver personalized, human experiences in the hiring process. In this session, Mr. Stiefel will explore how conversational AI helped universities, school systems, and many other large organizations flourish in a virtual environment, enabling recruiters to engage candidates at scale—without losing the human touch. Discover how conversational AI helped talent leaders adapt to new hiring challenges in a matter of days, and why swapping in-person interviews and events with personalized virtual hiring experiences has been a game-changer for those organizations.

DAVID STIEFEL, VP, PARADOX

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Welcome to the future of work 2020, but have we yet arrived?

To date, the future of work conversation has centered around skills, jobs, and workplace dynamics, all of which have been significantly impacted by global pandemic and COVID-19. With the most diverse generation in history entering the workforce, GenZ, employers, and higher ed institutions must assess relevant methods to develop and retain early career talent. Using the output of College Code interviews and case studies, this interactive session will explore five steps for developing and retain the next generation of diverse* professionals.

*To narrow in on the topic of diversity, our content will highlight three populations College Code has served extensively—women, underrepresented minorities, and first-generation students.

Chelsea Williams, CollegeCode

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners and honorable mentions for:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Excellence Award (College and Employer): Acknowledges excellence in best practices in nurturing and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

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Norma Guerra Gaier, The University of Texas at Austin
Brian Case, PPL
David Eckstein, Swinburne University
Amanda Machonis, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Gracy Sarkissian, New York University
Lynn Schroetter, Abbott Laboratories
Ayanna Wilcher, KPMG

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How are campus recruiters around the world adapting their practices and plans based on Covid-19? Join a New York Times best-selling author and a workplace expert from Cappfinity Co-founder as they share findings from their recent "2020Strong" research, conducted in May 2020. Based on interviews with more than 30 global talent leaders, Ms. Pollak and Ms. Garcea will report on what recruiters believe Is the future of intern and student hiring, including shifts in on-campus recruiting and virtual hiring. They provide practical, actionable advice on the ways in which employers and career services professionals can adapt their approach to the post-pandemic employment landscape.

NICKY GARCEA, CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER AND CO-FOUNDER, CAPPFINITY
LINDSEY POLLAK, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF GETTING FROM COLLEGE TO CAREER & THE REMIX

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners, honorable mentions, and finalists for:

  • Members’ Choice Award: Acknowledges an individual who addresses a challenge, problem, or issue facing our profession with an innovative change or improvement.
  • Technology Excellence Award: Acknowledges excellence in best practices using technology and/or social media outlets.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

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Brian Guerrero, The Ohio State University
Kristin Balboni, Mount Holyoke College
Emily Kennelly, Florida State University
William Jones, Rutgers University
Jim Lowe, University of Connecticut
Cheryl Whitney Lower, Middlebury College
Lisa Mann, University of North Carolina at Ashville
Lauren Kross Polinksi, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

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Since Covid-19, companies have reconfigured campus recruiting goals and strategies, placing emphasis on building and nurturing their talent pipeline. In this technology showcase, the speakers will explore how to get the most out of virtual recruiting, creative approaches to attracting and engaging students, and how to protect your future talent pipeline when campus programs are reduced or on hold.

Also, we'll take a deep-dive into how Oleeo’s Recruiting Enablement platform leverages data and automation across the candidate lifecycle. Ms. Leeds Maister and Mr. Nadarajah will showcase how leading brands empower recruiters to track the best candidates, automate interview scheduling, manage intern programs, orchestrate recruiting events, and speed the time to hire.

JEANETTE LEEDS MAISTER, MANAGING DIRECTOR – HEAD OF AMERICAS, OLEEO
IAN NADARAJAH, GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT, OLEEO

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Join us for a lively panel discussion with the award winners for:

  • Career Services Champion Award: Awarded to a college or university president or chancellor from an accredited institution of higher education who supports the establishment of, and demonstrates forward-thinking leadership in support of, career services/education.
  • Employer Recruiting Champion Award: Awarded to a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President, or Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of an organization that recruits college students. The awardee will be one who demonstrates significant commitment to recruiting, hiring and cultivating college talent.

For a full list of the outstanding achievements honored this year, click here to download the awards program.

Presenters
Stephanie Pallante, CIGNA
Gary S. May, Chancellor, University of California at Davis (winner)
Marcie Kirk Holland, University of California at Davis (nominator)
Michael Hayford, President and Chief Executive Officer, NCR Corporation (winner)
Tony Burdett, NCR Corporation (nominator)
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The pandemic has given rise to an array of legal questions—from whether an employee’s start date be delayed to what if an employees doesn’t want to return to the office to who is responsible for an intern’s health and safety on site. Attorney Ed Easterly, Hoffman, Hlavac, & Easterly, addresses these and more.

Ed Easterly, Esq., Hoffman, Hlavac, & Easterly

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The past few months have torn up the old campus recruiting playbook, forcing companies and schools to quickly transition to virtual experiences. Although much of what has happened to date has been out of your control, you have a choice in what’s to come. Use this once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform and create lasting change.

Learn how virtual hiring can help break down barriers that exist within the current campus recruitment process, encouraging a far more diverse, inclusive applicant pool, and deliver a better candidate experience. This session will include:

  • Employer success stories: proven strategies used by top companies for early careers recruiting and rapid implementation success stories from the COVID-19 crisis.
  • Career center offerings: HireVue now offers a free virtual practice room for students to test their interview skills, as well as a tool for career center professionals to offer coaching to their students.
DINA TAYLOR, VP, SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE & GLOBAL PMO, HIREVUE
AMANDA HAHN, SENIOR DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MARKETING, HIREVUE

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