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Competencies
Career Readiness: Support Materials
Download materials to support your efforts to share the career readiness competencies with students, interns, and colleagues. Read More.
Competencies
Gaining Competencies in the Virtual Environment
May 01, 2021
By Amy Morrill Bijeau and Beverly Peters
Amy Morrill Bijeau and Beverly Peters, American University, examine whether students can gain career readiness competencies through virtual internships. Their study compared student self-assessments and supervisor evaluations from those taking part in virtual, in person, and hybrid internship experiences. Read More.
Competencies
Sample Behaviors Provide Evidence of Career Readiness
May 03, 2021
By Kevin Gray
NACE has identified key behaviors that allow college students preparing to enter the workforce to demonstrate their career readiness to prospective employers. Read More.
Faculty
Faculty as Allies in Career Preparation
May 01, 2021
By Lori McKinney, Rachel Sinley, Pamela Ansburg, Clay Daughtrey, Ranjidha Rajan, Jacyn Meyer, Jason Lopez, and Rhonda Eaker
A survey of faculty attitudes and activity related to the task of preparing students for careers shows they are willing allies. Read More.
Best Practices
Facilitating Faculty Buy-In to Career Readiness
May 01, 2020
By Rachel V. Smydra
Since the success of career readiness plays out in the classroom, faculty need to drive implementation of the career readiness competencies. Read More.

DATA BITES

85.1%

Percent of employers who rate students as very/extremely proficient in teamwork competency
Job Outlook 2020

79.0%

Percent of seniors who rate themselves as very/extremely proficient in critical thinking
2019 Student Survey (Four-Year Schools)

98%

Percent of employers that deem teamwork as very to extremely essential in new hires
Job Outlook 2020

84.8%

Percent of seniors who rate themselves as very/extremely proficient in teamwork
2019 Student Survey (Four-Year Schools)

88.3%

Percent of seniors who rate themselves as very/extremely proficient in professionalism/work
2019 Student Survey (Four-Year Schools)

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