Employers play an important role in ensuring that college students are career ready and in developing the competencies that prepare graduates for this transition.
NACE research suggests that internship and study-abroad experiences have a positive effect on the career readiness of first-generation students.
Students feel that their experiential education assignments have a positive impact on their career readiness competencies.
The authors explore soft-skill development through internships.
The University of Arizona takes an innovative approach to increasing internship opportunities within the state while preparing underclassmen to fill them.
Unpaid internships correlate negatively to student salary and employment outcomes, but do correlate to positive outcomes, according to a NACE Foundation study.
Percent of employers who rate students as very/extremely proficient in teamwork competency Job Outlook 2020
Percent of seniors who rate themselves as very/extremely proficient in critical thinking 2019 Student Survey (Four-Year Schools)
Percent of employers that deem teamwork as very to extremely essential in new hires Job Outlook 2020
Percent of seniors who rate themselves as very/extremely proficient in teamwork 2019 Student Survey (Four-Year Schools)
Percent of seniors who rate themselves as very/extremely proficient in professionalism/work 2019 Student Survey (Four-Year Schools)