These sessions give you the chance to dig deep into essential topics while connecting with industry experts and peers in a collaborative setting. And with Denver as your backdrop, it’s the perfect opportunity to extend your stay and make the most of our incredible host city.
No problem! These workshops are open to all. Registration is separate from full-conference and one-day attendee passes.
Date: Monday, June 8, 2026
Time: 1 - 5 p.m. MT
Audience: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services professionals
Fee: $250 (member); $375 (nonmember)
This course provides coaching strategies and best practices to establish and conduct effective and ethical coaching sessions for clients. You will learn strategies and skills to create an environment that supports mutual respect. You will also learn methods to communicate effectively during a coaching session. Attendees will use empowerment and positive reinforcement to create a coaching alliance and contribute to practice.
This activity will earn 2 NBCC Continuing Education (CE) credits.
Kali DeWald, Senior Program Success Manager & Career Coach, Merit America
Date: Monday, June 8, 2026
Time: 2 - 4:15 p.m. MT
Audience: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services professionals
Fee: $249 (member); $325 (nonmember)
External and employer relations partnerships are an essential and valuable part of career services. This interactive session will provide an understanding of best practices and strategies associated with this work while using an ethical framework for engagement and decision making.
This activity will earn 2 NBCC Continuing Education (CE) credits.
Larry Jackson, Senior Associate Director, Career Education & Engagement - Berkeley Career Engagement, University of California, Berkeley
Date: Monday, June 8, 2026
Time: 2 - 4:15 p.m. MT
Audience: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services and university relations and recruiting professionals
Fee: $249 (member); $325 (nonmember); Free HBCU
The HBCU and Employer Convening is a unique opportunity for HBCU career professionals and industry recruitment professionals to connect. This event has been designed to provide attendees the opportunity to unpack successes/challenges with peers from around the country, while engaging with colleagues from the other side of the college student engagement. The goal of this workshop is to walk away with new ideas and contacts to help you achieve your goals.
This activity will earn 2 SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDC).
Kacheyta K. McClellan, Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, NACE
Saranette Williams, Director of Career Services, Norfolk State University
Autumn George, Project Manager Institutional Partnerships & Strategic Initiatives, Maximus
Date: Monday, June 8, 2026
Time: 2 - 4:15 p.m. MT
Audience: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services professionals
Fee: $249 (member); $325 (nonmember)
We are delighted to share the NACE Competency Assessment Tool as a critical mechanism for measuring and improving the career readiness of students, job candidates, interns, and new hires. However, we know that many of you are wondering how to get started implementing this powerful tool. Join us for this interactive workshop, led by NACE staff with many years of experience in student learning outcomes assessment. This workshop was constructed to help you build a clear and cohesive plan for piloting the Assessment Tool in a way that meets the needs of all your stakeholders.
This activity will earn 2 NBCC Continuing Education (CE) credits.
Niesha Taylor, PhD, Director of Career Readiness, NACE
Caryn Gordy-Scott, University Relations Recruiter and Program Specialist, Southwire Company
Catherine Dutton, SHRM-CP, Senior University Recruiter, Southwire Company
Sean O'Keefe, Founder & CEO, Career Launch
Randy Bitting, Head of Strategy & Career Readiness, Suitable
Date: Monday, June 8, 2026
Time: 2 - 4:15 p.m. MT
Audience: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services professionals
Fee: $249 (member); $325 (nonmember)
Are you looking for an opportunity to establish or develop your data analytics skillset and tell the story of your First Destinations (FDS) outcomes? This completely hands-on, how-to workshop covering both Microsoft Excel and Power BI will equip you with the skills you need to effectively share your FDS data with your campus partners and beyond. FDS data experts from both Auburn University and Baylor University will share essential data manipulation, cleaning, and visualization steps and strategies that will quickly transform you into a data-savvy career services professional.
This activity will earn 2 NBCC Continuing Education (CE) credits.
Charlie Wilder, PhD, Senior Analyst, Education Research, Auburn University Office of Academic Insight
Rachel Whitman Rotch, PhD, Senior Analyst, Education Research, Auburn University Office of Academic Insight
Andrew Boles, Associate Director of Business Intelligence, Baylor University Career Center
Date: Monday, June 8, 2026
Time: 2 - 4:15 p.m. MT
Audience: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level university relations and recruiting professionals
Fee: $249 (member);
$325 (nonmember)
Discover how to transform your hiring process by focusing on what truly matters—skills. This interactive workshop explores the principles and practices of skills-based hiring, helping you identify, evaluate, and attract top talent based on capability rather than credentials. You’ll learn practical strategies to build a more inclusive, agile, and future-ready workforce.
This activity will earn 2 SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDC).
Register nowCarolinne Ogura, Operations Manager, People & Performance – Partials/Surrenders, Customer Contract Services, Jackson
Morgan Fowler, Sr. Associate, Early Careers DOI & Student Engagement, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider™ ACEP No. 5161
The National Association of Colleges and Employers is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.
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