Description:

This presentation will cover the transition of the Career Center from a unit where first-destination data are collected and reported in traditional ways in a decentralized organizational structure to a unit where an integrated CSM system is used to collect and track data with a standardized data collection method. This significant change produces more accurate, thorough, and easy-to-understand data, which are shared with campus partners, and provided to senior leadership for their decision-making processes. The streamlined data reporting process in partnership with Institutional Research allowed for a complete transformation of the annual report, from a text-heavy, 100+ page document, to a dynamic, colorful, and impactful brochure, telling the story of the Career Center's efforts and students' successes. The session will also provide information about the following steps the Career Center followed for attendees looking for project details, practical advice, and timeline: 1) Centralizing, and standardizing the data collection process, 2) Launching the First Destination Survey Module of a CSM system, integrated with NACE outcomes, 3) Making first-destination data and monthly outcomes updates accessible to campus partners through Tableau, in partnership with Institutional Research, 4) Before and after the transition: Challenges, learnings, as well as recommendations will also be provided for each step of the process. Outcomes • Encourage career center professionals, not currently using an integrated CSM system to collect and track data, to think through their needs, and how these systems can support meeting these needs to offer accurate and easy to interpret data. • Motivate career center professionals to think about potential campus partnerships to create the most impact on campus and leadership. • Create a perspective shift from data as “burden” to data as “strategic partner”. • Tell the story of success by highlighting students’ experiences and achievements. Activities & Group Interaction 1. Individual work: Attendees will be invited to complete a check list of a project plan for a data transition project. They will check the items if they already exist in their career centers. 2. Individual work: They will be adding additional steps they would like included specific to their school, unit, and guidelines. 3. Team work: They will discuss the gap, positive impacts of this transition project, timeline, campus partners and challenges with their group. They will also make notes on a matrix. 4. Group discussion: Attendees will be encouraged to share their feedback and takeaways with the audience.

Audience:

Career Services

Level:

Intermediate

Track:

Data Analytics & Decision Making

Type:

Traditional

Main Speaker:

Wendy Winter-Searcy, Colorado School of Mines

Additional Speakers:

Duygu Yalaz, Colorado School of Mines