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How to use the NACE Competencies to Sharpen Business Acumen and Elevate Careers

• Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
• Time: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET
• Location: Online

• Career Level: Basic-level career services and university relations and recruiting professionals
• Fee: $69 (member); $89 (nonmember)

• Summary

  Robert Brondo states, “Over the past few years, the need for business acumen skills as a…competency has become a critical focus of most CEOs.” Yet, some studies show that 90% of professionals don’t understand the key components that are important to CEOs and the overall success of the company. This webinar will explain what business acumen is and how many of NACE’s career readiness competencies are incorporated into it. It will also provide ways for trainers and coaches to teach business acumen to students/new hires in order to help them become recognized, valued, and respected members of an organization.

  Following this program, you will be able to:

  • Define business acumen and demonstrate why it is important;
  • Understand how the NACE career readiness competencies fit into business acumen; and
  • Create a plan to develop or enhance business acumen for oneself or students/new hires.

• Event Details

  Registration includes three-month, post-event access to the webinar archive.

  To view the presentation, supplemental materials, attendee list, your receipt, and your confirmation, use the "I’d Like To" option next to the Business Acumen: A Synergy of Career Readiness Competencies Webinar listing in MyNACE > Events. Remember to download your copy of the presentation deck (available one to two days prior to the webinar). A video archive will be available there as well within five (5) business days of the webinar's completion.

  To see the NACE cancellation policy, please visit our FAQ page.

  This webinar will be recorded.

• Format

  During this one-hour webinar, the presenter will deliver a synchronized audio and PowerPoint presentation. Participants will have time for live Q&A throughout the program and may be asked to contribute opinions or feedback via live chat, virtual polling, and other mechanisms.

  
  
  

• Presenters

  

  Patricia Simpson, Director, Chemical Sciences Acad Adv & Career Serv, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - School of Chemical Sciences

  Patricia Simpson is the director of academic advising and career services for the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Illinois, where she coaches undergraduate and graduate students and post-docs in the departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Prior to 2007, she was the director of career services at the University of North Alabama. Holding a B.A. in communications and English and an M.Ed. in college student affairs, she has worked in admissions, faculty development, and career services across five states. Simpson has facilitated numerous webinars, serves on the NACE Principles Committee, and is a former president of Midwest ACE. In her free time, she is also the owner/consultant of Game Changing Etiquette.

Questions?

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