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Early Career Engagement

• Career Level: Basic- and intermediate-level career services professionals
• Competency: Interpersonal skills
• Fee: $29 (member); $49 (nonmember)

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• Summary

  Students who engage in career exploration and decision-making early have more time to participate in multiple professional experiences, enhancing their overall career management abilities and affording them the ability to experiment and reset when needed; ultimately, this means more confident, informed career decisions. Advisers with a focus on early career engagement from Texas A&M University and William & Mary will discuss best practices to increase the involvement of first- and second-year students in career exploration and development to impact long-term student success. Participants will gain tangible strategies to implement from key programs, workshops, newsletters, campus partnerships, and communication strategies.

  Following this program, you will be able to:

  • Recognize best practices when engaging first- and second-year students;
  • Develop strategies to implement first-year engagement programming and practices on one’s own campus; and
  • Identify partners and communication strategies across campus to impact early career engagement efforts.

• Presenters

  

  Kelly O'Shaughnessy , Asst Director, Freshman & Sophomore Initiatives, William & Mary

  Kelly O’Shaughnessy, alumna of William & Mary (’05), joined the Cohen Career Center team in 2013. At William & Mary, she assists students in becoming "career ready" through first- and second-year programming, exploration, and decision-making assistance, and My Active Career Exploration (MACE). Additionally, she is the liaison to Tribe Athletics for student athlete career development. O’Shaughnessy has more than six years’ experience in the profession, including Lasell College and Lesley University. She has a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration from Boston College and a Master of Science in Secondary Education.

  

  Paige Hellman , Career Advisor, Texas A&M University - Career Center

  Paige Hellman serves as a senior career coordinator in the Texas A&M University Career Center. She primarily works with first- and second-year students, developing campus relationships and programs that aim to engage students in career planning and exploration as early as possible. She also advises Aggie Career Team, the Career Center’s career peer-educator student organization. Hellman earned a B.A. in communication from Texas A&M University in 2015 and a M.Ed. in higher education and student affairs from the University of South Carolina in 2017. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in educational human resource development from Texas A&M University.

• Certification Credits

  Continuing Education Clock Hours:

  NBCC - 1.00 clock hour; Credit will be issued to the named registrant and/or colleagues from the same organization upon verification of attendance by the named registrant.

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  NACE has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5161. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NACE is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

  
  
  

Questions?

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