Groundbreaking results: The Career Readiness Project, NACE and Skill Survey

Career Level: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services, university relations and recruiting, and business affiliate professionals
Competency: Researching, evaluating, and integrating information
Fee: FREE (member); $69 (nonmember);

Summary
Join NACE leadership and Career Readiness Project co-founder Randy Bitting from SkillSurvey as they present findings and analysis from this two-year project.

The project involved the assessment of 36,000+ student evaluations by 60,000 supervisors and coworkers at 10,000+ companies on the extent to which students engaged in 30 behaviors linked to the NACE career readiness competencies during an internship, co-op, or student employment.

Over the course of project, the NACE teamed up with SkillSurvey and 150+ NACE-member institutions to validate specific, observable behaviors embedded in a proven HR platform developed by I/O psychologists. This proof-of-concept project resulted in the successful validation of behaviors, marking a significant and essential milepost in advancing evidence-based career readiness initiatives for our profession.

Following this program, you will be able to:
- Identify competencies employers deem “most essential” and compare with student proficiency levels based on evaluator ratings with student self-assessment ratings;
- Explore how participating students compare to the project’s large national sample of other students and 87,000 job candidates rated on the same behaviors;
- Gain insight into how competency development differed between in-person and virtual internships; and
- Learn how participating institutions leveraged the study’s assessment data to develop and support students’ competency development and awareness.
Presenters

Randy Bitting, Head and Co-Founder of Career Readiness, [ARCHIVES]

Matthew Brink, Assistant Executive Director, Programs & Services, NACE
Matthew Brink is chief content and programs officer for the National Association of Colleges and Employers. He oversees professional development services, meetings and events, content, and all research initiatives. An experienced professional in the field, Brink has overseen career services in a variety of institutions, including, most recently, the University of Delaware, and has been active in employer-focused activities.