Insights from selected sessions at the NACE’s March 2022 Competency Symposium shed light on how career services can partner with faculty to develop career-ready students and graduates.

TAGS: faculty, competencies, career readiness, journal

Among the many approaches advocated for enhancing career preparation in higher education is to provide students more practice in the context of the workplace by increasing course-based opportunities with a career emphasis. Research explores the influence of course-based experiences and faculty on students’ career preparation, students’ perceptions of their career preparation outcomes, and the influence of interactions with faculty and advisers on students’ career plans.

TAGS: faculty, career readiness, journal

One way to address career preparation is by ingraining it into the curriculum with the help of faculty champions.

TAGS: faculty, competencies, journal

Searching for a job can itself be a full-time job and could lead to burnout. Giving students permission to rest and recharge can ease the mental burden and lead to future success.

TAGS: best practices, faculty, trends and predictions, student attitudes, member voices

The University of Nebraska at Kearney’s College of Business & Technology Career Center verifies internships to ensure they meet key criteria for their students.

TAGS: technology, best practices, internships, operations, faculty, nace insights

The UNO Campus Career Council supports students in achieving their career ambitions through shared knowledge of best practices and industry training.

TAGS: best practices, faculty, nace insights, career development

To understand faculty activity and attitudes about preparing students for post-degree employment, the authors surveyed faculty and found that are willing allies.

TAGS: faculty, surveys, journal

The New College of Florida’s SMAH Internship Program has a twist in its approach that distinguishes it from other programs that fund students’ unpaid internships.

TAGS: best practices, internships, compensation, operations, faculty, recruiting, nace insights

Solo or small-staff career services offices can take steps to sustain a satisfactory level of career services and, in some cases, grow their operations.

TAGS: technology, best practices, faculty, nace insights, career development, coronavirus

Having a formal policy helps the team in the University of Oregon’s career center team with consistency when considering postings from employers seeking unpaid interns.

TAGS: best practices, internships, compensation, operations, policy, faculty, recruiting, nace insights