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Four Strategies for Career Services to Engage Gen Z

Symplicity

This presents a unique challenge for career services, who must find ways to engage with Gen Z students and provide the support they need to succeed in their careers. To better engage with the students of today, here are four tips for career services processionals!

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Career Services

Confessions of a Community College Dean

”) Some of the female students needed coaching on how different styles of self-presentation read to different people. What I haven’t seen, but would love to, is sustained interaction between career services offices and academic departments in liberal arts fields. “Fold a sleeve, then unfold it.

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Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As career services professionals who work or have worked in Texas, this has impacted us deeply that such a heavily populated minoritized state would pass legislation that could hurt the very citizens the state strives to elevate within their workforce agendas.

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Report: Immigrants Can Help Reduce Labor Shortage, Community Colleges Can Help

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The best practices presented in the report include increasing focus on short-term certificates and micro-credentialling to give immigrants fast entry into the U.S. The report’s authors also suggested investing in career service departments and training staff for matters such as cultural competency and certification process knowledge.

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Applicants have spoken. Will colleges listen? 

University Business

Equally important is creating a supportive campus environment with resources for student success including campus engagement, tutoring, mentor programs, career services and physical and mental health services. Institutions should also consider how they are presenting students and alumni on their websites.

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How student coach relationships give meaning to coursework

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In partnership with the Career Services and Cooperative Education Office, RIT students can explore their motivations to learn and work, as well as plan for a future of values-based living. Career counselor Chris O’Connor focuses on connecting students’ values to their career goals, he says. Tell us about it.

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January course promotes spring semester student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Fine-tuning: The workshops are a collaboration between departments, including career services, the Academic Support Center, financial aid and student success.