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Setting Up an Effective Career Services Department --> Your Career Services

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Setting Up an Effective Career Services Department --> Overview of Your Career Services Department

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Based on the number of alumni we have, and the activity of the chapter, I think, will determine the frequency of meetings.  Keeping in mind if an AAM is once a month, there will be only 12 opportunities to meet which might be enough depending on activity.

James

In one of the sample quesations the correct answer is to call the employer and discuss John's background with the employer. I didn't think this was legal to do. I thought you can't discuss criminal background information with anyone other than the individual. Isn't this FERPA law and Fiar credit reporting Act? Can someone help clarify?

What sources did you find best for displaying job posts for specific industry related jobs? Did you use a student portal or did you use your school website for graduates to access? Suggestions? New to this

Greetings colleagues. Does anyone have professional certifications in higher education OTHER than CHEP? Are there any specific certifications in Student Affairs? I would like to grow in my career and I believe that a professional certification would be beneficial; along with my educational and professional background. Your insight would be helpful. Thanks.

AMD

Greetings!

I work at a university who is eventually moving to ACCSC.  Has anyone had this accreditor before, and if so, how has your experience been with them?  Do they have strict career services employment outcomes?

Regards,

Mrs. Parks

What is defined as an Active Member? Many of my graduates take jobs in other states this could be a challenge.

Very true, the Career Services Department impacts the entire institution. It influences its institutional relevance and its link with the productive sector

Ive been doing this job for almost three years and never looked at accredidation in 3 differnent perspective!!

Greetings Career Services Professionals!

I am fairly new Career Services professional, so am excited about networking and learning from seasoned Career Services professionals.  

I work as a Career and Student Services Coordinator at my university, but spend a lot of my time doing the career services/career development aspect of my role.  Mainly, because currently I'm the only one in the department.  I work in a small department, so at the moment it's just me as the Career Development specialist.  Any suggestions from your experiences on how you maximized empowering students and graduates with thinking about their career early on in their academic career?

I started at my current university 4 months ago, so prior to me starting, the university didn't have a permanent person hosting any type of ongoing career development type workshops for students and graduates.  I was amazed because I come from a background that focused a lot on student engagement, so not having something in place, especially for career services was something I've had to implement.  Any suggestions on the types of workshops I could collaborate with faculty on to generate buy-in for me faciliating a career development workshop within the classroom vs. outside of class times?

I've found that most of our students participate in workshops or any type of event when it's within their class time vs. them having to come back to school to participate.  I think it's important early on to set the tone that students need to meet with a Career Services professional early on in their academic career vs. right when they graduate.  

Any tips or advice on how to effectively talk with faculty/staff to get buy-in on the importance of allowing career services to come into the classrooms occassionally to do career development workshops for the students/graduates?  

Thanks everyone for sharing from your experiences!  As a new Career Services professional, any advice shared would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Ryan N. Parks

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryannparks

Great insight on resume prep! This enables me to give much stronger guidance regarding template design and details.

One barrier touched upon but often underestimated: The emotional state of the student.  I have found that students who are anxious, pessimistic, defeatist, depressed, etc. are much less likely to self-promote with enthusiasm. Is anyone doing any training with their team on how to instill confidence, eagerness, hope, optimism, patience, etc.  ?

It's interesting to me that telephone interview is seen as being able to gather more results. It's been my experience that former graduates rarely answer or return telephone calls whereas they'll quickly respond to an email (which they can do on the mobile.)

Hello everyone!  I am in the process of setting up a Career Services department at an on-line university.  I'm curious as to whether anyone has an example of an individualized employment search plan that you have had success with, and that you would be willing to share.  

Thanks!

I disagree with the resume writing portion.  You should not list all "education & experience" when creating a resume; you should only list was is relevant for the job you are seeking.  Example:  If you have a recent grad that finished the Medical Assistant Program but previously went to another school for Criminal Justice, you would not list that when applying for a MA position.  If someone has worked somewhere for a few weeks you wouldnt list that either.  Both of these situations makes a person look unstable.  Also, I feel as if the training should have mentioned the 2 types of resumes (Functional & Chronological) and when to use either one. 

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