In today's educational landscape, career services professionals must help diverse student populations navigate through a complex, highly competitive labor market. This group is for career services personnel who wish to discuss and hone the skills necessary to help students become gainfully employed in a 21st century economy. Group members share best practices, ideas, thoughts, reflections, and resources to help colleagues across the globe improve performance.
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This course is very helpful in identifying the multi-facted roles advisors play in our department. Identifying the various barriers our students face is essential in order to help them find appropriate jobs.
I thought this was a great overview of the department especially if you are responsible for starting up a new department
I found this course extremely helpful as to Career Services. For someone who had to take on this additional duty, I felt it was a great way to set up or improve a student service. Feedback from our accrediting commission during our reaccreditation helped to confirm this.
What are you thoughts on how a student/graduate should display their related coursework on their resume as it applies to the industry they are applying to? Should they put a separate section explaining that is what it is? Or would they include it in their Core Competencies since it is part of their knowledge base now? I've had students do it both ways, but haven't seen one way being better than another. Thoughts?
This is something I tell all my students and graduates to do for each job application.
I tell them if it's important enough to put on the job description, then it's important enough to include on your resume (and make sure that information gets into the job application itself).
I completely agree with CS102 so far!
Comment: I really liked this section of the 3 different models in case notes
SOAP Subjective Objective Assessment and Plan
DAP date, assessment, plan
MAPP Motive Assesment progress Plan
Has any of the institutions that are taking this course used the 3rd party verifier in your organization? We are a non-profit organization or I should say Trade School in manufacturing and we have challenges in getting some not all of our graduates to get back to us with their employment information especially those that found the job on thier own although we share with them that they obtained the sill with us they should report their job informaiton to us whether they obtain it on their own or through a freind or school. How has Third party veriifiers worked for your organizaion?
Well I understand the three definitions under gainful employment now but what has not been approved or defined yet is sustainable employment. what is considered sustainable they said it may be approved that sustainable employment may be 21 consecutive days with any one employer, correct? What are your thoughts on that?
I really enjoyed reading the section, "Turning Students' Life and Work Experience into Resume Gold" in CS 102 "Empowering Students to Find and Secure The Right Job." It is important for our students who may not have any directly related work experience in their field of study to be able to demonstrate on their resume the transferable skills they do have from any part-time jobs they have held. Many of my students work in various customer service roles such as in food service and retail. It is crucial for me as their Career Services Advisor to help them demonstrate on their resume the transferable skills they gained in these roles that would relate to the type of position they are applying for in their field of study. Skills they developed at their part-time positions such as punctuality, consistency, interpersonal communication skills, providing excellent customer service, and solving problems on the spot are examples students can list on their resume that may help them get that first professional in-field position.
I have never realized how much importance goes into having a mission statement until recently. Within the campus we have a new Director and he is focused on our mission. He made us see the value in learning the mission, reciting the mission, and understanding how to relate each task at work to the mission and how it affects the main outcome. This training program also emphasized the importance of the mission. I found it interesting.
Any ideas or suggestions how to build realtionships with new employers?
Every day we encounter challenges that can get in the way to service our students. One of the most common challenge in Career Services is keeping our graduates motivated and focus on what is important to them which is finding employment.
What thoughts/suggestions do you have for students to over come shyness?
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