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Nick Edwards , Guided Career Advisor at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, shares how he has scaled career services for Hardin-Simmons’ 1,100 students as a team of one. Nick’s strategy relies heavily on the use of technology—in particular, uConnect’s virtual career center platform—to offer more resources to students and make them available whenever (and wherever) students need them. “My approach is all about finding tools that will help me work with students smarter, not harder, and that will ultimately help serve the unique needs of all the different students we have,” Nick says. Nick also prioritizes faculty partnerships to embed career resources and conversations into syllabi, curriculum, and more. As Nick says, faculty are “on the front lines” and know students’ aspirations, capabilities, and goals better than anyone. Nick also networks and coordinates with career services professionals at other institutions in Abilene. As a team of one (and being relatively new to career services), he likes to be proactive about professional development and staying on top of trends and new ideas in higher education career services. Nick and the other teams also occasionally collaborate on regional career fairs that benefit all of their students. In this episode, Nick shares: How he uses technology to scale his reach and impact How he decides what tech to invest in (given his limited time and resources) How he partners with faculty, staff, and employers How he balances all of his competing priorities and decides where to spend his time as a team of one How he staves off the overwhelm and sets boundaries And more Resources from the episode: Nick’s LinkedIn profile Nick’s email: nick.edwards@hsutx.edu Hardin-Simmons’ virtual career center Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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How Career Services Can Support LGBTQIA+ Students (feat. Amanda Zielinski Slenski and Suede Graham) 48:42

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Amanda Zielinski Slenski and Suede Graham of Out for Undergrad , a non-profit organization dedicated to helping high-achieving LGBTQ2+ undergraduates reach their full potential, discuss how career centers can support LGBTQIA+ students. In this episode, Amanda and Suede cover: Some of the unique challenges that LGBTQIA+ students often encounter as part of career exploration Barriers or biases LGBTQIA+ students might face during interviews or internships, and how career services can coach them to be prepared to handle these situations confidently How career services teams can help students assess a company’s culture or inclusivity as part of the job search process How career leaders can best support LGBTQIA+ students in career development and immediate strategies that can be implemented to increase support How to consider adapting career advising, workshops, and resources to meet the unique needs and circumstances of LGBTQIA+ students And more Resources from the episode: Amanda’s LinkedIn profile Suede’s LinkedIn profile Out for Undergrad website Out for Undergrad job board Emmanuel College LGBTQIA+ community page (powered by uConnect ) Human Rights Campaign website Human Rights Campaign LGBTQ+ Professional and Student Associations Windo oSTEM Reaching Out MBA Romba Conference Point Foundation (LGBTQ scholarship fund) Out Leadership Out to Succeed 2.0 (global survey of the LGBTQ+ workforce) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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Scaling Engagement with Career Services in a Business School Environment (feat. Toni Rhorer and Gene Rhee) 51:39

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When it comes to student engagement with career services and resources, business schools are a different beast. First, most students enrolled in business schools (especially those in graduate programs) have specific goals and expectations around post-graduation outcomes. As a result, they often require more frequent and specialized engagement with career services. Second, it’s no secret that rankings and reputation play a critical role in the success of every business school. Career outcomes directly influence both of those things, which is why many business schools have their own career centers and leverage their own relationships with employers, faculty, alumni, and more. In this episode, we talk with Toni Rhorer of the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego and Gene Rhee of the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon about how they’ve scaled engagement with career services. Toni and Gene share tactical strategies about: How they get buy-in from faculty to embed career development into curriculum How they partner with admissions (and use outcomes data) How they use technology to make resources available 24/7 How they leverage student clubs, alumni, employers, and more for large-scale programming How they’ve turned 1:1 appointments into personalized, high-value sessions And more Resources from the episode: Toni’s LinkedIn profile Gene’s LinkedIn profile Rady School of Management’s virtual career center (powered by uConnect) Lundquist College of Business’ virtual career center (powered by uConnect) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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How to Improve Career Equity for All Students (feat. Dave Merry) 49:28

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Dave Merry , Associate Provost and Executive Director of the Center for Career Equity, Development, and Success at Suffolk University, shares how his team is working to improve career equity, address systemic bias, and provide equitable support for all students. “It [career equity] means not everyone has the same, but everyone has what they need. We try to really question how we can target and tailor our resources in a way that, to some, sometimes feels like we are providing more resources to some students. And that's because we are. We recognize that some students need more support or need different support, and that's part of what career equity is,” Dave says. In the episode, Dave discusses: How his team defines career equity (and why it’s so important) How his team is working to improve career equity (including several specific strategies) Why he hired a Director of Career Equity and Access on his team Why his team launched their annual Career Equity Conference (and what it entails) What results his team has seen How they measure success And more Resources from the episode: Dave’s LinkedIn profile Dave’s email: dmerry@suffolk.edu Suffolk’s career center website Employer DEI toolkit Director of Career Equity staff page Career Equity Conference webpage Labor Market Insights tool (powered by uConnect) Opinion piece from Dave in USA Today about employers and workplace equity Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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5 Elements of Effective Change Management in Career Services (feat. Gerald Tang) 57:04

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Gerald Tang , Executive Director of the Career Services and Internships Office at Bridgewater State University, shares his top five elements for effective change management in career services. The five elements include: People : Understand the strengths, management styles, and buy-in of the individuals involved in the change process. Culture and environment: Assess the organizational culture, hidden rules, shared values, and dynamics among key leadership. Time : Consider the timing of the change and any external factors that may impact its implementation. Vision and leadership : Reflect on your own leadership style and vision, and ensure that you communicate a clear direction to others. Resources : Evaluate the resources needed to execute the change, including people, finances, technology, and physical space. Gerald, who’s worked in higher education for 18 years, shares some examples of how he’s managed change in his current and past leadership roles, his advice for others, and more. Resources from the episode: Gerald’s LinkedIn profile Bridgewater State University’s virtual career center (powered by uConnect) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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Best Practices for Supporting International Students (feat. Nitin Agrawal) 47:54

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Nitin Agrawal , Co-founder and CEO of Interstride, shares best practices for supporting international students. Interstride is a plug-and-play platform to support international students across the full lifecycle, from admissions through graduation. In the episode, Nitin (who was an international student himself) covers: The unique experiences of international students as part of the career exploration process How career leaders can best support international students in career development How to consider adapting career advising, workshops, and resources to meet the unique needs and circumstances of international students Immediate strategies that can be implemented to increase support for international students And more Resources from the episode: Nitin’s LinkedIn profile Concord University International student community page (featuring Interstride content) Indiana University Indianapolis Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering F-1 Visa one-pager Interstride website Curation Kits (powered by uConnect) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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How to Advance Shared Goals with Cross-Campus Collaboration (feat. Claire Klieger) 45:58

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Claire Klieger, Assistant Vice President and Executive Director of Career Services at Swarthmore College, discusses how she advances shared goals by building cross-campus partnerships and collaborations. “I don’t think you need to reinvent the wheel. You just need to strengthen the spokes,” Claire says. In the episode, Claire shares: What cross-campus collaboration means to her (and why it’s important) What effective collaboration looks like How she builds and maintains relationships across campus How she stays up-to-date on what’s going on across campus (and strategizes on where career services can plug in) Specific examples of how the career center has benefited from cross-campus collaboration (including an elevated role on campus) How she connects career center initiatives to the goals of senior leadership And more Resources from the episode: Claire’s LinkedIn profile Claire’s email: ckliege1@swarthmore.edu Swarthmore College virtual career center (powered by uConnect) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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Best Practices for Supporting Neurodivergent Students (feat. Jhillika Kumar and Conner Reinhardt) 50:18

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Jhillika Kumar and Conner Reinhardt , co-founders of Mentra, share best practices for supporting neurodivergent students. Mentra is an employment network for 1 billion neurodivergent professionals (with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, etc.) worldwide. Mentra is an AI-powered, reimagined hiring process that captures more nuanced skills-based and humanistic factors like a person’s unique neurotype, which is not currently captured in more traditional resumes and forms of hiring. In the episode, Jhillika and Conner cover: What neurodiversity is and the widespread benefits of cognitive diversity The unique challenges that neurodivergent students often face as part of the career exploration process What career leaders should know about supporting neurodivergent students How career services professionals can prepare neurodivergent students for today’s workforce How to partner with and educate employers when it comes to recruiting and hiring neurodivergent students And more Resources from the episode: Jhillika’s LinkedIn profile Conner’s LinkedIn profile Mentra’s one-pager for helping employers hire neurodivergent students Mentra website Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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Producing a Podcast for Your Career Center (feat. Paul Maniaci) 1:10:14

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Paul Maniaci , an Assistant Director in the Career Design Lab at the Columbia University School of Profesional Studies, shares how he’s hosting and producing a podcast for his career center. Paul’s podcast, called Rising to the Top , covers a variety of topics related to career development and features interviews with leaders and individuals who have achieved success in their careers. In the episode, Paul shares: What his production process looks like (including finding guests, pre-interview conversations, recording, editing, etc.) Why he launched the podcast How he zeroed in on the podcast’s theme and format How he approaches interviewing How he measures success and engagement from his audience How he markets the podcast And more Career Everywhere podcast host Meredith Metsker also shares her perspective on how she hosts and produces the Career Everywhere podcast for uConnect. Resources from the episode: Paul’s LinkedIn profile Meredith’s LinkedIn profile Rising to the Top podcast Riverside (tool used to record both Rising to the Top and Career Everywhere) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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How to Leverage Video to Engage Gen Z with Career Services (feat. Willie Wittezehler) 54:57

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Willie Wittezehler, Creative Director at Roadtrip Nation , shares best practices for how career centers can use video to engage Gen Z with their services. Willie has produced and directed Roadtrip Nation’s award-winning documentaries for over 16 years and been behind the lens for over 200 interviews. Roadtrip Nation is a nonprofit organization that provides resources and tools to help people explore careers and build lives around their passions. Roadtrip Nation has conducted over 3,500 video interviews with leaders from around the world who have turned their interests into their careers. In the episode, Willie covers: Why Gen Z prefers video for content consumption Trends around video content, length, and formats Tips for creating authentic content that will appeal to Gen Z On-camera interviewing best practices Why video should be a key part of every career center’s content strategy Why video as a format is uniquely well-suited to provide students with real insight into career pathways Strategies for how to leverage and promote video content to support Gen Z students And more Resources from the episode: Roadtrip Nation website Roadtrip Nation documentaries A Balanced Equation documentary Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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Developing an Early Career Exploration Program for Sophomores (feat. Michele Doran and Melanie Murphy) 48:27

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Michele Doran and Melanie Murphy of Denison University share how their team built the Journey Program , a popular two-day workshop that helps sophomores with early career exploration. The Journey Program includes four 90-minute sessions designed to help students explore careers, think critically about what they want out of work and life, and come up with a plan to make it happen. The four sessions include: Reflect : Students look back on all the things they've done in high school and their first year of college and think about what motivates and fulfills them. Imagine : Students start thinking about how they might want to live their lives—beyond career. Where do they want to live? How important is money to them? What does wealth mean to them? Where might they want to live? What kind of time do they want to devote to the things they care about personally? Plan : Students think about how they're going to use their time at Denison to build the skills, values, and habits that will help them achieve their goals. Build : Students start creating a roadmap for their plans. They work on resumes, cover letters, and other essential building blocks of a strong career. In the episode, Michele and Melanie share what the Journey Program entails, why they created it, how they built it, what the results have been, and more. Resources from the episode: Michele’s LinkedIn profile Michele’s email: doranm@denison.edu Melanie’s LinkedIn profile Melanie’s email: Murphyma@denison.edu Journey Program homepage Denison Magazine story about the Journey Program Helping Sophomores Succeed book You Majored in What?: Designing Your Path from College to Career book Designing Your Life book Denison virtual career center (powered by uConnect) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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Developing an Improv for Interviewing Workshop (feat. Michael DeAngelis) 46:24

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Michael DeAngelis , the Senior Associate Director of Communications and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, shares how he created a popular Improv for Interviewing workshop for Penn students. A former theater major, published playwright, and accomplished podcaster, Michael uses games and techniques from the theater world to help students think on their feet and keep the conversation going. Because as Michael says, “What is an interview anyway, but a conversation?” In the episode, Michael covers: What the 90-minute workshop entails (including detailed overviews of each improv game he facilitates with students) Why he started the workshop back in 2020 How to facilitate it in-person and virtually How he advertises the workshop How he connects the improv skills to interviewing And more Resources from the episode: Michael’s LinkedIn profile Slide deck with an overview of the workshop, descriptions of the games, marketing language, and info about how to credit Michael Article about the Improv for Interviewing workshop by Penn University Life Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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Demystifying the Recruiter Experience with an ATS Simulation (feat. Cheryl Rotyliano) 45:04

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Cheryl Rotyliano , Senior Associate Director of Market Readiness and Employment at the Wake Forest University School of Business, discusses the ATS simulation program she developed to demystify the recruiter experience for students. The program involves a one-hour simulation where students review resumes, cover letters, and video interviews to make hiring decisions. The simulation helps students understand how applicant tracking systems (ATS) work and empathize with the challenges that recruiters face in the modern age. In the episode, Cheryl shares: What the simulation entails and how it’s structured Why she built the simulation How she built the simulation program (including how she created all the example resumes, cover letters, and video interviews) How she facilitates the simulation What her future goals are and how she hopes to scale the ATS simulation to reach more students And more Resources from the episode: Cheryl’s LinkedIn profile A systematic review of the effectiveness of empathy education for undergraduate nursing students (research) Perspective mistaking: Accurately understanding the mind of another requires getting perspective, not taking perspective (research) PDF with screenshots from the simulation Wake Forest School of Business virtual career center (powered by uConnect) Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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How to Make Career Everywhere a Reality on Campus (feat. Nancy Bilmes, Christian Garcia, and Mike Summers) 52:37

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In this episode, Nancy Bilmes of UConn, Christian Garcia of the University of Miami, and Mike Summers of Lafayette College each share how they’re making Career Everywhere a reality on their campuses. The University of Connecticut has built one of the most robust and successful Career Champion programs in the country, with over 1,000 faculty, staff, alumni, and employer participants who have been learning about current career-related trends, resources, and language to have more confident and meaningful career conversations with students. The University of Miami has found creative ways to engage faculty and staff (including a faculty toolkit , a dedicated webpage , and an annual awards ceremony ) and embedded live RSS job feeds into every academic department website. Lafayette College holds networking opportunities and programming that focus on helping students build social capital, aligns all career counselors to majors and liaises with faculty to create partnerships, uses their website to make career resources available 24/7, and more. Resources from the episode: Nancy’s LinkedIn profile Christian’s LinkedIn profile Mike’s LinkedIn profile Career Everywhere community (join today!) PDF handout with resources How to Build and Scale a Career Champion Program podcast (UConn) Example of a Career Champion newsletter (UConn, 2023) UConn’s virtual career center website (powered by uConnect) UConn Career Champions resources page (which includes their champion intake forms) University of Miami faculty toolkit PDF (2022) University of Miami faculty toolkit PDF (2023) Live job and internship RSS feed for the College of Arts and Sciences (Miami) Toppel Awards homepage (Miami) Career Everywhere Live recording about the Toppel Awards (Miami) Toppel Faculty and Staff Engagement Hub webpage (Miami) University of Miami virtual career center (powered by uConnect) Lafayette College’s virtual career center (powered by uConnect) Learn more about uConnect Join the Career Everywhere Community today: careereverywhere.com/community…

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Building an On-Campus Internship Program (feat. Sarah Coburn) 45:02

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