Month: February 2019

ER Summit Updates

2019 SoACE Employer Relations Summit – Tampa Bound!

February 26, 2019 by 0 Comments

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Tampa Bay Rays – we look forward to joining the Major Leagues for the fifth annual SoACE Employer Relations Summit! While in Tampa, Florida on June 19-21, we will be Bridging The Gaps throughout the Employer Relations Summit. Find more information on the theme, registration, conference proposals, and hotel below.

Theme

“Bridge the Gap” means to connect two things or to make the difference between them smaller. Within our roles in career services, we are consistently making efforts to bridge the gaps in many areas. Thanks to our Summit Chair, Dia Buchanan, for highlighting a few areas:

  • Career Center Capacity & Employer Expectations
  • Employee Needs & Employer Expectations
  • Skills Required & Skills Needed
  • Talent & Opportunity
  • Academia & Industry
  • Staff Potential & Staff Performance

Registration Information

Registration Rates: SoACE Members: $225.00 & Non-Members: $275.00

Registration Fees Include: Networking Roundtables and Reception (Wednesday), Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Keynote Speaker, Breakout Sessions (Thursday), and Site Visit (Friday).

Register Today!

 

Call for Proposals (Deadline: March 15)

The Professional Development Committee and the Employer Relations Knowledge Group invite you to submit a proposal for the 2019 Employer Relations Summit! Our mission is to craft a program that addresses topics pertinent to the needs of career services professionals specializing in employer relations from the career services AND employer perspective.

 

Session Formats

Sessions for the summit can be in one of two formats:

Breakout sessions: These one-hour sessions should offer an in-depth exploration of the chosen topic. The purpose of the one-hour session length is to allow time for participants to actively participate through group work, development of plans, or other relevant tangible takeaways. Breakout sessions will take place Thursday, June 20.

Networking roundtables: These mini-networking sessions take place during a 90-minute block on Wednesday, June 19. Roundtable sessions let participants dip quickly into multiple topics in an open environment for idea sharing, benchmarking and guided discussion. Roundtable hosts/moderators should be prepared to facilitate discussion and have talking points already established, but not make a formal presentation. Hosts should also be prepared to collect contact information and compile notes to send out to attendees after the conference.

Submit a program proposal today! – Deadline March 15

 

Hotel Information

The Summit will be held at The Westshore Grand Hotel. SoACE attendees will receive a group rate of $145.00 plus applicable taxes. This block will be open through May 31, subject to availability.

The Westshore Grand Hotel
4860 West Kennedy Blvd
Tampa, FL 33609

Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM

Reserve your room today!

 

Transportation

The hotel provides complimentary airport transportation/shuttle.

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We look forward to Bridging The Gaps together in beautiful Tampa, FL at the 2019 SoACE Employer Relations Summit! If you haven’t attended an Employer Relations Summit in the past, check out the video from our Summit in Charlotte, NC last year.

Questions? Reach out to the Summit Committee Co-Chairs Dia Buchanan or Kim Satz.

Kudos

SoACE Kudos: February 2019 Edition

February 22, 2019 by 0 Comments

Every other month, we do a call out for SoACE members to submit their anonymous Kudos to colleagues that have gone above and beyond in the office, as part of a professional association, or in other ways that make life better for others.

University of South Florida
This is a shout out to the Office of Internships and Career Readiness team at USF for their awesome work on our Engaged Student Employment program and for sharing that work at the NACE Internship Summit! Well done and kudos to Christina, Jenny, Sam, Lynn, Diane, Anna, and Helena!

University of Tampa – Career Services Office
You ALL are simply the best! Over 30 presentations, 2 Job Fairs, Multiple events and a HUGE move. Record number of students served despite CRAZINESS. THANK YOU!!

University of Tennessee CCD Staff
A shout-out to the most awesome staff who recently pulled off an amazing Job Fair with a record number of organizations attending and one of our highest student attendance numbers!It’s wonderful when you have a group of people who are so ready and willing to help out wherever needed! Thank you!!

Mike McCay, Auburn University
Congrats Mike on your new role at Auburn! I am looking forward to seeing the great things you and your team will accomplish there. War Eagle!

Mike McCay, Auburn University
Congratulations and kudos to Mike McCay on his new role as Director of Career Services at Auburn. We will miss you here at USF but are so glad you’re still in the SoACE family!

Marissa Miller, Auburn University Career Services & Cooperative Education
Great job getting the Campus Career Closet organized, inventoried, and soliciting new donated racks! So glad you are part of our team!

Torey Palmer, Auburn University Career Services & Cooperative Education
Great job holding down the fort through this long process. Thank you for taking one for the team!

Adam Perleberg, Auburn University Career Services & Cooperative Education
You have been such a HUGE help filling in whenever and wherever it is needed. Thank you for putting our students first and doing whatever you can to help!

Kathleen Smith, Auburn University Career Services & Cooperative Education
Thank you for your initiative and for jumping in wherever there is a need. You have been such a great GA this year!

Anna Claire Stinson, Auburn University Career Services & Cooperative Education
Great job transitioning from a GA to a full-time staff member without a hitch! You have been such an asset to our team and I appreciate everything you are doing for our students.

Charlie Wilder, Auburn University
Congratulations on your move & new role at Auburn! We are excited for you & wish the best for your future. You will always be a part of the MSU Career Center family.

Charlie Wilder, Auburn University
Elvis has left the building! Thanks for 9.5 years of burnin’ love for MSU. You will always be on our minds. Hail State & War Eagle*

Tasheila Williams-Townsend, Auburn University Career Services & Cooperative Education
As the newest member of the team, you have been a breath a fresh air! We can’t wait to see what a impact you have on our students.

Danielle Golinski, Elon University
Congrats on taking the plunge as the Tech KG Summer Boot Camp coordinator. The boot camp is on a sunny path with you leading the way. Don’t sweat it, you will do swimmingly.

Danielle Golinski, Elon University
Welcome to the Tech KG Leadership team, Danielle! We can’t wait to see what great things you do with the Boot Camp.

Amber Moser, Elon University
For being a fantastic team player and chairing up the career advising fellows search. Keep up the great work!

Amber Moser, Elon University
Amber recently returned from spending 11 days in Florida (Tampa & Orlando) with first-year Communications Fellows. She did an incredible job planning the trip and scheduling meetings with more than 10 awesome companies. This is an annual January-term trip, and Amber knocked it out of the park!

Ali’Yah Arnold-Martin, Georgia State University – J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Ali’Yah started with our office the Monday before classes started Fall 2017. In that short time, Ali’Yah has proven to be an amazing addition to the undergraduate team in the Career Advancement Center. Ali’Yah has hit the ground running handling students from some of our most demanding majors. She quickly learned the ropes by assisting in various workshops, events, and professional development classes. She always has a smile and a contagious cheerful attitude that students and staff all enjoy. We are so thankful to have Ali’Yah on our team!*

La’Kesha Hughes, Georgia State University – J. Mack Robinson College of Business
La’Kesha continues to be an outstanding leader on the undergraduate team here in the Career Advancement Center. Most recently, La’Kesha lead the 7th Annual Diversity Breakfast as part of our career expo with over 100 students in attendance along with representatives from 15 different employers. From one on one meetings with students, workshops hosted by our office, and professional development labs taught in conjunction with academic classes La’Kesha continues to be a valued team member!

Marielle Thomas, Georgia State University – J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Where to begin in describing the amazing job that Marielle does in helping companies recruit our students? Last fall, we ran three career fairs in one month! For an office that normally runs one career fair a semester, three in one month and in new spaces was a feat. Marielle with her quiet and calm demeanor pulled it off like a true professional. In addition to career fairs, Marielle runs our on campus interviews and employer info sessions. Marielle does a great job helping Georgia State students connect with employers.

Megan Walters, UNC Greensboro
Megan goes above and beyond the call of duty and is the best supervisor I’ve ever had.

Rory Beaco, University of South Alabama Career Services
Rory’s commitment to serving our students and meeting them where they are in their career management process is something I notice, regularly. He is quick to offer encouragement and a listening ear anytime a student or staff member is in need. Rory’s good nature and jovial laugh always make the work day better.

Bevley Green, University of South Alabama Career Services
Bevley’s approachable and supportive demeanor helps to foster a genuine sense of trust and rapport that few are fortunate to find in a supervisor. Her continued dedication to learning and implementing industry standards into the work we do with students is greatly appreciated.

Tasha Litton, University of South Alabama Career Services
Tasha is dedicated to providing a quality of excellence in everything she does, be it meeting with employers or coordinating career events. Her commitment to professionalism and customer service makes her a great addition to our team. While it’s not an easy job being an Employer and Student Outreach Coordinator, Tasha makes it look effortless.

Erica Lake, University of South Carolina
Congratulations of being named President-Elect! Very deserving. We appreciate everything you’re doing for SoACE!

Christina Ingrassia, University of South Florida
Christina and colleagues from the Office of Internships and Career Readiness were selected to present for the “Problem Solved Highlight” session at the inaugural NACE Internship Summit in Miami. We’re so proud of this team!

Peter Thorsett, University of South Florida
Thank you for all of your work on the Technology Spotlights with Ashley Graham Phipps. I know it is going to be an amazing series due to all of your planning!

Jennifer Utroska-Robles, University of South Florida
Jenny and colleagues from the Office of Internships and Career Readiness were selected to present for the “Problem Solved Highlight” session at the inaugural NACE Internship Summit in Miami. We’re so proud of this team!

Emily Woodward, University of South Florida
We want to welcome Emily Woodward to the USF marketing team and thank her for hitting the ground running! She has been especially instrumental in working with Katlyn Kurtz and Liz Grygiel to launch our social media campaign #FuturesofUSF! Kudos for boosting engagement on these channels and creating buzz around our students’ success!

Samantha Zavatsky, University of South Florida
Samantha and colleagues from the Office of Internships and Career Readiness were selected to present for the “Problem Solved Highlight” session at the inaugural NACE Internship Summit in Miami. We’re so proud of this team!

Peggy Reed, University of Virginia and VACE
We are so lucky to have you as VACE President! Thank you for being a continuous mentor and resource in my tool kit. Keep up the great work on behalf of all of us!

Ashley Graham Phipps, Wake Forest University
Thank you for all of your work on the Technology Spotlights with Peter Thorsett. I know it is going to be an amazing series due to all of your planning!

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Career Readiness and Student Success 3.0

February 19, 2019 by 0 Comments

By Lynn Chisholm, MS, CPM, Director, USF Office of Internships and Career Readiness

Student Success 3.0 takes collaboration and planning!

As usual, I’m thinking about career readiness. The importance of career readiness has taken on increasing value on our USF campuses (Tampa, St. Pete, and Sarasota/Manatee), and from conversations I’m having with colleagues around the Tampa Bay community, the state, and country, we are not alone. We, like nearly all campuses now, track our grads as they enter the job market, and just like worried parents watching their own children cross the stage toward the “real world” door, we hold our breath until we see that they “made it!” All the while wrestling with the questions “are they ready?”, “will they continue to be successful beyond the first job?” and “what else should we be doing before they leave us?”

This time my thinking was stimulated by Troy Markowitz’s (VP – Academic Partnerships at Portfolium) Forbes article of August 8, 2018, The Barriers To Success And Upward Mobility For First Generation Students And How To Fix The Problem. Markowitz observes that we’re entering a new version of what student success means, and he cites the evolving mission statements of campuses around the country as evidence. Student Success 3.0, he observes, represents an important paradigm shift:

Three components comprise the third iteration of Student Success: 1) Curricular and Co-Curricular Learning, 2) Assessment, and 3) Career Readiness. …let’s agree that successful outcomes should include strengthening higher education’s value for students and positioning graduates for a lifetime of opportunities.

What jumped out to me was the shift towards experiential learning and linking it with career readiness as the bookends to Student Success 3.0 (that’s us folks!) and the crucial role that “assessment” plays in driving the decisions any campus makes in support of “a lifetime” of career success.

On our campus, we have felt this shift. We’ve been morphing out of a traditional service delivery model (if you build it, they will come) and into Career Advocacy for this very reason. We’re connecting with students both before and after their years on our campuses in order to extend the runway and groom their path for success. And equipping them for success not just in that first post-grad opportunity, but well beyond that as we enable them to manage their career progress without us.

Those may not seem like revolutionary ideas, but how we are doing it represents a significant change in service delivery through closer alignment of what we do, when we do it, and who we’re offering it to. And with this iGeneration we’re also thinking through the “why” and providing them with just-in-time services through a blend of high-tech and high-touch that speaks their language and meets them where they are. Our Career Readiness Badging Program is one example of this, it is offered on all three of our campuses, to Alumni, and to our FUSE transfer students, and helps students prepare for skill transfer post-USF as well as develop practices in support of on-going professional development.

As I finish these musings, we – SoACE Experiential EeducKG members – are on the front lines of the Student Success 3.0 shift, and I look forward to the variety of ways that our members translate that for our students. Student Success 3.0, becomes that process of equipping our students with the keys (experiential learning) to drive their life-long career success (career readiness), using a longer runway and strategic nudges (applying assessment data) and will require collaboration in new and innovative ways as we respond to the continually changing needs of our students. A new definition of success for a new generation of students.

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Lynn Chisholm is the Director of the Office of Internships and Career Readiness within the Community Engagement and Career Readiness division of Student Affairs and Student Success, at the University of South Florida. Lynn’s office is responsible for developing and managing student career-focused experiential learning opportunities and programming to promote student success. Her team oversees the Engaged Student Employment program and On-Campus Internship Program, Co-op, and internships both domestic and global. Her team administers the Career Readiness Badging Program and supervises our crew of Career Readiness Peer Leaders who provide the student interface for the program.

Lynn has been in higher education for 15 years, having been faculty at FSU and UGA and staff at Polk State, and has worked in HR in workforce and organization development for 12 years.

Lynn earned a Certified Public Manager Masters Certificate through FSU, her Master’s degree at Boston University, and her Bachelor’s degree at UCF.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnchisholm
Twitter: @LynnChisholm3