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Career Development: The Eight-Year Model

A Career Services and Admissions Partnership . Career Development: The Eight-Year Model. Traditional Model. Two Current Needs. CS/Admissions Parallels. Both work with internal and external audiences Both partly measured by outcomes Gate-keeping functions

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Career Development: The Eight-Year Model

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  1. A Career Services and Admissions Partnership Career Development: The Eight-Year Model

  2. Traditional Model

  3. Two Current Needs

  4. CS/Admissions Parallels • Both work with internal and external audiences • Both partly measured by outcomes • Gate-keeping functions • Shared language and shared tools (marketing, interview, application, assessment) • Heavily Influenced by market trends • Both must keep ahead of the technological curve

  5. The Partnership: Eight Year Model Admissions and Career Services Working Together Years 7 and 8 (post college) Years 1 and 2 (pre-college) Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 (college)

  6. Eureka!

  7. Our First Perceived Benefits • Career Services • Early access to students • Managing expectations • Institutional influence and shared resources • Access to software that gives ability to contact alumni • Access to Emas to identify pre-college students • Admissions • Credibility and data • Connection with faculty • Connection with alumni • Edge with parents and undecided students • Utilizing different databases to access information • Access to Career Services Text Messaging System

  8. Primary Areas of Opportunity- 8 Year Model

  9. Pre-enrollment Goals • Pre-enrollment Readiness Admissions: Utilize Career Data and Services to attract new students Career Services: Educate new students about how to use our services

  10. College Transition • College Transition Admissions: New students make a smooth transition to academic life, positive word-of-mouth Career Services: Students major selection choices and begin long-term planning

  11. Career Transition • Career Transition Admissions: Reporting of successful outcomes, profiles, alumni assistance Career Services: Successful outcomes, build alumni and mentor networks

  12. First Steps (What we are currently doing)

  13. First Steps • Aaron teaches career course – practical experience for new hires • Admissions adds Prospective Student Mailings on Career Preparation • Highlight of Outcomes and Career Services System/Philosophy in Admissions materials and presentations (Super’s Career Readiness Theory) • Introduction of web resources (Alumni Mentors, Employers, Parent Mentors)

  14. First Steps • Parent Orientation • Transition from Admissions Social Media Sites • Living Learning Communities (Classroom Programs) • Career Services early mailings to students who are undeclared and to specific majors • Identify Admissions Staff Candidates • Programming with school counselors

  15. Currently in Development

  16. Currently in Development • Special Invitation to Undecided Students (John Holland’s Theory of Career Choice) • Sharing of New Student Data • Admissions Counselors aware of Career Services resources • Referral of prospective students to Career Services even when not officially accepted • Skype interviewing

  17. Currently in Development • Use Alumni “Hall of Fame” • Use Admission’s “Emas” software to recruit parents to the Parent Mentor Network which will serve to employ current students • Use of Alumni Mentors as Admissions Volunteers • Identify graduate success stories and outcomes information

  18. Future Projects

  19. Future Projects • Shared space? • Partnership programming? • Shared budget resources on projects? • Cross-training for students? • More interaction with tours? • All new students complete inventory?

  20. Questions?

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