Empowering Young Professionals for Career Success at VT
Explore how the Career Center at VT prepares and retains young professionals through long-term career development, addressing challenges, implementing new strategies, fostering partnerships with businesses, government, and non-profits, and providing a 4-year plan for career success. Learn about the context, challenges, and the big idea behind empowering students with early and persistent career and personal development, self-sufficiency, exploration, and engagement both in and out of class to improve post-graduation outcomes.
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Career Center: Preparing & Retaining Young Professionals for VT Pamela K. Gardner, Director, Career Center Mark Heyman, Human Resources Director, Logic Supply November 17, 2015
Agenda Context Challenges New Strategies Partnerships Discussion
Context Career development is a long-term process UVM services helped students Explore & choose majors & careers Gain experience Understand & articulate knowledge, interests, skills & purpose Develop & maintain professional connections Teach skills to prepare, apply, interview, negotiate, close Meet with employers employers
Challenges Pace of change is accelerating More self-motivated career development is required Career development is scary to many Students assume it is all about Senior Year: resumes & career fairs Curriculum for earning a degree is well defined; not for earning a professional job
The Big Idea Provide early & persistent career & personal development Promote self-sufficiency Support more exploration & experience Engage students in & out of class Make connections between college and career more explicit; build skills Increase opportunities; remove barriers Improve post Improve post- -graduation outcomes graduation outcomes
4-Year Plan for Career Success Yearly goals, activities and links Based on research Ass n of American Colleges & Universities High Impact Practices (HIPs) Gallup-Purdue University study Activities promote persistence, better grades & better career outcomes
Partnerships Vermont businesses, gov t & non-profits are crucial in helping students Explore Experience Focus Network Find challenging & rewarding jobs Engagement helps employers too. Get experience here; stay here! => Key partner: Logic Supply & Mark Heyman
Logic Supply We seek to engage with students in ways that are: Informative Compelling & Memorable Raises awareness of opportunities in VT Discuss culture in addition to skills/competencies required All of the above are foundational before we consider a hire We provide open & honest feedback to UVM on engagement with businesses & preparing students for the real world.
Logic Supply We are engaged with the UVM student body through: Career Fairs & Networking Events Resume/Cover Letter Workshops Job Shadows Informational Interviews On-site tours Internships Classroom presentations
