Workshops

• Gain insights on how to collection and utilize data from graduate employment outcomes
• Learn to evaluate and leverage graduate employment data to improve programs
• Identify technologies, methodologies, and best practices for survey administration

• Understand the basics of micro credentials
• Discover who can benefit from micro credentials and how they can increase enrollment
• Learn how to ensure the quality of micro credentials
• Determine your next steps to create a micro credential

• Understand the basic role of industry advisory committees
• Leverage industry associations to advise, advocate, and help achieve institutional goals
• Start developing strategies for your higher education institution's own industry advisory committee

• Explore the role of career services and its relevance to the workplace
• Understand the role of a career practitioner and their reporting structure
• Explore the essential elements of an effective career service offering and how technology can enable these functions

• Understand the importance of career services
• Review their definition, mission, model, and scope
• Explore examples and tools for motivating students and engaging faculty and alumni
• Become familiar with activies to introduce students to employers

• Align programs with career fields
• Discover how to familiarize new students with career services
• Learn how to provide individual counseling sessions, group workshops, and alumni coaching
• Teach students how to leverage networking opportunities, externships, and job shadowing
• Hone such techniques as career exploration and psychometric testing

• Understand the technology tools that are available and dashboards for real-time tracking
• Develop an online learning journey before students begin programs
• Create digital pathways to guide students on each step of their career journeys
• Become proficient at holding virtual talent forums

• Understand the mandate, purpose, and objectives of program advisory committees
• Develop roles, responsibilities, and expectations
• Create terms of membership and learn tactics to recruit members
• Know how to keep PACs dynamic for the best results

• Determine how to build better program advisory committees
• Strengthen your PACs through emerging best practices
• Understand the building blocks of a PAC lifecycle and associated trends
• Discuss scenarios and explore case studies

• Become adept at formulating and presenting plans for program advisory committees
• Present a mock strategy for PAC implementation
• Identify references and resources
• Participate in lively feedback and discussion

• Analyze a five-step framework for applied research
• Analyze criteria for applied research
• Develop a framework for the applied research department

• Assess and evaluate alumni services and engagement benchmarked against good practices
• Create alumni surveys and other tracking and communication mechanisms
• Evaluate strategies for engaging alumni
• Analyze effective alumni communication strategies