presentation date: sunday, 12/8/2013 | 1:00 pm - 4:00...

2013 SoACE Programs, Current as of 11-5-13 All assigned program times subject to change

Presentation Date: Sunday, 12/8/2013 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

HARD QUESTIONS (AND HOW TO ANSWER THEM) – ($49.00)

Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: College Career Coaches Session Type: Preconference

Join Matt Berndt of TheCampusCareerCoach.com for this discussion of the most challenging questions career coaches and advisors face and how to answer them. Matt will draw upon is 20 years of experience coaching job seekers at all ages and stages in their careers and offers tips and strategies for effectively answering the "Hard Questions"

Objective(s):

Help participants develop active listening skills useful in understanding the true nature and intent of the questions being posed by their student and alumni clients

Provide a framework for helping student clients process, explore evaluate and pursue their career exploration and job search options.

Equip career coaches and advisors to become more effective resources to their student and alumni clients.

Presenter(s): Matthew Berndt, MA, CSO Research Inc


DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY: WHAT DO THEY MEAN AND WHY ARE THEY

IMPORTANT TO CAREER SERVICES PROFESSIONALS? – ($49.00)

Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Preconference

With the college student population constantly changing, it is important that career services professionals explore the significance of diversity, inclusion, and multicultural competency as it relates to our work. Through this interactive two-part session, you will gain awareness and increase your knowledge regarding these concepts. You will engage in self-reflection, examine your office’s efforts, and develop effective ideas that you can implement in your work and office. Additionally, you will learn about creating and offering inclusive services for all students.

Objective(s):

Recognize and understand the meaning of diversity, inclusion, and multicultural competency for career services professionals.

Apply multicultural competencies to all aspects of career services including the function of the office and services provided.

Create a plan for providing services that are inclusive of all students. Presenter(s): Dr. Marian Higgins, PhD. LPC, The University of Georgia



TOTAL INTERNSHIP MANAGEMENT ACADEMY – CANCELLED

Topic Area: Target Audience: Employers Session Type: Preconference

Utilizing interns is the perfect way to conduct recruiting activities by identifying future hires, increasing retention rates, maintaining a pipeline of highly qualified candidates, creating and building relationships with local universities and organizations, and having short-term projects completed by an educated workforce. For the above to be true, organizations must host effective and meaningful programs. How is this done? What are students looking for? What are the expectations of universities? What can organizations do to make their programs the best they can be? The Total Internship Management Workshop is designed to help you and your organization build a win-win internship program. Based on the most in-depth research ever to be conducted into the successful management of internship programs, you can be assured that you will leave the event with a newfound approach to internships. The presentation will include detail statistics from proprietary Intern Bridge research. Qualitative and quantitative responses will be shared from our latest research project, the National Internship and Co-op Study - a detailed examination of what makes internship programs successful based on the responses of over 125,000 students from more than 500 universities.

Topics Include:

Understand and communicate with the Millennial generation;

Make the business case for internship programming;

Gain executive level support;

Plan for the best time of year to host interns;

Structure internship projects, assignments, and tasks;

Choose the most appropriate supervisor;

Target the most fitting universities;

Marketing the internship opportunity to students;

Interview and select intern candidates;

Provide out-of-the-ordinary orientation programming

Compensate and provide benefits to interns;

Evaluate and provide feedback to interns;

Gain valuable data regarding the performance of the internship program;

Navigate the legal environment of internships;

Gain organizational diversity through internships. Learning Objectives:

Learn how to effectively implement an impactful internship program;

Identify future hires with the only no-strings-attached 12-week interview;

Create and maintain a pipeline of highly qualified and educated full-time job candidates;

Increase their organization's brand awareness on college campuses;

Build long-lasting relationships with local universities. Presenter(s): Dr. Robert Shindell, Vice President and Chief Learning Officer, Intern Bridge


Presentation Date: Monday, 12/9/2013 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CAREERLEADER: A FOUNDATION FOR CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Looking for an effective group debriefing model with engaging activities? Has your office struggled to reach students early in their development? Join us for an interactive session and experience how the Neeley Schools' Career and Professional Development Centers engage with students in their first-year through the use of assessments. You will learn how we integrate student results into individual academic advising, career coaching, and professional development planning over the student’s 4 year academic career. Objective(s):

Create a strategy for reaching maximum student population through the use of an assessment tool

Prepare students to make intentional decisions about major selections and career paths based on interest alignment

Asses their current use of assessment and evaluate effectiveness of their group/individual sessions Presenter(s): Jessia Cates, Texas Christian University Kelly O'Brien Texas Christian University

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STRATEGICALLY SHAPING STUDENT EXPERIENCES TO ACHIEVE RESULTS Topic Area: Administration Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Masters Series This session will provide a strategic overview about how students' career experiences were shaped to achieve bottom line results. The results included 90% of students successfully landing at their first destination with 95% of May graduates accounted for by September 1, 2012 and high ratings on student satisfaction. The entire career experience was analyzed to determine key tactics and appropriate timing for all masters level programs. Objective(s):

Learn effective ways to assure students can market themselves through deliverables.

Incorporate employers and alumni into the training/mentoring process

Review an effective strategy to tracking and achieving results Presenter(s): Jeff Henley, Vanderbilt University Dayle Savage Peabody Career Services Kathleen Rall Peabody Career Services

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FOLLOWERSHIP STYLE AND YOUR CAREER Topic Area: Other Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Masters Series Career advancement is based on your skills not only as a leader, but also as a follower. Do you find yourself just following the crowd, not taking a chance? Do you feel unappreciated or not caring anymore? As a supervisor/manager, are you noticing performance decreasing and lower morale? This interactive presentation will take both new and experienced professionals through a discovery of their followership style. Presentation includes a brief followership style assessment, strategies, and discussion. Objective(s):

To gain an understanding of the different followership styles found in the workplace today.

To learn strategies to bring yourself or others towards a more effective way of following. Presenter(s): Patrick Madsen, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro ___________________________________________________________________________________________


A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO EMPLOYER RELATIONS Topic Area: Employer Relations Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: In just one year rigorous focus on career development in the classroom, distinguished guest lecture series, and involvement with scholarship in action initiated the ground level buy-in necessary for greater access to employers and other strategic partners. Learn how the University of Miami built relationships between two departments, leveraged alumni to increase employer development, and used innovative ways to engage employers outside of standard recruitment methods.

Objective(s):

Presenters will show how to build effective partnerships with faculty and advisors to gain ground-level buy in.

Presenters will explain how to leverage alumni as advocates for your center.

Presenters will demonstrate how to engage employers outside of formal recruiting efforts.

Presenter(s): Megan Morini, University of Miami Jessica Massoni University of Miami ___________________________________________________________________________________________



MAKING THE SESSION COUNT: BUILDING A STRATEGIC BRAND FOR SUMMER ORIENTATION AND FIRST-YEAR PROGRAMS Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Emerging Leaders Summer orientation and first-year experience programs provide a unique opportunity for career development services to market specific outreach services and programs. Moreover, it is important to introduce career services in a crucial part of student transition. Thus, this session is designed to educate participants on building an effective and strategic brand for these programs and potential activities to maximize first-year success through a combination of student development theory, business model best practices, and strategic planning. Objective(s):

The participant will be able to assess their current career center brand in regards to summer orientation and first year programs

The participant will be able to compare and contrast different practices that can be applied to their specific institution.

The participant will be able to apply student development theory into their work with first year students. Presenter(s): Kelvin Rutledge, Florida State University

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SOS--IS YOUR CAREER CENTER A SINKING SHIP?! Topic Area: Other Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Many career centers are closing or being downsized and articles such as “Career Services Must Die”• have us wondering what is happening in the field and what can we do to survive. Other career centers are increasing staff and being held more accountable for career planning, retention and “placement” after graduation which shows some college administrators see the value of a career center. Join us as we share information about the future of career centers. Objective(s):

Offer ideas on how to promote the benefits of career centers to faculty, staff and administrators.

Offer ideas on how to promote services to students and interact with more students.

Offer ideas on how to utilize recruiters to increase the reach of career centers and show that opportunities are waiting in the real world after college.

Presenter(s): Mary Mahoney, The University of Tennessee Career Services Claire Childress Virginia Tech University Ryan Long Vector Marketing/Cutco Cutlery

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PROGRAMS ENGAGING FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES Topic Area: Employer Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: How do employers build relationships with Freshmen and Sophomore students? Come hear about three different programs that Capital One has developed targeting underclassmen students. We conduct Case Competitions, host a Summit for Developing Leaders, and a conduct a Diversity Symposium. Each program is an unique opportunity designed to teach and expose students to our field. Lean how to build programs of your own or to help your students take advantage of these early career events. Objective(s):

To learn about three different programs designed to engage with Freshmen and Sophomore students Presenter(s): Beth Hanneman, Capital One


10 QUICK AND EASY THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BE HEARD – AND AGREED WITH!

Topic Area: Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Follow up to Keynote Session Whether you’re talking to college administrators, students, human resource professionals, employers or, really,

anyone – it’s important to “be heard.” But when you think about it, what you really want is to be agreed with,

right? To get there, you’ll need to be influential and persuasive without being overbearing and irritating.

In this follow-up to her keynote, Stephanie Vance, the Advocacy Guru, will show you how. She’ll share 10 quick,

easy and new things you can do right away to get more people on your side. Among other things you’ll learn the

differences between manipulation and influence, why making everyone equally unhappy works, how to connect

to the issue de jour, why you shouldn’t net-“work,” what social media can really do for you and how not to be a

Nigerian prince. Participants will come out of this session with an actionable plan they can implement the

minute the walk out the door (or even before!). Join us to exponentially increase your influence. And who

knows? You may win a fabulous prize.

Objective(s): Presenter(s): Stephanie Vance, The Advocacy Guru



APPRECIATING AND WANDERING: INTERGRATING CAREER COUNSELING AND APPRECIATIVE ADVISING Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Career advising relationships with students can be so much more than just helping a student pick a major or find a job. In this session, we will review the phases of appreciative advising, adding career advising tips and activities to each phase. We will share how chaos theory applies to career decision making and more ideas from the book, You Majored in What? Learn how to incorporate these innovative advising techniques into your daily practice. Objective(s):

Discover how the six phases of appreciative advising can be applied to career advising.

Learn how chaos theory can be applied to career and appreciative advising.

Incorporate activities related to appreciative advising and chaos theory of careers to the daily work done with students.

Presenter(s): Claire Childress, Virginia Tech Career Services Ali Woodworth Virginia Tech Career Services


HIRING HARRY POTTER: MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION

Topic Area: Administration Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes:

Dr. Scott Wilcher will answer the question, "What do Harry Potter, Batman, Spiderman, Neo, Nemo and Katniss Everdeen and most movie heroes have in common these days amd why does it matter?" The answer will astound you and give you a new perspective on career development, hiring and mentoring of students as you understand how young people are primed by media and their life experiences to expect certain patterns in careers and mentoring.

Objective(s):

By the end of this session, participants will be able to identify patterns of mindsets in young people and apply those patterns to their particular setting.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to demonstrate a new generative metaphor to drive career development, hiring, apprenticeships, and mentoring in their organizations.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to evaluate their programming in career development, hiring, and mentoring

Presenter(s): Scott Wilcher, The UpStream Project



HISTORICAL CHANGES ON THE RISE: 2 YEAR DEGREES, 4 YEAR DEGREES, AND NEW HIRING TRENDS

Topic Area: Two Year Schools Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes:

Recently there has been a lot of news coming out through reputable publications providing information that students with Associate’s Degrees are getting hired quicker and making more money than those with Bachelor’s Degrees. Are employers needs changing? Why are hiring trends shifting? What are employers looking for? How much does a four year degree matter?

Objective(s):

Short and long term effects on the value of education in 2 year increments (Associate Degree)

Short and long term effects on the value of a four year degree (Bacholors)

Employers preference,thoughts, actions on hiring 2 year degree vs 4 year degree.

Presenter(s): Ann Reynolds, Blinn College Ryan Long Vector Marketing ___________________________________________________________________________________________


TALENT MANAGEMENT AT MILLIKEN & COMPANY: A FRAMEWORK FOR HAVING THE RIGHT TEAM, RIGHT

SKILLS AND THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT

Topic Area: Employer Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes:

Talent Management is a hot topic among employers these days and it is routinely defined differently throughout the HR community. Come experience the journey that Milliken & Company is taking to explore the practices of onboarding, role definition, performance reviews, high potential discussion, skills gap identification and analysis, and succession planning - to name a few.

Objective(s):

Understand a general framework for talent management

Be able to apply several techniques to create an environment of engaged employees

Create a template to help employees express their career goals

Discuss multiple creative work practices that will drive engagement and excitement in the workplace

Presenter(s): Nic Lane, Milliken Darryl Cleveland Milliken



U.S. WORK VISAS FOR FOREIGN GRADUATES OF US UNIVERSITIES: AN EASY GUIDE TO A COMPLEX TOPIC

Topic Area: Other Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes:

Career Services office, foreign students an US employers are often confused about the types of work visa options that are available to foreign students after they graduate from US universities. This session will provide a plain-English explanation of the available work visa options (focusing on the H1B), addressing issues such as timing of applications (including strategies for dealing with the H1B quota), costs of applications, and obligations of US employers who file work visa applications. The program will also address the thorny issue of unpaid internships for foreign students.

Objective(s):

Career services professionals will be able to explain work visa options to foreign students who have questions about staying and working in the US after graduation, including information on unpaid internships.

Employers will be able to create policies for interviewing and hiring international graduates of US universities.

Career services professionals and employers will be able to plan the filing of visa applications based on quota-release dates.

Presenter(s): Mark Rhoads, McCandlish Holton law firm

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DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC CORPORATE-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP: STRIVING FOR A SUCCESSFUL

RELATIONSHIP

Topic Area: Employer Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout

Universities play a key role in generating the knowledge, innovation and human capital required to increase Corporation’s global competitiveness. It is critical to develop a collaborative relationship that provides meaningful benefits that help Universities and Corporations accomplish their missions. Explore the strategy used to develop an objective school selection process to strategically evaluate and develop successful one-on-one relationships with University Partners. We will explore the school assessement process, campus engagement strategy, and lessons learned.

Objective(s):

How to create an objective schools selection process

How to develop a strategic campus engagement plan

Presenter(s): Veronica Nelson, Northrop Grumman Corporation Angela Couture Northrop Grumman Corporation



THE REAL DEAL: PREPARING FOR A SELF-STUDY PROCESS Topic Area: Administration Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Masters Series This session walks participants through the process of a self-study that was conducted during the 2012-13 academic year. The study occurred during the units SAC Accreditation process, events, and program planning. This workshop will provide contexts and opportunities for participants to engage with one another and the presenter to obtain experience and tools for constructing appropriate, adequate, and effective institutional self-studies in preparation for comprehensive evaluation visit. Objective(s):

Provide participates with the planning cycle, checklist, and general process of a self-study.

Share the challenges experienced during the self-study process and importance of data collection.

Review and discuss the report essential components and share lessons learned during the process. Presenter(s): Lenroy Jones, University of Kentucky's James W. Stuckert Career Center Lenroy Jones University of Kentucky Francene Gilmer University of Kentucky

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Presentation Date: Monday, 12/9/2013 | 2:15:00 PM - 3:15:00 PM

INSIDE THE MIND OF THE CAREER SERVICES PROFESSIONAL Topic Area: Other Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Emerging Leaders Do you wonder what your peers are thinking about our profession? Did you know that 80% of career services professionals feel that now is a time of great opportunity for college career centers? Attend this session to discuss the opinions and insights shared by 653 career services professionals from 481 different schools on the current state of career services and recruiting through their responses to the 2013 Career Services Insights Survey conducted by CSO Research Objective(s):

Explore the results of the 2013 Career Services Insights Survey

Gain insight into the implications of the findings for the future of the profession.

Gain a better understanding of the professional opinions of practitioners in the field Presenter(s): Matthew Berndt, CSO Research Inc.


Presentation Date: Tuesday, 12/10/2013 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

TURN A SHADOW INTO A SPOTLIGHT

Topic Area: Experiential Education Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Emerging Leaders

Learn why job shadows can be a valuable tool for students, employers, and your office. Considerations for a successful job shadow program will be addressed, including the use of an application / screening process, student preparation, and matching best practices. Helpful tools will also be discussed. Questions and ideas are encouraged!

Objective(s):

Learn about the benefits to students, career services offices, and employers of a shadow program.

Learn how to implement a shadow program, including the importance of screening student participants and appropriate oversight.

Learn tips for the matching process and the appropriate follow-up steps to maintain relationships with employers and students.

Presenter(s): Caris Thetford, Tarleton State University

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Presentation Date: Tuesday, 12/10/2013 | 8:30 AM - 9:30 PM

LSU'S GRADUATION SURVEY: THE FOUR A'S TO SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY. [ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, ADMINISTERING, ASSESSING, AND ANALYZING THE DATA] Topic Area: Administration Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Masters Series LSU's Graduation Survey has evolved over the years that consistently had a low rate of response - to a robust survey that has a 90 percent rate of return. We will explain how strategic planning and developing academic partnerships allowed us to successfully expand our survey while dramatically increasing our response rate. Quantitative data and sample assessments will be provided. Objective(s):

Participants will gain knowledge on how a career center can successfully administer their University's graduation destination survey, - through strategic planning and academic partnerships.

Presenter(s): Trey Truitt, Louisiana State University Courtney Edwards Louisiana State University



FEDERAL HIRING DURING TIMES OF BUDGET CUTS Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Spotlight

This session will explore the impact of the current fiscal environment in government--including sequestration and budget cuts, pay freezes, furloughs, and general “fed bashing”•â€“on hiring and employment within the federal government. The session will also look at where government is likely going to be hiring (yes, it will), how you can best work with agencies during times of budget constraints and answer your "burning questions" about federal hiring. Objective(s):

Participants will develop a greater understanding of the impact of budget cuts on the federal government's workforce and job prospects for their students.

Participants will gain insight into how they can work effectively with federal agencies in times of budget constraints.

Presenter(s): Tim McManus, Partnership for Public Service ___________________________________________________________________________________________


CAPITALIZE ON YOUR EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIPS: AN INVESTMENT THAT YIELDS RESULTS

Topic Area: Employer Relations Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Masters Series

Learn how the University of South Carolina Career Center has dramatically increased opportunities for students over the past 5 years through intentional staffing and a strategic commitment to engage employers. Results include a 102% increase in employer consultations and a 25% increase in employers attending job fairs over the previous year, as well as a 62% increase in full-time job postings and a 195% increase in internship postings since the onset of the 2007 recession.

Objective(s):

Career Career staff will identify a potential staffing model for increasing employer relations.

Career Career staff will identify strategies for developing and maintaining employer relations.

Career Career staff will identify collaborative strategies for working with academic departments and other university offices engaged in corporate relations.

Presenter(s): Vicki Hamby, University of South Carolina Helen Fields USC Career Center Erica Lake USC Career Center



LEVERAGING EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS FOR UNIVERSITY RECRUITMENT

Topic Area: Employer Target Audience: Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes:

University recruitment teams are frequently contacted by internal staff offering assistance, but how many know how to harness and channel their excitement? Booz Allen has leveraged Employee Resource Groups as a means of increasing employee engagement while also advancing their university recruitment teams strategic agenda. See how they have been able to successfully align themselves with diversity, alumni and leadership ERG’s to assist in collaborating for a “win-win”• for recruiting, ERG and the students.

Objective(s):

Partnering with employee resource groups for increased university engagement

Leveraging ERG relationships to advance URT agenda and increase communication about service offerings

Presenter(s): Lauren Belles, Booz Allen Hamilton ___________________________________________________________________________________________


IS YOUR CAREER CENTER LGBTQ INCLUSIVE?

Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes:

OUT for Work’s LGBTQ Career Center Certification Program gathers data on the outreach, support, and training that career centers are providing to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer students. Gain insight into how to get your career center certified, the unique career challenges that face LGBTQ students, how to outreach to the students on your campus, and the resources that are available on LGBTQ specific career transition from academia into the workplace.

Objective(s):

Participants will gain insight into the work that is already being provided by career centers across the country and best practices when working with LGBTQ students on campus and learn how to complete the LGBTQ Career Center Certification Program annual assessment and the process of becoming a certified career center and being involved in the program.

Participants will understand the challenges that face LGBTQ students in their transition from academia into the workplace and how to provide them with resources about what to expect in the workplace after college, how to find inclusive workplaces, and spe

Attendees will have a toolbox of resources to call upon when engaging other career center staff members, faculty, and administrators on the subject of LGBTQ inclusion. In addition, they return to their offices with a tangible evaluation and action plan t

Presenter(s): Alex Gant, OUT for Work



DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH PROGRAM: EMPLOYER

RELATIONS AMBASSADORS

Topic Area: Employer Relations Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout

Are you looking to increase student engagement and employer satisfaction in your programs and services? Are you looking to engage students in a new way? UF created a student leadership organization, ERA, a peer-learning group, to support and increase student engagement with career services and recruitment activities. With limited budget and staff support, the ERAs contributed more than 1,000 VOLUNTEER hours to support the center, our activities, and were a 2012 NACE Innovation Award Finalist.

Objective(s):

Gain the resources and tools to help your center increase student engagement and employer satisfaction for campus recruitment, programs, and services

Applying theory to practice using peer education and the learning partnerships model in creating learning outcomes for students

Learn how to leverage campus presence by utilizing student connections & campus partnerships

Presenter(s): Ja'Net Glover, University of Florida Julie Bunson University of Florida

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STRATEGICALLY FRAMING THE CAREER SERVICES SUCCESS STORY

Topic Area: Administration Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Masters Series

An increasing challenge for any career services unit is to provide evidence that best demonstrates the ways in which their operations contribute strategically to institutional goals and priorities. This session will include research data regarding typical components of career services annual reports for a variety of institutions, consideration of key strategic questions that are answered and unanswered, and suggestions for how new reporting models might be more effective in relating the career services success story.

Objective(s):

Participants will learn typical annual report content items for a variety of institutions.

Participants will learn to discern the types of annual report information key stakeholders most value.

Participants will learn to develop strategic strategies for annual report content.

Presenter(s): Sam Ratcliffe, Virginia Military Institute


Presentation Date: Tuesday, 12/10/2013 | 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

EMPLOYER RELATIONS PET PEEVES: EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW & NOW YOU CAN ASK Topic Area: Employer Relations Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Emerging Leaders ATTENTION: Employers and University Employer-Relations Reps! Ever wish you could share with colleagues how YOU would prefer things done to make your work-life easier when planning interviews, job fairs and marketing? Now's that chance! Uncover Ah-Ha! moments, strategic nuggets and more! Join this interactive, OPEN discussion on pet-peeves and best practices in attaining the pinnacle of employer relations. We welcome your honesty and constructive feedback to solve the true mysteries of the Employer Relations Partnership. Objective(s):

Attendees will be able to identify best practices to market events/opportunities to employer relations partners (Partner defined as either Employer or University Employer Relations Member)

Attendees will be able to identify one pet peeve of colleague and create one solution to this opportunity

Attendees will be able to identify one area of improvement for office in working with Employer Relations Partner Presenter(s): Mark Colvenbach, The University of Tampa

Presentation Date: Tuesday, 12/10/2013 | 1:45:00 PM - 2:45:00 PM

"HIRE U: PROVIDING STUDENTS THE EMPLOYER PERSPECTIVE" Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Wake Forest University has a series of career development courses called “College to Career.”• In the “Strategic Job Search” course, “Hire U” was developed to create that “Aha!” moment where students are put in the shoes of the recruiter who must select interview candidates. Of course, there are a few “unexpected”• details thrown into the process. Hear how this program is making a difference in their expectations and interview performance! Objective(s):

To impact student interview readiness, preparation, and performance Presenter(s): Dana Hutchens, Wake Forest University



TALENT 2.0: HOW CAREER PROFESSIONALS CAN PREPARE FOR TOMORROW TODAY Topic Area: Administration Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Masters Series If career professionals are to execute strategies for the students, employers and the organizations they serve, it’s time to wake up to the new realities of working, learning, and leading. Talent in the workplace will look very different in 2020. Engaging in a conversation now regarding tomorrow’s workforce and how career professionals need to prepare, this presentation will enable you to come away with ideas and actions that guide your operations, processes, and practices. Objective(s):

Investigate and identify talent trends and the challenges that could impact many organizations in the years to come

Review strategies that are being tested today for talent decisions tomorrow

Advocate for career initiatives that allow us to be prepared for the next decade Presenter(s): Dayle Savage, Vanderbilt University, Peabody College ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Presentation Date: Tuesday, 12/10/2013 | 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

BUILDING PROFESSIONAL HABITS

Topic Area: Other Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout

Bad habits can destroy your career. Raise your awareness level of behaviors that might sabotage your future. Does your presentation style engage the participants or send them running for caffeine at the break? Do your meetings respect the time and value the input of others? Are you a “Reply All”• addict or worse yet never “RSVP”•? Replace old habits with an effective, professional style that will get you noticed when presenting, meeting, and communicating.

Objective(s):

Develop a self-awareness of: o presentation style in order to change ineffective methods of delivery. o meeting preparation and participation in order to run effective meetings. o communication actions in order to connect in a professional and effective manner. o demeanor in order to work effectively with others.

Project a professional image through use of consistent, appropriate habits to enhance career progression.

Acquire a greater sense of self-confidence in professional and social situations.

Presenter(s): Timothy Harding, University of Tampa/SoACE Virginia Edwards BeyondManners.com



LEVERAGE MACHINE LEARNING IN CAREER COUNSELING Topic Area: Technology Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Students identify not knowing how to search for jobs as the biggest challenge in finding their first job or internship. Machine learning (a technique for applying past behavior to make customized suggestions) can help solve this problem. Use this technology to counsel students on career choices and help them discover jobs and internships they would not have otherwise considered. Learn how it works for both liberal arts and STEM students in this interactive session. Objective(s):

Learn how to leverage new technology to counsel students on careers.

Learn how to find unique career options for liberal arts majors.

Learn results of comprehensive student research on job search challenges. Presenter(s): Jennifer Rutt, AfterCollege ___________________________________________________________________________________________


CHAMPION UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT

Topic Area: Experiential Education Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout

LSU will introduce significant ways to create partnerships across campus while enhancing relationships and strengthening resources and programming throughout the university. Through College-specific career fairs co-sponsored by University departments and a Career Services-led University-wide Internship Council, the Olinde Career Center has found success in bringing external voices to the conversation to generate new ideas and break down territory perceptions.

Objective(s):

Examine faculty and staff collaborations, and gain tools to identify key partners

Learn two models that facilitate university faculty and staff collaborations and foster communications across disciplines

Learn how LSU’s Internship Council facilitates internships on campus

Presenter(s): Kayla Kucharchuk, LSU Career Services



ADVISING FOR ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUCCESS

Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout

The role of the advisor, whether academic or career, is a crucial component within the college experience. This session provides an overview of the student development literature with specific emphasis on career development and issues that may affect students in their academic planning. Participants will also learn about a training program that career centers can offer academic advisors to help them become more knowledgeable of the career development process and resources available to assist students.

Objective(s):

Participants will learn ways to apply student development and career development theories to student learning and decision - making.

Participants will learn how to use this knowledge to better assist students to: identify tools and resources available to assess their interest and skills; examine their career and educational goals; develop short and long term plans to meet their objecti

Participants will learn about a training program that career centers can offer academic advisors to help them become more knowledgeable of the career development process and resources available to assist students.

Presenter(s): Nancy Bernard, Auburn University Kathryn Jarvis Auburn University

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BRACE YOURSELF: THE NEW SEXY IS NOT ABOUT GETTING A JOB

Topic Area: Employer Target Audience: Both Colleges and Employers Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Spotlight

Small businesses are rebuilding American. Since 1990, as big business eliminated 4 million jobs, small businesses added 8 million new jobs. This means young professionals and new college graduates have greater career options at their disposal because of their increased willingness to relocate globally. This is a signal that the workforce may be facing its biggest crises yet. There are unique and innovate ways to thwart a talent crisis. Want to learn how..

Objective(s):

Learn how strategic workforce planning has changed how employer's source and recruit talent.

Learn the 5 strategies to ensure successful transition on the job.

Discover the 4 unique ways employers, colleges and universities can effectively work to create a pipeline of talent now

Presenter(s): Pamela Green, Keynote Speaker



PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: INTER-INSTITUTIONAL BLENDED LEARNING MODULES USING LINKEDIN AND

ONLINE MOCK INTERVIEW PROVIDERS

Topic Area: Technology Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout

Today's college students are technologically savvy, but need to be educated and trained how to mobilize online resources to their professional advantage. Learn how Rollins College and the University of Richmond combined faculty, career center, and technological resources to create a series of highly portable blended learning modules for career planning courses using LinkedIn and InterviewStream. Gain career course content and best practices to enhance student's professional networking and interviewing skills on your respective campuses.

Objective(s):

Attendees will learn how to integrate social networking and interviewing technology assigments and activities into their workshops and career courses on their respective campuses.

Attendees will learn strategies for partnering with peer institutions to enhance student learning initiatives.

Presenter(s): Anne Meehan, Rollins College Office of Career Services Beth Chancy University of Richmond Jana Mathews Rollins College

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Presentation Date: Wednesday, 12/11/2013 | 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM

LINK UP WITH LINKEDIN Topic Area: Technology Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout This session will provide information on how Texas State Career Services, the McCoy College of Business and a student organization teamed up to co-host this workshop introducing the power of professional networking, guide students through the benefit of a professional profile, as well as provide strategies for job research, networking, job and internship searching, and how to follow companies. As an added bonus, we will discuss a “hook”• to increase attendance to the workshop! Objective(s):

Create and deliver co-curricular programs and services through partnerships with faculty, staff, and external constituents to ensure the success of students

Discuss how to introduce students to the world’s largest professional social network site

At the end of the session, attendees will have practical tools to be able to construct / design a LinkedIn hands-on workshop on their campus

Presenter(s): Ross Wood, Texas State UNiversity / Career Services



STRENGTHENING EMPLOYER RELATIONS WITH EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION Topic Area: Employer Relations Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout In this session, attendees will learn how to utilize an in-house intern to not only assist with employer outreach, but to also foster hands on experience for consulting employers on new internship models and practices. With this model, Universities can better serve employers and students by increasing outreach to employers, providing a meaningful experiential learning opportunity, and connecting the current interests of students from a peer with whom they can best identify. Objective(s):

Identify internal areas for growth, enhancing employer outreach programming

Develop or enhance internship consulting services to employers

Learn how to utilize and grow student talent in a different capacity Presenter(s): Kayla Kucharchuk, LSU Career Services Trey Truitt LSU Career Services ___________________________________________________________________________________________


THE SWEET SIDE OF METRICS: THE HOW-TO ON CREATING YEARLY/MONTHLY GOALS FOR EMPLOYER

RELATIONS

Topic Area: Employer Relations Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout If there isn't anything wrong with it, why fix it? Because there's always a way to do things better and we have the ever-changing solution to reporting metrics for Employer Relations. We have a system of monthly and yearly goals to increase overall team performance in connecting with new and existing employers - and join us on the sweet side of career services. Objective(s):

Utilizing metrics to establish monthly-to-yearly goals and drive overall team performance

How to create a specialized metric-based program for your Career Services office

Methods of utilizing metrics to increase employer attendance at on campus events (career fairs, on-campus interviews, info sessions, etc.)

Presenter(s): Alicia Jackson, Oklahoma State University Bianca Townsend Oklahoma State University



WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INTERNSHIPS? Topic Area: Employer Target Audience: Employers Session Type: Breakout

Many employers wish to become involved with student internships and cooperative education programs, but don't really know where to start. How are internships a win-win-win solution for employers, students and colleges/universities? What are internships, and what are they NOT? How are internships and co-op programs alike and different? How do I work with colleges to develop an internship program if my company does not have a formal arrangement? When is a student an employee? Objective(s):

Employers will be able to identify minimal requirements for developing internships at their respective sites.

The employer will explain the difference between an internship and cooperative education experience. Presenter(s): Toni McLawhorn, Roanoke College ___________________________________________________________________________________________


JOB FAIR METRICS FOR THE FUTURE

Topic Area: Administration Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Emerging Leaders

Are job fairs an archaic event or can we revitalize them for today's students and employers' needs? Survey results from employers and career centers will guide this open dialogue on what we can expect and do to navigate the future of job fairs. Topics of discussion will include trends, increasing student and employer involvement, virtual versus real-time fairs and other aspects of job/career fairs will be discussed in a guided, interactive setting.

Objective(s):

Provide a better understanding of changes relating to job fairs and interacting with today's students and employer needs.

Participants will receive information compiled from a national survey to guide them in their future plans relating to job fairs.

Interactive discussion among participants will provide new ways to offer job fairs or similar events.

Presenter(s): Mary Mahoney, The University of Tennessee Career Services



PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS: A COLLABORATIVE MODEL FOR CONNECTING UNDERREPRESENTED COLLEGE

STUDENTS TO CAREER SERVICES

Topic Area: Career Advising/Counseling Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout

Interested in increasing the number of students from diverse backgrounds who access career services on your campus? This session will explore strategies for supporting the career development needs of underrepresented college students: students of color and first-generation college students. The presentation will examine the benefits and challenges of targeting underrepresented college student populations, share an overview of a model for collaborative programming and partnership, and end with a discussion of best practices for future programming.

Objective(s):

Participants will learn: cultural implications that affect the career development of underrepresented college students.

Participants will learn: ways to create strategic campus partnerships.

Participants will learn: ideas for creative program implementation. Presenter(s): Tiffany Waddell, Wake Forest University ___________________________________________________________________________________________


HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO REACH PASSIVE CANDIDATES Topic Area: Employer Target Audience: Employers Session Type: Breakout Learn how to use popular social media sites to reach those elusive passive candidates that we are all looking for. Objective(s):

To be able to successfully navigate the core social media sites in looking for those passive candidates. Presenter(s): Michele Brookshire, Verizon



SETTING YOUR FEES: IT'S NOT YOUR BUSINESS, BUT HELPS YOUR BUSINESS Topic Area: Administration Target Audience: Colleges Session Type: Breakout Special Notes: Masters Series Job Fairs are events where employers and job seekers converge for the purpose of employment networking. Defined more precisely, a Job Fair is an employment strategy to fast-track the meeting of job seekers and employers. One of the most important and challenging decisions is should we “charge or raise”• the fees for employer attendance to a job fair? Although there is no general applicable “formula”• for setting fees, there are conditions that drive this dilemma. Objective(s):

Acting as a catalyst and clearinghouse for sharing and disseminating fee structures and process information about good financial management techniques and technologies.

Provide criteria of establishing or adjusting career fair fees and use of employer evaluations.

Give participants opportunities to share best practices at their institution as well as take part of 1-3 small group simulations and report findings to the overall group.

Presenter(s): Lenroy Jones, University of Kentucky's James W. Stuckert Career Center ___________________________________________________________________________________________

presentation date: sunday, 12/8/2013 | 1:00 pm - 4:00...

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