career services

Junior Delgado, Director of the Career Center at Westfield State University in Massachusetts, shares his best tips and tricks for how to build allies across campus through genuine interactions. 

Junior shares how he’s built so many partnerships in his 22+ years at Westfield, how he leverages them in his work as a career services leader, and why it’s so important to approach these relationships with authenticity.

Resources from the episode:

• Junior’s LinkedIn page
• Junior’s email: jdelgado@westfield.ma.edu 

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Nancy Bilmes, Director of the Center for Career Development at the University of Connecticut, shares how she built UConn’s Career Champion program and trained 500+ faculty, staff, alumni, and employers to have better career conversations with students. 

Nancy shares:

• How (and why) her team started the program three years ago
• How they recruit Champions (particularly faculty)
• What the training process looks like (including the resources)
• How they measure success
• And more!

Resources from the episode

• Career Champions resources page on UConn’s career center website

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Josh Domitrovich, Executive Director of the Center for Career and Professional Development at PennWest, talks about two Career Everywhere initiatives he recently launched:

1. A Career Champion program for faculty and staff
2. A five-week Professional Advantage Academy for students that simulates the job application process

Josh is in the unique position of leading career services for a brand-new institution. PennWest was established in July 2022 as a result of the merger of California University of Pennsylvania, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, and Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

He shares actionable advice, best practices, and detailed breakdowns of how he built the Career Champion program and Professional Advantage Academy—and how he got buy-in from top to bottom. 

Resources from the episode:

• PennWest's virtual career center
• Josh's email: jdomitrovich@pennwest.edu 
• Josh's LinkedIn

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Daniel Pascoe Aguilar, the Founding Director of the Center for Social Justice and Chief Diversity Officer at Excelsior University, shares how he’s using identity and allyship communities to develop the next generation of diverse leaders.

A longtime leader in career services and higher ed, Daniel discusses the critical importance of developing the next generation of diverse leaders, improving access, and building a village around underrepresented students on and off campus.

Daniel shares how his team built the communities, how he got buy-in from senior leadership, and why improving access to higher education is everyone’s responsibility.

Resources from the episode:

• Excelsior University’s identity and allyship communities

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It’s often been said that when a person looks back over the course of a long life, the regrets they feel are not from things that they have done, but things they didn’t do.  Oftentimes, that comes from not taking a chance early in life and doing something well off of the norm of the traditional career path.  One school that allows individuals to take the risk of flight is Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – originally an aviation school that trained pilots, the school now holds programs in engineering, space, security and intelligence as well as technology, business, and applied science.  In total, seven current or former astronauts have graduated from Embry Riddle and the school boasts an alumni network of over 130,000 along with a faculty that has extensive industry experience.  So how do you figure out what you want to do when the sky is quite literally the limit?  We ask that question with Ryan Mazon as he helps students find their way to their desired star.

Author Michael B. Horn explains how different types of students approach choosing a college and how parents can help them make a good decision. Listen now:  https://tamingthehighcostofcollege.com/thcc-episode-143-choosing-college-how-to-make-better-learning-decisions-throughout-your-life/

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Get the best tips for students who need to choose a career, and find out what parents should and shouldn’t do to help them along. Listen to the episode now:

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Find out how to help your teen get hired after college in this interview with Kyyah Abdul, author of The Prepared Graduate. Listen to the episode now: 

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0:00 Opening
2:07 Journey to Human Resources Division Recruitment Unit
8:00 Being a Business Partner with All Work Units in Judicial
10:20 Designing Recruitment Unit
12:28 How Collaboration Led to Hiring the Right Person
13:40 The Speed of Trust
16:30 Creating Neutral Ground for Applicants
18:15 Things to Consider When Hiring
23:00 Career Services and Supporting Judicial Staff to Reach their Goals
27:50 Job, Career or a Calling?
30:00 Career Services and a Coaching Success – 3rd Times a Charm!
32:00 Your Application Packet & Interviewing Skills
40:30 One Mistake Hiring Managers Must Avoid
42:00 Top 3 Take Aways for Taking Action!
43:20 Getting to Know the Guest

By combining career services and advancement, Northampton Community College has created a community of student, alumni, and employers that better facilitates engagement, relationship building, and outreach. Modeling itself after the four-year model, hear from Northampton’s Sharon Beales, Vice President of Institutional Advancement, and Dr. Deb Noble Burak, Associate Vice President and CIO, as they discuss implementation, staffing impacts, and technologies like Razor’s Edge, Handshake, Hubspot, Graduway, and LiveAlumni. They offer advice for other two-year institutions thinking about rolling out this model, including the importance of career support and systems for community college students.

Every college has a career office, but what do you do with it? Take a listen to Dr. Tricia Zelaya-Leon as she explains who is there and how it works. So many students are missing out on this free resource! Is your student one of them?

Want to build your resume, make great connections, have real-world experiences, and leave college ready for a career? You need an internship! Sharise Kent has written the manual on internships and shares everything you need to know including how to find one, what to expect, and how to prepare.