Global Career Compass
Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Category: Career Decision-Making
Are You Facing Job Insecurity? Or Deep Into It…
Where the Field of International Education Finds Itself in 2020 Reassess your personal needs & professional expectations in this extremely fluid and unprecedented time The pandemic has radically halted the momentum built up over the past decade in our field –the expansion of education… Continue Reading “Are You Facing Job Insecurity? Or Deep Into It…”
Campuses Playing the “Long Game” – or Redefining the Importance of Student Employability
I shouldn’t be surprised that opening up yesterday’s Sunday New York Times Learning section, I’d find a story titled, “Playing the Long Game” – https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/education/learning/colleges-universities-career-services.html – about how “more” [how many was not part of this story] campuses are “finding ways to connect students… Continue Reading “Campuses Playing the “Long Game” – or Redefining the Importance of Student Employability”
New Research: Study Abroad Fosters “Clearer Sense of Self”
Two points to make: First, this study, https://hbr.org/2018/05/how-living-abroad-helps-you-develop-a-clearer-sense-of-self, appears in the Harvard Business Review which is not where I’d expect to find research on this topic; second, the five co-authors tested their hypothesis that “living abroad will increase self concept clarity across six studies… Continue Reading “New Research: Study Abroad Fosters “Clearer Sense of Self””
Research Finds Campus Career Services Valued Mostly by Minority/First Gen/Nontraditional Students
Findings from a 2017 Strada-Gallup student survey provide a perspective on which students appear to derive the most benefit from their campus career service offices: http://stradaeducation.gallup.com/reports/225161/2017-strada-gallup-college-student-survey.aspx The survey results are based on responses from over 32,000 currently enrolled students at 43 public and private four-year institutions.… Continue Reading “Research Finds Campus Career Services Valued Mostly by Minority/First Gen/Nontraditional Students”
Maximize the Impact of International Experience via Purposeful Career Integration on Campus
My colleagues at The Learning Abroad Center on the University of Minnesota campus have announced plans for the third conference on the important and essential topic of career integration to be held in Washington D.C., August 8-10, 2018. The theme of the 2018 conference,… Continue Reading “Maximize the Impact of International Experience via Purposeful Career Integration on Campus”
Disconnect Between What Students Prefer to Study & Where Jobs Are in Workforce
I think the nexus of the conundrum facing higher education institutions for years to come is reflected in the post header. A new survey, Career Satisfaction, https://www.sokanu.com/analytics/degree-satisfaction, of 22,000 undergrads by the career support firm, Sokanu finds that “…jobs that are among the most in-demand… Continue Reading “Disconnect Between What Students Prefer to Study & Where Jobs Are in Workforce”
A Students’ Place in the World
In the cycle of life, it’s that time once again. Students are graduating from colleges and universities across the country and for many, the unanswered question is: Now what? Shortly, NAFSA: Association of International Educators will conduct its annual international conference in Denver. And… Continue Reading “A Students’ Place in the World”
Internationalization of Career Services at German Universities: Part I of III
A Guest Post by Jerome Rickmann Director, International Talent Acquisition & Project Development EBC Hochschule (a private multi-campus business school in Berlin) I’m very pleased to have Jerome begin a three-part post on internationization of career services at German universities. We met at… Continue Reading “Internationalization of Career Services at German Universities: Part I of III”
Current Data on Entering the Workforce Without Critical Skills Valued by Employers
The good news: yes, the U.S. economy is stronger and continues to add new jobs [in very strategic sectors] at a steady rate each month. The bad news: stories continue to appear which highlight the dis-connect between employers and students as to whether or… Continue Reading “Current Data on Entering the Workforce Without Critical Skills Valued by Employers”
On the Mission of the University
When I attended grad school in the late 60s, the student protest movement against the Vietnam War largely pushed those of us interested in working in higher education administration to [re]examine the mission or purpose of the university. The draft meant that you HAD… Continue Reading “On the Mission of the University”
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