Global Career Compass
Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Category: Innovative Campus & Study Abroad Program Practices
2014 Conference Presentations, Blogs & Workshops on Education Abroad & Student Career Development
2014 was a busy year for Global Career Compass! I was able to address issues on a variety of themes to diverse audiences: NAFSA Annual Conference (http://www.nafsa.org/Attend_Events/): “Linking Education Abroad & Student Career Development: Effective Advising Practices” “21st century Skills & the Workplace: Challenges… Continue Reading “2014 Conference Presentations, Blogs & Workshops on Education Abroad & Student Career Development”
Campus Advising Practices Impact How Students Make Sense of Studying Abroad
With students returning to campus this month, I thought I’d re-publish this post; I hope it might be useful for study abroad advisors and career service staff as they prepare to send off new groups of students to study abroad: AIFS (American Institute… Continue Reading “Campus Advising Practices Impact How Students Make Sense of Studying Abroad”
Univ of Minnesota Hosts Career Integration Conference
I’ve just returned from Minneapolis where I participated in , and spoke on the program, at the first-ever “career integration” conference in the U.S. You will find the program and speakers at http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/professionals/career-int/conference/sessions. There is an excellent list of open Resources on the topics covered… Continue Reading “Univ of Minnesota Hosts Career Integration Conference”
Campus Advising Practices Impact How Students Make Sense of Studying Abroad
AIFS (American Institute for Foreign Study) has just published my volume titled, Campus Best Practices Supporting Study Abroad & Student Career Development. You can download it at http://www.aifsabroad.com/advisors/publications.asp I spent six months in 2013 researching, contacting and reviewing dozens of U.S. campus advising practices for… Continue Reading “Campus Advising Practices Impact How Students Make Sense of Studying Abroad”
Closing the gap between employer & student perceptions
I usually don’t find USA Today a resource for my blog, but this story makes sense: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/31/more-than-a-college-degree/3324303/?sf19224859=1 …For Amy Homkes-Hayes, coordinator for the Career Center at the University of Michigan, bridging the gap between employer and student perceptions requires all parties to come together to… Continue Reading “Closing the gap between employer & student perceptions”
New Guide to Assist Students Understand Career Impact of Studying Abroad
Taken from a NAFSA webinar, Helping Students Translate ‘Study Abroad’ for the Job Search, in Spring 2013, which had close to 1,000 participants; go to http://www.nafsa.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=42998 for a free download. There were three of us who teamed up to create this Guide and conduct… Continue Reading “New Guide to Assist Students Understand Career Impact of Studying Abroad”
Translating Study Abroad for the Job Search
This week’s webinar for NAFSA attracted nearly 1,000 study abroad and career service professionals from both campuses and “provider” organizations in the U.S, Canada and Australia. My colleagues, Vera Chapman from Colgate, and Curtiss Stevens, The University of Texas-Austin, provided listeners with concrete program… Continue Reading “Translating Study Abroad for the Job Search”
New NAFSA Publication on Education Abroad Best Practices
The title of this new volume is: Internships, Service Learning, Volunteering Abroad: Successful Models and Best Practices, edited by William Nolting, Debbie Donohue, Cheryl Matherly and myself. It will be available as an e-book shortly. From the Introduction: “We wrote this book as a… Continue Reading “New NAFSA Publication on Education Abroad Best Practices”
On Developing Ethical Inter-Institutional Linkages
This is an exceptionally honest account in the CHE Worldwise [http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/building-partnerships-in-an-unequal-world/29699?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en] – from the perspective of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of research, innovation, and advancement at the University of Johannesburg – of the practice of Western academic institutions seeking to further internationalization of their campuses… Continue Reading “On Developing Ethical Inter-Institutional Linkages”
IIE Report on Expanding International Internships/Work Abroad Opportunities for U.S. STEM Students
Download this summary of a recent workshop which I participated in sponsored by IIE in Washington DC: http://www.iie.org/en/Research-and-Publications/Publications-and-Reports/IIE-Bookstore/Learn-by-Doing. The full workshop details and a collection of PowerPoint presentations, along with short bios of presenters, can be found at http://www.iie.org/en/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Events/2012/STEM-Internships-Workshop. The report highlights: According to the 2011… Continue Reading “IIE Report on Expanding International Internships/Work Abroad Opportunities for U.S. STEM Students”
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