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Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Category: Integration of Study Abroad & Career Service Advising
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”
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”
“Top Concerns” of Institutional Members of Forum on Education Abroad in 2017 “Survey of the Field” (…and mine)
Here is the survey: https://forumea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ForumEA-State-of-the-Field-18-web-version.pdf What I found of interest – and much concern- was the finding that only 17% of respondents are “very concerned” about career integration; and 25% are, in fact, “neutral” about this as a concern. I’m not sure what the meaning of… Continue Reading ““Top Concerns” of Institutional Members of Forum on Education Abroad in 2017 “Survey of the Field” (…and mine)”
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”
A Resource Bibliography: Linking Education Abroad to Employability
This is an updated bibliography of my published work on this topic within the past five years. I’ve presented on these topics at NAFSA, the CAPA & UMN Career Integration Conference and shortly, at the second IIE Generation Abroad Summit. The two textbook chapters… Continue Reading “A Resource Bibliography: Linking Education Abroad to Employability”
Are we beyond “it was great”?
I’m pleased to share this guest post by Jessica Miller, on a topic which has often been discussed here. The difference is that Jessica is , as she says, a young grad and new to the international education field. Her comments are instructive for… Continue Reading “Are we beyond “it was great”?”
Dive Into Selected NAFSA Blogs & Presentations on Career Integration, Employability & Best Practice Campus Advising
I wanted to make it easy to tap into some of my recent work, so here’s a link to several short blogs and other pieces of work I’ve done for NAFSA: Association of International Educators: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nafsa-professional-development-resources-martin-tillman?trk=prof-post I welcome your comments !
Elon University’s Purposeful Plan to Link Education Abroad & Student Career Development
I’m pleased to share this guest post by Kristen Aquilino, International Career Fellow in the Elon Student Professional Development Center. Elon is one of the many campuses I cite in my publication for AIFS: “Campus Best Practices Supporting Education Abroad & Student Career Development (2014):… Continue Reading “Elon University’s Purposeful Plan to Link Education Abroad & Student Career Development”
Looking Ahead — The Discourse of Internationalization of Career Services in German Universities: Part III
In this closing blog in a series of three posts by Jerome Rickmann, he outlines a unique effort in the EU to create a European Centre for Career Development & Entrepreneurship. I’m grateful for this extended discussion by Jerome about the role of career… Continue Reading “Looking Ahead — The Discourse of Internationalization of Career Services in German Universities: Part III”
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