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Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Category: Linking Education & Employability
Matching Student Expectations to Global Workforce
See my new blog posted to the global dialogue page for the European Association of International Education at: http://www.eaie.org/blog/students-global-workforce As higher education has become a globalized industry, it should be easier to embrace more creative partnerships with businesses that must compete in a global… Continue Reading “Matching Student Expectations to Global Workforce”
Macroeconomics, Inequality & Study Abroad
How do these come together? I’ve been thinking about this due to the surprising popularity of a new book by Thomas Pinketty called “Capital in the Twenty-first Century.” While I have not read it, I’ve heard him speak about it and read reviews —bottom… Continue Reading “Macroeconomics, Inequality & Study Abroad”
News Flash: New Economy Will Not Embrace Entitlement
The title of this post is a paraphrase of a quote by Phil Gardner, director of the Michigan State Collegiate Employment Research Institute, in a piece in the Nov. 20 Chronicle of Higher Education by Justin Doubleday (only viewable by subscribers). All of us… Continue Reading “News Flash: New Economy Will Not Embrace Entitlement”
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”
Building Employment Opportunities The Old Fashioned Way
The UK Globe & Mail published this interesting piece http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/bridge-your-own-skills-gap/article15056920/?service=mobile#menu written by a social entrepreneur whose mantra is, “bridge your own skills gap.” There are many ways in which students and recent grads can acquire the skills and tools to be more relevant in today’s workforce:… Continue Reading “Building Employment Opportunities The Old Fashioned Way”
Youth Unemployment – A Global Crisis
Reading this blog post on World Bank site, http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/we-need-youth-jobs-revolution, I was struck that the problem, the actors involved, and the solutions – all were as applicable to the youth unemployment problem in the United States as in the developing world (the ostensible aim of the… Continue Reading “Youth Unemployment – A Global Crisis”
The Next Big Thing in Career Development-Post-Graduate Internships
While most professional graduate school career offices provide services to their alumni, this has not been a practice at the undergraduate level. But Bryn Mawr has taken the next step in opening up this door -at least for two 2013 grads: http://news.brynmawr.edu/2013/09/12/bryn-mawr-students-begin-paid-post-graduate-internships-at-care-and-womens-world-banking/. In collaboration with… Continue Reading “The Next Big Thing in Career Development-Post-Graduate Internships”
Moving From Classroom Into the “Real” World
This Institute for International Education blog summarizes statistics relating to work, internships, and volunteering abroad (WIVA) over the past four years.:http://www.iie.org/en/Blog/2013/August/Education-Abroad-Moving-Out-Of-The-Classroom?utm_source=IIE+Global+News+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d77b059562-RSS_Email_Campaign_Blog&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aae91ae631-d77b059562-56549445 I’m not sure why headlines always frame student experience which takes place in the workplace as being “real” which of course, leads you to… Continue Reading “Moving From Classroom Into the “Real” World”
The Liberal Arts & Employability: Facing a New Reality
We’ve seen a regular stream of news articles in all media during the the recession trying to figure out whether or not there’s still “worth” for students to major in the liberal arts. No doubt this has surfaced with vigor now both due to the… Continue Reading “The Liberal Arts & Employability: Facing a New Reality”
Are We Starting Too Late?
Landing a good job starts before you are born! Perhaps I’ve overlooked this critical perspective in my posts to-date…
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