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Increasing Student Engagement in Career Services Post-Covid
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May 16, 2023 | 2:00 p.m. EST - 3:15 p.m. EST | $395
Student engagement in career services has dropped off, calling for new strategies to engage today’s students. Join Lakeisha Mathews, President of the National Career Development Association (NCDA), to learn how to re-engage students in career services.
WHY THIS TOPIC MATTERS
Students entering college need learning and guidance about choosing a career path and the major that will lead them there. Yet, post-2020, student engagement in career services has dropped off. Gain strategies to increase students’ interest and involvement in your career center.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This program is ideal for college career services professionals looking for specific strategies to engage students in career development post-2020.
Vice Presidents, Deans and Provosts
Directors of Career Services
OVERVIEW
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a wave of ripple effects through higher education especially in connection with student engagement. Career Services professionals across the United States are reporting a decrease in student utilization of services including event attendance, coaching services, on-campus employment and more.
Student interest in connecting with employers has even waned decreasing utilization in recruitment databases, on-campus recruitment, and career fair attendance. This session will explore the aftermath of the pandemic for career services and present innovative solutions to re-brand, re-structure and re-design services for a new normal.
In this webinar, the speaker will consider the following questions: How do you get students to return to the career center post-pandemic? What does the new normal look like for career services? What do students care about today? What are innovative solutions to re-brand, re-structure and re-design services for a new normal?
AGENDA
Developing a proactive career engagement lifecycle
Designing Career Communities
Enhancing communication strategies using technology
Taking programs to students instead of attracting students to programs
Integrating career development into the curriculum
Mobilizing faculty and academic advisors in supporting career programming
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PRICING AND CONNECTION INFORMATION
Live Webinar Site Connection and On-Demand Recording $395
Includes:
5 connections for staff members from your institution with each registration.
Connection information sent one week prior to the event and again the day before the event. Any questions can be emailed to the program contact at the bottom of this web page.
An electronic link containing a recording of the webinar and resources emailed to you within 7 business days following the live webinar date (active for 30 days). The link can be shared with your entire staff to view the recording.
Follow-up resources and assignments to help you implement your learning.
Instructor
Lakeisha Mathews, Ed.D., Director, Career & Internship Center, University of Baltimore
Lakeisha is the current president of the National Career Development Association. In her director role, Lakeisha leads the University of Baltimore career center staff in building bridges between employment and education.
She is a certified professional career coach, certified professional resume writer, and certified global career development facilitator. As an educator with 10+ years of experience in higher education, Lakeisha’s experience includes residence life, new student orientation, academic advising and career services. Lakeisha likes to say that she has helped students gain admission into college, remain in college and exit college—with a job!
A Baltimore native, Lakeisha currently serves as co-advisor to the National Society of Leadership & Success (NSLS), the largest student group on campus. She also serves on the NSLS National Advisor Advisory Board and the Maryland Career Consortium Directors Board. Lakeisha is a past president of the Maryland Career Development Association and has attained numerous awards and recognition from both national and local organizations. Lakeisha holds a B.A in Communication from the University of Maryland, College Park and a M.S. in Human Resources from Towson University. She is currently pursuing a Ed.D in Higher Education Innovation from Wilmington University. In 2016, Lakeisha co-authored a book for the Association of Training and Development called Find Your Fit.
Questions about the program?
Please email Lisa at info@eduology.org.