Where did you get advice when you were a student?
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University students need advising in three key realms:
personal, academic, and career
We must ensure we have an adequate infrastructure in place to meet the needs of our students in these three critical realms
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I. Personal:
• Adjusting to University life
‐ First year experience
‐ Developing independent living habits
‐ Beginning to get involved
• Embracing student self‐governance
‐ Taking personal responsibility
‐ Assuming leadership positions
‐ Carving a personal path
Academic
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II. Academic:
• Managing University workload
Academic
• Developing study habits, time management skills
• Experimenting with different disciplines
• Determining academic focus
• Selecting a major
• Building relationship with a faculty advisor
• Defining area of expertise
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III. Career:
• Looking beyond the University
• Understanding professional landscape, graduate school options
• Beginning to chart course according to interests
Academic
• Preparing for life after graduation
• Researching specific opportunities
• Identifying goals
• Devising a plan
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What is Next Generation Career Services?
Current State
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Supports through “how‐to” services (e.g., resume workshops, counselor appointments)
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Engages students in career development early, often, and in the context of their academic studies
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Organizes generic networking events for alumni and current students
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Facilitates meaningful connections between students and alumni with common interests
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Hosts on‐campus recruiting events and career fairs
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Cultivates strong employer partnerships and engages staff in employer relations
Students
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Alumni
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Employers
Ideal State
Source: Adapted from 2012 Advisory Board Company Next Generation Career Services
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Student Feedback
• Lack of awareness of services offered, need to improve certain aspects of advising
• Need for earlier student engagement with Career Services
Internal Factors
• Enrollment increases necessitate ability to scale
• Need for better communication and collaboration between University units providing advising services
• Current de‐centralized and under‐resourced approach leads to sub‐
optimal student outcomes
External Factors
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Economy calls for increased focus on career preparation
Services must meet the needs of the current student generation
National trend in higher education of re‐evaluating University advising
Employers desire more practical/professional skills in students
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CAREER
ADVISING
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Integrated Advising
External Partnerships
Technology
Phase I (February – March)
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Convened February 15
Read Council of Foundations report Best practices research Internal interviews with Career services officials
– Law, Darden, Engineering, Commerce, University Career Services, Alumni Hall
Interviewed Association Deans in the College
Phase II (April – May)
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Planning workshop April 29 to: •
– Establish baseline
– Brainstorm opportunities •
– Formulate concepts to target Synthesized data, built concepts •
Tested concepts in student focus groups
Shared update with Council of Foundations on May 30
Phase III (June and beyond)
Analyze data from the UCS First Destinations Study
Circulate findings to date with VPs, Deans, and career services officials
Complete draft report by end of summer that specifies:
– Key observations – Recommendations (key concepts) – Suggested approach for implementation
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• Student-owned, web-enabled career ladder approach
Anytime,
Anywhere
• Web-based roadmap and milestones by cluster to motivate student
engagement
• Coordination of career services functions around career clusters rather than
academic units
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Counseling by Career Cluster
• Pan-university teams by cluster
• “Internship Brokerage System”
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Internship Brokerage System
• Active outreach to parents, alumni and companies centrally coordinated and
available online to all students
• Focus broadly on corporate internships, international opportunities, volunteer or
experiential learning or student employment with the University
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• Determine resource requirements and identify funding sources
• Invest leader with authority to coordinate efforts across Grounds
Year 1
• Implement career cluster concept across Grounds for student advising
• Establish an internal Career Development Council • Rebrand University Career Services
• Build advising resource base in career services and engage association deans in career advising
Year 2
• Implement technology solution “anytime, anywhere”
• Launch internship brokerage system with increased alumni, parent and employer engagement
• Build peer to peer advising system
Year 3
• Launch external career development council of parents alumni and employers
• Implement career course as part of COLA and within advising efforts of other schools
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Student Point of View
• External marketing efforts tied to employment outcomes
• Post‐graduation destination reporting will grow from 44% to 95%
• Student employment rate leads peer institutions
• Student satisfaction with career advising and career services increases
Internal UVA Point of View
• Career Services across the university sufficiently staffed, ranked in the top quartile of our peers
• One career services approach with common technology, advising, and total services approach
• Faculty and administration aligned
External Point of View
• Employers seek UVA as a school of choice • UVA will have a select group of top relationships with key hiring companies coordinated across all schools
• Employers, parents and alumni deeply engaged in the career services efforts, with their time, talent and treasure
• Students engage with career services appropriately all four years
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