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Have you ever wondered how uConnect's virtual career center streamlines career resources, increases engagement, and makes your team look good?Check out our virtual demo page!💻 With two short videos, you'll get a feel for what uConnect is, how it works, how customers use it, and why they recommend it.The videos include:🔷An 8-minute platform overview video from uConnect Account Executive Doug Leonard🔷A 10-minute demo and testimonial from uConnect customer Julia Vollrath, M.Ed., CMCS of the University of FloridaWatch the videos here: https://lnkd.in/gzM5ZBQW#CareerEverywhere #careerservices #highereducation #careercenter #virtualcareercenter

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Congratulations to Bridgewater State University on the launch of their new virtual career center! 🎉 Powered by uConnect, the new site includes articles, videos, events, job and internship postings, Big Interview, Forage virtual job simulations, labor market data, career and identity/affinity communities, and more.You can check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gfEZ2aFxKudos to Gerald Tang, Ed.D., Laurent Troland, and the entire Bridgewater team for all of their incredible work! 👏#CareerEverywhere #careerservices #careerdevelopment #careercoaching

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Ep. 39 of the Career Everywhere podcast is live! 🎙 Featuring Rebekah Pare of Paré Consulting for a discussion about how career leaders can amplify their impact through campus partnerships.After 20 years in career services and higher ed, Rebekah began her consulting business in 2023 to help career centers all around the world develop strategies that improve students' career readiness and outcomes, engage alumni, elevate the career center’s status with employers and community members, and attract prospective students and their families. In the episode, Rebekah talks about:🔶 Why building effective partnerships across campus is so important 🔶 What’s at risk if career leaders don’t prioritize building partnerships with other stakeholders🔶 How career leaders can go about building partnerships (and with whom)🔶 How to leverage those partnerships to advance the career center’s goals🔶 How to balance long-term strategy with short-term day-to-day tasks🔶 How career leaders can combat outdated perceptions about what the career center does🔶 And moreWatch, read, or listen to Rebekah's episode here: https://lnkd.in/gBYvrwxw#CareerEverywhere #careerservices #highereducation #careerdevelopment #podcast

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How can career services teams support students from marginalized backgrounds in navigating hiring biases, even if they haven’t personally experienced those challenges?Here's what Jenn Tardy of Jennifer Tardy Consulting ("Team JTC") recommends 👇 Learn more from Jenn in her episode of the Career Everywhere podcast: https://lnkd.in/grvhm3bc#CareerEverywhere #careerservices #highereducation #careerdevelopment #DEI #studentsuccess #hiring

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A key part of modern career services is making sure career resources are available 24/7/365.This is *especially* true for career teams that work with fully online student populations. In a recent episode of the Career Everywhere podcast, Matthew Phillips and Rebecca Davis of The University of Arizona Global Campus discuss how they use video to make career information available to anyone, anywhere, anytime.Here's a quick preview from Matt 👇 #CareerEverywhere #careerservices #highereducation #careerdevelopment #careercenter #video

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Join us for a webinar tomorrow with Yasamin (Yasi) Mahallaty, MSEd, MA of CareerSpring about best practices for supporting first-gen students!During this one-hour discussion, Yasi will cover:🔷 The unique experiences of first-generation students as part of the career exploration process, including being the first to navigate the college and career experience, financial constraints, and imposter syndrome🔷 How career leaders can best support first-generation students in career development🔷 How to consider adapting career advising, workshops, and resources to meet the unique needs and circ*mstances of first-generation students 🔷 Immediate strategies that can be implemented to increase support for first-generation students🔷 And moreLearn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gJTBPPns#CareerEverywhere #careerservices #highereducation #careercenter #firstgenstudents #studentsuccess

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It's time for this week's career services job roundup! We have 60+ open jobs in our Career Everywhere Job Board right now. Here are a few of the latest additions. 👇🔷 Associate Director for Career and Employer Engagement at University of Puget Sound: https://lnkd.in/gUyBTuMF🔷 Assistant Dean, Career Planning Center at Fordham University: https://lnkd.in/gq3cjRez🔷 Assistant Director/Career Consultant at University of Notre Dame: https://lnkd.in/g8iM8r7e🔷 Associate Director of Student Career Services at University of Southern California: https://lnkd.in/gr6nP9Qg🔷 Assistant Director of Career Integration at Oregon State University: https://lnkd.in/gh_vanBxCheck out the Career Everywhere Job Board here: https://lnkd.in/g8CQVzsZ#CareerEverywhere #careerservices #highereducation #careerdevelopment #hiring #higheredjobs

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Career services is a HARD job, and it's challenging to serve a diverse student body in a way that's high-touch, personalized, and scalable.In a recent episode of the Career Everywhere podcast, David Kozhuk, founder and CEO of uConnect, shares his thoughts on these challenges 👇Watch, read, or listen to David's episode here: https://lnkd.in/gfpEx2BU#CareerEverywhere #careerservices #highereducation #careerdevelopment #podcast

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