Nicole Kyles-Burton, MS, MBA’s Post

🌟 According to a recent National Association of Colleges and Employers survey, 57% of student respondents said they used faculty as a job-search resource. Career centers can equip faculty with the information they need to better guide students in their career exploration and search. How? 🔍Develop faculty toolkits across disciplines; provide faculty with career information, labor market insights, and data on student outcomes; help faculty align their learning outcomes with career readiness competencies. 🎓 #CareerServices #Faculty #careerreadiness #studentsuccess

Each year, we place thousands of high school students in job shadows and hundreds of students in internships to help them explore future career opportunities, network with local employers, and learn about training opportunities to reach their goals. A key next step for students is participation in one of Kirkwood’s Career Academy programs, which are collections of courses in specific career areas. Participation in these programs allows students to earn not only high school credit but also college credit that can be used toward a future degree, all at no cost to them or their families. Read more about how college credit in high school work, combined with career exploration experiences, sets students up for success after high school: https://lnkd.in/gXRg2XYe

Champlain College is designed to get our students READY. 90% percent of our on-campus graduates have a successful career outcome within 6 months of graduation. 86% percent of graduates work in jobs related to their majors. We turn our curriculum upside-down, which means students take courses in a career-focused major the moment they step on campus. This allows them to get a meaningful internship as early as their first year and multiple internships over a college career. It can take over a decade for college graduates to recover from being underemployed in their first job. Champlain College proves that we can design colleges and universities to be engines of opportunity, where students successfully launch their lives.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers says that students with internship are more likely to be male, white students who are not first generation, and students who are not recipients of Pell grants. Northern Essex Community College is working to disrupt this pattern, making internships available to all it community college students, including those in liberal arts. For those who want to learn more about the future of academic internships, the The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interesting webinar on the subject: https://lnkd.in/e_4JXNwT

I’m so happy that this program exists and many congrats to the recipients. Providing funding for grad students who have found non-paid internships is a great first step to facing the reality of the lack of tenure-track (TT) positions and simply preferring an industry career. However, I’ll always take it one step further. Humanities/social sciences grad students receive among, if not, the lowest PhD stipends at Carolina. Since I’m not in the academic job market, I’m unfamiliar with the available number of TT social science professorships but my hypothesis is they are also low. My question is, how is the UNC Graduate School preparing humanities/social science grad students to find PAID internships? As a Carolina grad student, I took it upon myself to find my internship and create my own path. How can University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill continue to do more and do better for its grad students to truly grow with North Carolina and the South?

Following up on our 2015 and 2019 alumni surveys, we are conducting another one to build on our knowledge of where they have been. Our numbers keep growing and there are now 385 BPhil, 111 BIS and 51 MPhil alumni. Previous surveys focused on the BPhil program, but we’re expanding it now to include all programs. Here are some highlights from the 2019 survey: - 53% response rate (154 submissions!)  - 80% of alumni had completed or were pursuing additional studies  - Fields of work with the highest representation were education, health services, government and legal  - Alumni wanted there to be a continuing focus on; internships, sense of community, small cohorts, community connections, learning how to address challenging problems, staff/faculty interaction, building self-awareness, and unconventional approaches to educational models. The current survey will be open until March 7, so tag another RC alumni in the comments that you think should fill it out, partly because we’ll be drawing for an RC swag pack for every 50 submissions we receive. Each pack will include a toque, t-shirt and mug https://lnkd.in/d6hY8Kyb

The college years are the best time for young people to get experience and build an impressive résumé they’ll be proud to submit to prospective employers as they near graduation! From volunteer work to internships to involvement in campus organizations, plenty of opportunities are available that help students develop the skills and relationships they’ll need as they enter the professional world. Here are eight ways to get started: bit.ly/3Jps6Ry.

Never let your university or college name define you. I have seen so many students who are insecure about their university or college they have graduated from. They carry this insecurity for many years. A 3 hour exam with 180 multiple choice questions cannot define you as a person. The grad school application process and the university where you get in, cannot define you as a person. Human potential is way higher than that. A top university or college can open doors for you. But what happens after that door opens is entirely upto the hardwork you put in. That hardwork is independent of the college or university. If you are reading this: keep working hard, keep working on projects, internships, research publications. It does not matter in the long run which college you belong to. Human potential is way higher than a rank given based on fixed metrics.

Dartmouth College undergraduate students interested in internships, research experiences, and other opportunities over the winter term, the Center for Professional Development's winter 2024 funding application is now open! Students may apply for up to $5,000. Deadline: 10/23 at 9 a.m. EST. Preference is given to students who have been offered an unpaid or low-paying internship, research experience, or other opportunity. Common costs offset by CPD funding include rent/housing, transportation, meals/groceries, and reasonable items necessary for the successful completion of the opportunity. To apply for funding from the CPD, applicants must be currently enrolled Dartmouth students and enrolled at least one term following the internship. More information and application here: https://bit.ly/3B8GTPI. Questions? Want help with an application? Read this: https://bit.ly/3TycReo then make an appt with a CPD Career Coach here: https://bit.ly/3TDRisR.

Visit the Munk School table at an upcoming graduate fair! Learn about our Master of Public Policy and Master of Global Affairs programs, and get your questions answered about applications, admission requirements, career opportunities, internships, and more.    Learn more: https://bit.ly/4e24IXM #graduateschool #mastersprogram #uoft #globalaffairs #publicpolicy