Career Identity Program

1. Career Identity Program Creating a Comprehensive Academic-to-Career Plan for First-Year Students @wolfpackcareer Marcy Bullock, M.S. Lori Nero Ghosal, Ed.D.

2. NC State University – Who are we? • Over 34,000 students; 24,000 undergraduates • 12 Colleges, 65 departments, 300 degree programs – Strong Engineering Focus • Students from North Carolina, all 50 states, International 109 Countries • Diverse, top of their high school class

3. Professional Development Team Marcy Bullock, M.S. Director of Professional Development Lori Nero Ghosal, Ed.D. Career Identity Coach Courtney Jones, M.S. Career Identity Coach

4. Identifying the Challenges • 80% of all students change majors at least once before graduation (3 times average)* • NC State requires students to apply to a College, declare a major, competitive • Siloed campuses isolate issues when holistic resources serve students better • 18-year-olds still undergoing identity development, have limited life/career knowledge and experience • Unexamined expectations and assumptions compound problem * National Center for Education Statistics, Mar 15, 2013

5. Our Response – Career Identity Program • Provides students resources to help them make connections between their identity and career pathways from day 1 • Not credit bearing – less time/cost commitment, lower bar to participation

6. What is it? • A year-long certificate program including 6 core and 6 elective workshops for first-year students • Collaboration between Academic and Student Services • 4 Individual career identity coaching appointments with Career Identity Coaches • Social events, celebrations and retreat to create student connections across campus

7. Career Identity Program: Mission To help students build meaningful careers through workshops and coaching sessions where they will identify their values, skills, and interests, make connections to high impact activities, and apply all content to their majors and career goals, thereby creating a comprehensive academic to career plan.

8. Learning Outcomes Students will: • Engage in self-awareness; identify values, interests, personality, and skills • Identify careers and majors that fit these aspects of themselves • Learn about co-curricular and “high-impact” activities to complement and support their career goals • Create a comprehensive academic to career plan that reflects their career identity

9. The Details Cohort 2: 2017-18 186 Participants 72.8% Engineering 19% Humanities & Social Sciences 2.1% University College 4.9% Sciences Cohort 1: 2016-17 139 Participants 63.5% Engineering 33.5% Humanities & Social Sciences 2.1% University College 136 student completed CIP and 97% of post-assessment respondents would recommend CIP to others.

10. Interlocking Support Structure for Students

11. Career Identity Coaching Self Knowledge Knowledge of Major Career Identity Coaching Career Knowledge Student Development

12. What Does It Include?

13. Let’s Try It! Workshop 1: Personal & Professional Values

14. Values Wheel

15. Master Academic Plan

16. Master Academic Plan

17. Assessment Outcomes How confident do you feel about your choice of major? 97% said the CIP provided education and support to help them develop career confidence, awareness and competence

18. Do you have a clear and comprehensive academic plan? 94% said the CIP helped them create a comprehensive academic plan to prepare for career pathway

19. Do you have a clear and comprehensive career plan?

20. Do you feel your career plan reflects your strengths, values, passions? 94% said CIP helped them identify and choose a major that reflects their interests, skills, abilities and passions and relate them to a meaningful career path

21. Career Identity Leadership Retreat • 26 First and Second Year Students • Peer mentoring • Team Building & Leadership Activities • High Ropes Course • Privilege Walk • Problem Solving Activities • Sustainability Focus and Project

22. End-of-Year Celebration! Certificates Activities Student Recognitions

23. Expanding Career Identity Around Campus!

24. Career Identity Advocate Coach Training Program • 15 Hours; 7 Sessions • Distinctions among coaching, advising, counseling • Coaching skill development (Based on ICF) • Experiential review of all workshops • Peer-to-peer coaching skills practice and support • Toolbox of resources • Pre-Assessment / Post-Assessment • Certificate of Completion

25. CIA Testimonials I wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying the Career Identity Coach training.  I enjoy the activities the students complete and the training I have received from Lori. I plan to use the CIA training next year with our second year students. This is  an innovative program that other universities are not doing with their students. Thanks for the opportunity to learn more about how to work with students about their careers. - LeNelle Patrick, Academic Coach, Exploratory Studies Thanks to all of you for your generosity in inviting STS students to participate in the Career Identity Program. As we walked back to the office, Carol Ann and I talked about how thrilled we are to have this chance for our students.  -Matthew Booker, Professor Department Head

26. Next Steps 2018-19 Cohort 3: Increase numbers of students to 200+ (Add 25 hours graduate student coach) Second retreat – in partnership with Inter College Transfer Distance Ed options Second CIA training with continued partnerships: Advisors and Staff from Academic and Student Services Departments • Office of International Students • Living & Learning Villages • TRIO • Fellowship Advising Office • Exploratory Studies

27. Bring Career Identity To Your Campus! • Identify stakeholders (Colleges, Career Center, First-Year Programs, Advisors) • Develop curriculum (Sample tools on conference website) • Hire dedicated coaches • Develop counseling/coaching skill set • Recruit students

28. Thank You! Marcy Bullock, M.S. Marcy_Bullock@ncsu.edu www.linkedin.com/in/marcybullock @wolfpackcareer Lori Nero Ghosal, Ed.D. Lori_Ghosal@ncsu.edu www.linkedin.com/in/lorineroghosal