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Planning the Next Transition: Career Services

Planning the Next Transition: Career Services. Wendy Winter-Searcy, Arapahoe Community College Career and Transfer Center Judy Brobst , Colorado State University Career Center. Meeting the Needs of College Students. 45% of all college students start at a community college

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Planning the Next Transition: Career Services

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  1. Planning the Next Transition: Career Services Wendy Winter-Searcy, Arapahoe Community College Career and Transfer Center Judy Brobst, Colorado State University Career Center

  2. Meeting the Needs of College Students • 45% of all college students start at a community college • 90% of all entering community college students intend to transfer, yet the national transfer rate was only 29% (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center) • Many of our students are working while in school

  3. Why Offer Career Services • Development of career pathways • Persistence related to goal-orientation • Training on workplace employability skills • Connect with employer networks

  4. Process of Advising* • Explore life goals • Explore vocational goals • Program choice • Course choice • Scheduling courses Components of career services “Updating Academic Advising for the 21st Century, Terry O’Banion Community College Times, 11/21/12

  5. Community College Career Services • Different models of delivering service • Independent department • Integrated with Advising • Integrated with Crisis Counseling • Integrated with Faculty • Most often part of Student Services division • Varying levels of funding and institutional support

  6. ACC Career and Transfer Center Mission • The Career and Transfer Center exists to provide developmentally appropriate career and educational assistance for students, including: • self-discovery • career exploration • workplace skills and experiential learning • transitions to either continuing education (transfer) or the workplace (employment)

  7. Services Offered • Career counseling • Individual appointments for career exploration and assessment • Transfer services • Connections to four-year universities and searchable transfer agreement database • Employment services • Job search skill development as well as a job database • Groups, workshops, and class presentations • Events • Career and transfer fairs, as well as industry panels

  8. Highlights • Groups – Career Explorer • Workshops – You’re Graduating, Now What? • Classroom Presentations • Examples: • AAA 109 – Advanced Academic Achievement – goal setting • MAT 090 and MAT 120 – integrate math problems in careers and evaluate labor market information • PSY 102 – personality theories

  9. 4-Year Model of Career Services • Central location and/or specialized offices • Counselors work in conjunction with academic advising • May be combined with academic advising • Referral service to other on and off campus resources • Often collaborate with retention/diversity offices

  10. First Point of Contact • Often a first point of contact for Transfer Students • Will refer to Transfer Office for complete service delivery • Will ask about transfer credits, what courses should I take • Will refer to academic advising and TransferU through registrar’s page

  11. On Campus • For most students they have 2 years to get the plan implemented and/or organize a plan and start to execute it • Connect with Career Services early • Through academic advising • Through visit day • Through orientation • Through retention offices • Through diversity offices • Through faculty members

  12. Career Services Focus • Developmental – still deciding on a major/change major/what will I do with a major • Experiential Learning – internships/co-ops/volunteer opportunities • They have 1 maybe 2 summers to complete summer opportunity • Graduate school • For some they have 1 year before they start the application process • Job Search

  13. Leadership • How to articulate leadership • How can they develop if they don’t have • Student clubs and organizations • Working while attending school • Participating in sports • Organizations outside of school that they participate in • President’s Leadership Program

  14. When To Use Services • Sooner rather than later • Career Services can help a Transfer student feel connected to the University • Career Services can help a Transfer student find resources • Career Services can be a “one stop shop”

  15. For Discussion • What are the career services needs on your campus? • What works and what doesn’t in career services? • Who are your campus partners? • How do you help students transfer successfully?

  16. Thank you for your time today! • Wendy Winter-Searcy, Career and Transfer Center Coordinator • Arapahoe Community College • Wendy.winter-searcy@arapahoe.edu, 303-797-5809 • Judy Brobst, Career Center Liaison, College of Natural Sciences • Colorado State University • Judy.brobst@colostate.edu, 970-491-1190

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