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Maximizing the Value of a CU Boulder Degree

Your Student’s Professional Development . Maximizing the Value of a CU Boulder Degree. Presented by Dr. Lisa Severy, Director of Career Services Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs. Career Decision-Making. Our Approach in Career Services. Who Am I and What Do I Want?

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Maximizing the Value of a CU Boulder Degree

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  1. Your Student’s Professional Development Maximizing the Value of a CU Boulder Degree Presented by Dr. Lisa Severy, Director of Career Services Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs

  2. Career Decision-Making Our Approach in Career Services • Who Am I and What Do I Want? • Strengths Based Approach • What’s Out There? • The World of Work • Decision • Action • Evaluation

  3. Your Child’s World of Work • No Promise of Life-Long Employment • No Predictable Career Paths • Viewing Employers as Clients • Multicultural & Global • Highly Technical in Every Field • Extended Adolescence & Exploration • More Likely to Return Home After Graduation • More Likely to Change Jobs Frequently

  4. Preferred Job Characteristics • Interesting Work • Good Benefits • Job Security • Chances for Promotion • Opportunity to Learn New Skills • Geographic Location • Minimum Week for Annual Leave • High Income • Being able to work independently • Limited job stress

  5. Best Practices for Retaining Young Adults Tuition Reimbursement Good Health Care Benefits In-House Training Performance Bonuses Flexible Work Hours Internal Job Postings Formal Mentoring Informal Mentoring Responsibility for Complete Tasks Special In-House Experiences

  6. What Employers Want Flexible Focused Directed Connected

  7. Marketable Skills • Computer Skills • Quantitative Skills • Communication Skills • Marketing Skills • Scientific Skills • Foreign Language Skills • Leadership Skills

  8. Gaining These Skills • Required & Elective Coursework • Student Organizations & Activities • Student Government - CUSG • Volunteer Work • Internships – Paid or Unpaid, Credit or No Credit • Jobs • Study Abroad

  9. Value-Added Enhancements • Grades • Extracurricular Activities • Contacts • Job-Seeking Skills • Relevant Course Work/ Course Projects • Professional Experience • Appropriate Use of Social-Networking Sites

  10. Considering Graduate School • Reasons to Attend • Advanced Training in a Specific Discipline • Requirements for Certain Fields • Higher Marketability & Wage (in some fields) • Joy of Learning & Research • Reasons Not to Attend • Lack of Career Focus • Pressure from Family or Friends • Misconceptions About the Job Market • Lack of Maturity • Unrealistic Expectations of Graduate School

  11. How YOU Can Help • Listen & Encourage Open Discussion • Reinforce the Idea that a Major and Career Decisions are NOT Permanent • Encourage Exploration • Help Students Connect with Professionals in Fields in Which They’re Curious • LinkedIN

  12. Support from CU • Career Counseling & Academic Advising • Forever Buffs • Internships & Co-Ops • (Major Department or Career Services) • Student Employment • Undergraduate Research Opportunities • Career & Professional Development Programming • Career Fairs & On-Campus Recruiting • LinkedIn Networking Group

  13. 2010-2011 Snapshot Current Estimated Annual ROI: Out-of-State, 9.5% In-State, 12%

  14. CareerServices.Colorado.edu Family Web Pages

  15. Come See Us! • Career Services • Open House Today! • 1:30 – 3:00 pm, C4C

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