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College Graduation Isn't Enough: Supporting First Generation Students for Career Leadership

Discover the superpowers of first-generation college students and how they can find success in their careers. Join us to explore career readiness and leadership development programs designed to support under-resourced students. Learn about free career resources and assessment tools to help you find the right career path.

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College Graduation Isn't Enough: Supporting First Generation Students for Career Leadership

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  1. College Graduation Isn’t Enough: Supporting First Generation Students from College to Leadership in Careers Dr. Toinette Gunn Vice President, Programs April 13, 2018

  2. What’s Your Superpower?

  3. ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW • We uniquely select, train, & mentor academically ambitious students from under-resourced communities to complete college & become the next generation of leaders who will transform their neighborhoods and our city. Vision • Mission Driven • Collaboration • Excellence • Belief • Innovation • Data Driven • A vibrant Chicago powered by diverse leaders from every neighborhood. Core Values Mission

  4. What’s THE Focus?

  5. A fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions

  6. What are the superpowers of first generation college students that can help them to find success in their careers?

  7. Our Career Readiness & Leadership Development Programming Redesigned

  8. Two-Track Programming

  9. Support Most Critical to First Generation & Under-resourced Student Career & Leadership Success: Exposure to & Support in Identifying the RIGHT Career Path Training to Develop Soft Skills • Support Support in Securing an Internship Personalized Coaching

  10. What Can You Do, What Are You Doing?

  11. University Websites with Free Career Resources! • University of Pennsylvania • Harvard University • University of Michigan • UC Berkeley

  12. Recommended Websites • The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) • The Muse • Harvard Business Review • Business Insider

  13. Career Assessment Tools • The below tools help you assess and connect career interests, skills, & values to jobs and careers you may not have known about: • Connecting interests to actual jobs: O-Net Interest Profiler • Play games to see what you are good at: https://www.pymetrics.com/ • Strengths Assessment (other free tests): https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/

  14. Let’s Continue the Conversation….

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