Career Connections Champions: Preparing Faculty and Staff for Career Conversations
Presenters: Michelle Talbert-Horsey, Alexis Mercado, Cassandra Sassaman, Khadeshia Edens-Kedens
Audience: Faculty, Staff
Join Zoom Meeting: https://ccp.zoom.us/j/98014314429
Learning Goals
Participants will:
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Understand how, by integrating career education into students' college experience, students will be better prepared to enter a diverse and equitable workforce and increase their lifetime career success and satisfaction.
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Learn how to access and use resources provided by Career Connections, which include Handshake, Big Interview, and Pathful Explore.
Seminar Description
This new program offered by Career Connections will improve student access to career services by assisting faculty and staff in developing their understanding of career readiness and how Career Connections can assist students throughout their collegiate experience at CCP. The goals of the Career Connections Champions program are threefold. One, to educate and empower our faculty and staff with career resources and tools when having conversations with students about their career plan. Two, establish consistent career readiness messaging for students across campus. Finally, scale career services resources to a larger population of students. The Career Connections Champions program is expected to improve inclusive access to services for all students and build a stronger, kinder and more empathetic college community that will ensure better student retention and outcomes. In this session, we will focus on career resources that faculty and staff can use to assist students in the moment with pressing career questions.