It Takes a Village to Get Our Students Job Ready--- Faculty, Academic Advisors and Career

AdvisorsBy

Teresa Ling, Assistant DeanMary Lou Moffat, Director of Albers

Placement CenterAlbers School of Business and Economics

Seattle University

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The Three Components Working Together with the Students

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Roles of Faculty

• Challenging students to be the best that they can be through their teaching of major knowledge areas

• Being a Faculty Mentor using their professional knowledge and connection with professions to guide mentees in career planning

• Emphasis on writing across curriculum, so that students learn how to communicate analytical results to different audiences

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Roles of Faculty 2

• Prepare students for life-long learning

• More recently, faculty are designing more experiential opportunities – project-based classes, case analysis, service-learning, supervision of internships

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Roles of Academic Advisor

• Making sure that students are making progress in completing the degree programs in a timely manner.

• Advisors also provide advise for concerning course offerings and class schedules

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Roles of Career Services

• Provide one-on-one career coaching• Provide information on job and internship

opportunities, employment resources• Bring the business community on campus

through career expos and on-campus interviews

• Administer Albers Mentor Program

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Role of Career Services 2

• Provide workshops on Resume Writing, Mock Interview, Social Media such as LinkedIn

• Monitoring internship for credit process

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Intersections Among Faculty, Advising, and Career Services

• Having in-class consulting projects, to give students with practical experiences to bring value to prospective employment situations

• Recommend good students for jobs/internships that are brought to the faculty attention by career services, alums and industry connections

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Interaction Among Faculty, Advising, and Career Services

• Two and four year plans that include academics, extracurricular activities, and career development

• Providing events that will connect students with faculty and career services for students’ discernment of career issues “Profs & Pizza”, “Gear-Up Event”, “From Freshman to Professional”, “Intake Day” for various majors

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Interaction Among Faculty, Advising, and Career Services

• Participate in the class rooms at the Business Communication class, the Capstone class.

• Resume review as part of management classes• Capstone class include an exercise, “Living

your Personal Mission, administered by career services

• Intro. to Business class includes faculty, advisors, and career services

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Interaction Among Faculty, Advising, and Career Services

• Detailed “Career Success Checklist” used by faculty, advisers, and career services

• Many class speakers recommended by faculty and career services

• Participate in the Orientation/Intake Days

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Interaction Among Faculty, Advising, and Career Services

• Internships for credit are coordinated with career services and faculty members require three papers requiring students to reflect on the application of academic content to the requirements of the internship position

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What makes this model work well for our students?

• Individualized and Specialized service for studentsFaculty—Academic Advisor—Career Services

• Integrated amongst the three components--coordinated events--open communications--referrals

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What makes this model work well for our students? 2

• Focus on experiential learning--Internships--Clubs--Project based/consulting projects--Service learning projects

• Whole experiences

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Student Experience--Freshman• Albers New Student Orientation Reception

O+O+O• Get to know your New Student Mentor O• Attend the Etiquette dinner O• Attend the From Freshman to Professional

networking event O+O+O• Visit Albers Placement Center (APC) to

learn about their resources and services O+O

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Student Experience—Freshman2

• Join a business student organization or club O+O

• Access profile on the Redhawk Network O

• Take the CareerLeader online assessment tool to explore various career field O+O

• Work hard academically O+O

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• Have resumes review by APC as part of the required BCOM 280 class O+O

• Attend the Business Career Fair in the Fall Quarter O

• Attend the Profs & Pizza event O+O+O• Attend the Internship Fair in the

Winter quarter O

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Student Experience—Sophomore

Student Experience --Sophomore2

• Attend career related workshops put on by the APC O

• Attend the Career Expo in the Spring quarter O

• Participate in company resume reviews and/or mock interviews through APC O

• Join a business student organization or club O+O

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Student Experience--Junior• Utilizing the following resources to

search and obtain internship: Redhawk Network/weekly emails from APC /career advisor/ faculty/student club emails O O

• Attend Profs & Pizza and connect with faculty mentor O+O+O

• Run for an officer/leadership position in a student club on campus O+O

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Student Experience – Junior 2

• Attend the Business Career Fair in the fall, Internship Fair in the winter and the Career Expo in the spring O

• Participate in a Major Intake Day O+O+O• Attend networking events or industry

forums put on by clubs, dept, or APC O+O+O

• Keep resume and cover letter updated. Build class projects into resume. O+O+O

• Apply for internships and attend on-campus interviews O+O+O

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Student Experience--Senior• Participate in the Albers Mentor Program O• Attend the Business Career Fair in the Fall,

Internship Fair I the Winter and the Career Expo in Spring O+ O

• Keep resume updated to include experiences gained from project based course O+ O

• Attend mock interviews provided by professional recruiters O

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Student Experience – Senior2

• Apply for and attend on-campus interviews O• Attend networking events or industry forums

put on by student clubs, major departments or the Placement Center O+ O+ O

• Attend workshops on creating a profile on LinkedIn.com to help build network. Join the SU Alumni Group on LinkedIn after graduation O

• Participate in consulting projects and case related classes. O

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Your Models?

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Thank you for your input/ideas!

Our contact information:•Teresa Ling tling@seattleu.edu•Mary Lou Moffat moffatm@seattleu.edu

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