COMPETITORS OR ALLIESCAFCE AND CACEE

Moving forward in a competitive market

CAFCE/CACEE working group

• Jeela Jones, CAFCE President, 2013/14• Karen Reimer, CAFCE Accreditation Council

• Jennifer McCleary, CACEE President, 2013/2014• Carol Ann Olheiser, CACEE Member

Scope of discussion

Over the past several years CAFCE and CACEE have worked collaboratively on a variety of initiatives.

• Should this end?

• Or should collaboration become a mutual goal?

• Are CAFCE and CACEE in competition or are they allies within an ever changing market?

The Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE) and the Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers (CACEE) are

two associations that seek to enable student employment.

Is there power in partnerships?

What are we going to do today?

Review• CAFCE and CACEE – similarities

and differences

• CAFCE/CACEE collaboration to date

• Opportunities and challenges

Discussion• Open forum

Why us? Why now?

CACEE

Vision: To be Canada's leading authority on the post-secondary school to career transition.

Mission: To advance and support on-campus recruitment and career education by providing: leadership, information, resources and a professional network for:• Career Educators - to prepare post-secondary students for a successful

transition into their careers;• Employers - to attract, recruit and retain the right talent on-campus

• Number of members = 400• Membership = Educators, Employers & Affiliates

CAFCE

Vision: To be the voice for post-secondary co-operative education in Canada.

Mission: Our mission is to foster and advance post-secondary co-operative education in Canada.• We do this through a national forum of professional co-op practitioners; by

establishing national standards and promoting the value of co-operative education; and by delivering opportunities for learning and sharing of best practices.

• Number of members = 541• Membership = Directors, Co-op coordinators, a few

employers

Volunteerism – is it sustainable?CACEE

(12 committees)

• National Board – 12• Ontario Regional Advisory Board – 13• Atlantic Regional Advisory Board – 6• Quebec Regional Advisory Board – 5• Canada West Regional Advisory Board – 11

• Communications Committee – 4• Awards & Recognition Committee – 10

• Diversity – 5• Education – 2• Ethics – 5• Performance – 4• Business School – 1 TOTAL = 78

CAFCE(8 committees)

• National Board – 17

• PR & Communications Committee – 5• Nominations and Awards – 3• Co-op Student of the Year Awards

Selection Committee – 8

• International Committee – 22• PD Committee – 9• Research Committee – 12• Membership Committee – 4

TOTAL = 80

History of joint initiatives

• CAFCE/CACEE Conference presentation overlaps• Christine Arsenault, Past-President of CAFCE and

Jennifer McCleary, President of CACEE meeting• Invitation CACEE Executive Director to speak at CAFCE

AGM 2013• CAFCE President guest editing CACEE Career Options

Magazine 2014• …

New joint initiatives

December 2014

CACEE Year End PD Event –

will include some Co-op

programming

June 2015

CACEE Ottawa EWO will be

organizing 1-day of Co-op

programming

Current

CAFCE/CACEE events calendar

We are identifying key dates/activities to build on each

other’s programming

Challenges in today’s education sector• Shrinking college/university budgets for membership in professional

associations along with limited attendance at conferences and PD events

• Membership overlap• Fragile volunteer base – seems to be the same people volunteering

and we are facing older, soon-to-retire, volunteer-fatigue, volunteers taking on more than one committee/working group

• Limited growth in resources: memberships, volunteers, financial, time

What other challenges you have identified?

Trends in today’s market

• Merging of co-op and career offices on campuses

• Increased emphasis on experiential learning

• Career education vs. career development (in or outside the classroom)

• Technology disrupting campus recruitment best practices (ie. employers on-campus at career fairs)

Other trends you have noticed?

Joint opportunities to consider

• Webinars• Professional Development Events• Conferences• Networking• Certification• Efficiencies• Sharing expertise and best practices• Re-invigorating interest

Open forum – what’s on your mind?