Incorporating Career Development Throughout the Student Lifecycle

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Incorporating Career Development Throughout the Student Lifecycle

A webinar by InsideTrack

Confidential © InsideTrack


Incorporating Career Development Throughout the Student Lifecycle

Today’s agenda •  Welcome and webinar logistics •  Introduction of panelists and InsideTrack’s recent experience with the topic •  Overview of career development today •  Preparing students for long-term success •  Thinking beyond the Career Services office •  Discussion and Q&A


Our Moderator

Catherine Parkay oversees InsideTrack’s research and thought leadership agenda with higher education luminaries and industry partners. Catherine was previously responsible for Program Development at InsideTrack advising institutions in designing student support programs to improve enrollment, retention, and graduation, and managing those programs as a Campus Director for numerous universities. Additionally, Catherine spent several years working directly with students as an InsideTrack Master Coach. She volunteers her time and expertise as a mentor to first-generation students and as President of the Junior League of Portland, OR. Prior to InsideTrack, Catherine was Assistant Director of Enrollment Management at Washington State University where she holds a B.A. from the Honors College in Anthropology and English.

Catherine Parkay Research Programs Director InsideTrack @catparkay


Our Panelists

Angela Gaffney firmly believes in the transformative power of education and is passionate about helping others achieve their potential. As a first-generation student, she credits individualized support from professors as an underlying factor in graduating with distinction. Angela has held both enrollment and retention coaching roles at InsideTrack for a variety of institutions before moving into management. Since then she’s led professional career coaching teams in the adult and professional segment. Prior to joining InsideTrack over 3 years ago, Angela was an admissions counselor for Western Washington University. She brings a unique perspective to career development having worked for an Executive Search Firm before shifting her career toward education. Angela holds a B.A. from Kenyon College and completed an evening M.B.A. program while working full time.

Angela Gaffney Associate Campus Director InsideTrack


Our Panelists

Chris is an Executive Career Coach currently working with clients in the Columbia University School of Continuing Education graduate departments in New York City. Chris has been coaching at InsideTrack for five years, but was a university student and administrator mentor in Portland, Oregon and Szeged, Hungary for the five years previous. His professional experiences span a broad range of industries, which allows him to understand and communicate the career development challenges that his clients present to him. Chris’s career development mantra: Know your strengths, present your value, own your path.

Chris Hayes Career Coach InsideTrack


Our Panelists

Caitlin Collins joined InsideTrack in 2010. The company's mission of empowering students through coaching drew Caitlin to her first role as a Prospective Student Coach for working professional students. Caitlin has also supported the launch of several innovative new services, including Graduate Admissions Counseling for Golden Gate University and Executive Career Coaching for Columbia University. She now serves as Campus Manager and Career Coach for PhD students at Walden University. Prior to InsideTrack, Caitlin spent over four years working in higher education as a writing tutor, admissions operations supervisor, and volunteer coordinator for several universities. Caitlin earned her BA in English from the University of Portland and her MA in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas at Austin. A native Oregonian, she enjoys exploring all of Portland's natural and cultural offerings. Caitlin also enjoys running, writing, knitting, and cooking in her spare time.

Caitlin Collins Campus Manager InsideTrack


Our Panelists

Steve Cohn is an InsideTrack-certified Master Coach who joined the company in 2008 and has coached over 1,000 enrolled graduate and undergraduate-adult students toward academic and professional/career success, fulfillment, and stress reduction. He specializes in providing a holistic model of coaching. In addition to bringing experience from across industries (media, telecommunications, tech start-up, higher education services, nonprofits, consulting, and strategic writing), Steve understands the demands of rigorous graduate degree programs. He was recognized as an outstanding MBA scholar in Marketing by the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Steve offers a radiant passion for helping people envision and achieve their heartfelt goals and dreams. Outside of coaching, Steve consults as a professional grant writer. Prior to working at InsideTrack, Steve served as the chief-of-staff for The McLaughlin Group public affairs TV show in Washington, DC. He lives (and very often laughs) in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Steve Cohn Career Coach InsideTrack


Our Panelists

Angela Gaffney Assoc. Campus Director

Chris Hayes Career Coach

Steve Cohn Career Coach

Caitlin Collins Campus Manager


Career Development Today

InsideTrack’s Career Coaching programs have grown due to pressure for institutions to: •  Equip students with the

skills and attitudes necessary for long-term success

•  Differentiate and enhance the value of top programs

•  Improve student engagement, persistence, and satisfaction



Career Coaching at InsideTrack

Highly skilled coaching builds the non-academic skills that lead to long-term student success. 7-month Career Coach Training curriculum for our top coaches Structured coaching curriculum helps students clarify values and goals, find the right career and employer, then get and keep their dream job



Partial list of our Career Coaching tools and meeting topics

•  Build Your Professional Brand •  Building Skills and Experience •  Career Checklist •  Career Fairs •  Choosing Resume Formats •  Develop and Format Cover Letter •  Develop Your Elevator Pitch •  Develop Your Online Presence •  Evaluate your Skills and Strengths •  First 100 Days •  Identify Your Values •  Informational Interviews

•  Internships •  Interviewing •  Job Offer •  LinkedIn Profile •  Manage Your Job Search •  Mock Interview •  Negotiate Your Job offer •  Networking •  References •  Research Your Job Market •  Resume Guide •  Skills, Strengths, Opportunities •  Your Career Goals


Preparing Students for Long-Term Success

•  Building student resilience, perspective, and cultivating a growth mindset

•  Speeding time to application through regular reflection and connecting the classroom to real word workplace scenarios

•  Communication and expectations in the workplace

Career success requires more than a degree or a perfect resume

•  Learning how to learn, work in teams, and respond to and deliver difficult feedback

•  How to be managed by your boss and “manage up”

•  Networking and social media •  Being a person people want to work

with



Providing the right career support at the right time

Career development must feel relevant at every stage in the student lifecycle in order for students to engage •  Recruitment •  Enrollment/Orientation •  First term •  Middle terms

•  Near graduation •  Active internship/job search •  The first year on the job •  Advancing or changing careers



Preparing students for an uncertain future

Many programs with less “obvious” career paths remain excellent preparations for 21st Century careers Students in these programs need help translating their skills and understanding career options

“Employers endorse a blended model of liberal and applied learning” AAC&U report It Takes More than a Major



Success is more than a paycheck

We want to prepare students to meet the needs of our economy and become productive members of society

The health and wellness of individuals and families is essential for sustainable productivity and thoughtful, ethical economic development and innovation



Contact

To learn more about career coaching for your institution, contact [email protected] This webinar was recorded and available for on-demand viewing from our website. Please visit http://www.insidetrack.com/webinars to download About InsideTrack Society thrives when students succeed. Since 2001, InsideTrack has used a proven combination of coaching, analytics, consulting and technology to unlock potential in millions of students and the institutions they attend. We invite you to join the leading colleges, universities, foundations and others working with us to enhance the transformative power of higher education. Please visit us at www.insidetrack.com and follow us on Twitter @InsideTrack.


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