Candice Shaver

Candice Shaver

Location: ozarka college, melbourne, ar

About me

I"m very new to my current role, but I am also very passionate about connecting with each student that comes to my office.  My goal is to help the students develop a realistic, obtainable academic and career path.  I have six children, ranging from ages 6-21, and one granddaughter that is 3 months old.  I plan on attending my first NACADA regional conference in March to hopefully gain useful insight about my role and to connect with other advisors who are in a similar setting.

Interests

career and academic advisement, student retention, perkins grant, tri, growing use of ai in career planning and development

Skills

ability to connect with students; career planning and goal setting, resume building/interview training

Activity

It's great information to share with students to research the organization they are applying to first to get tips on what to incorporate into their cover letters. I Love the resource tools to help students with references.  I think this part of a resume is a really tricky area to navigate and the tools are very beneficial to help students know who and who will not make a good reference.  

I believe it is very important to help a student determine from the beginning of their academic career what their interests are; if we can get students to enter areas that they are actually interested in, I believe this is a way to retain the student and keep them engaged in their education.  There is so much pressure on students from outside factors, like parents, for example, to do this or be that because it makes so much money....there is more to a career and being successful in that field than making money. Of course, we want our students to… >>>

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