Get Your Students Hired
This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:
Institutional Best Practices to Maximize Graduate Employment Outcomes --> Making Relationships Your Differentiator
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
Comment on Ashley Gramma's post: I very much agree with your statement. We very much appreciate when recruiters visit our school to talk with our students. We let these recruiters know how much we and our students value time and the information they shared regarding job/career opportunities.
Having a community not only endorses growth and perseverance but as well as accountability in doing what is right.
I love the idea of including Alumni & employer partners in on student engagement. As a student myself, I can see how this would be so beneficial to student motivation as well as our employer relationships.
I had never heard of Equipped for the Future Work-Readiness Credential, SkillsUSA Workforce Ready System, Student Job Ready Credential, Work Readiness Credential, and WorkKeys Readiness.
I agree making community partnerships and keeping good employer relationships is key to having a successful Career & Student Services Department.
One thing I did take away from this lesson is the importance of an alumni association.
I have learned that building strong relationships is crucial for maximizing graduate employment outcomes. To achieve this, I have cultivated meaningful partnerships with employers, engage our alumni network for mentoring and industry insights, establish industry advisory boards, offer personalized career guidance, and organize networking events and professional development workshops. By tracking employment outcomes, I can evaluate the effectiveness of our efforts. These practices will give our graduates a competitive edge in the job market.
Various types of partnerships are really helpful and key to operate a successful career services center.
This module reaffirmed the importance of all departments in the success of graduate placements and employment outcomes. I also got some ideas of things to do with the community.
I love this section that emphasizes building long-lasting relationships and trust thru steady, consistant, collaborative efforts that benefit all stakeholders! Partnering with community organizations, beyond potential employers, solidifies the educational institution's perception by the community it serves & establishes a multi-pronged approach to "give-back". In addition, partnering with Alumni to promote their own stories, speaks volumes about the integrity of the graduate's experience & willingness to assist, a student who is coming up behind them. Their words are hugely powerful and make lasting impressions on upcoming graduates.
Involving key partners in the community can help with providing readienss resources to students. There are credentials available as well.
Creating a full circle relationship from student to alumni back to alumni being the contact and mentor for newer students is a great way to help students feel more confident and resurceful.
It is very important to engage with your alumni and community. It's very important to attend your community partners' events and show them an appreciation for hiring our alumni. As well as partnering with time to provide helpful resources to our alumni.
I have learned that you can reach out to the community to build relationships with that will not only help with employment opportunities for students and alumni but also help them overcome employment barriers wherein these companies could provide guest speakers and seminars on interviewing, and work place readiness. I have also been reminded of the importance of early intervention with students wherin it is critical to build strong and trusting relationships with students from their first day of class until post graduation. I intend to not only meet with students in the classroom in the beginning and end of each semester but also find creative ways to have students participate in school functions throughout the semester such as peer tutoring and help create and market necessary seminars for each program.
We must engage everyone on campus as wellas our Alumni and other eduacational partners in order to be sucessfull.
The student's succes depends on this cohesive relationship.
We currently have alumni who are highly engaged with our program. I like the idea from S. Brassard about recognizing these alumni further to highlight these relationships with current students, community groups & families.
This module really puts relations between industry, community organizations, higher education, alumni and faculty into perspective. In order to have a successful program, relationships must be strong across all areas. One area that tends to lack is alumni relations. Alumni tend to move away or we lose contact because their email addresses shut down within 6 months of graduation. Putting together an alumni organization to maintaining those relationships can truly benefit the program.
We do a fair deal of alumni recognition but could benefit from creating an alumni Hall of Fame, not only would it be a nice way to recognize alumni but it would also be a means to show current students that they are valued and show examples of successes that can be achieved for themselves.
Relationships with alumni provide important networks for both the institution and students. These connections incease career opportunities for students and provide future candidates for businesses.