Leveraging Alumni to Help Job-Seeking Students |
Results from NACE’s Class of 2015 Student Survey show that career centers that incorporate alumni into their programming can provide students with ready access to an effective job-search resource. |
Seventy Percent of Class of 2016 Grads Planned to Enter Work Force |
For the Class of 2016, 69 percent of bachelor’s degree graduates planned to enter the work force and 25 percent planned to continue their education, according to results of NACE’s Class of 2016 Student Survey. |
STEM Students Most Likely to Use Services Tied to Imminent Job Search |
Among Class of 2015 STEM students, the most used career center services were those of the most immediacy to the job search, according to NACE’s Students in Demand: An Insight Into Class of 2015 STEM Graduates. However, the perceived helpfulness of these and other services varied by major. |
The Impact of Major on the Post-Graduation Plans |
Major, and to a lesser extent, gender, race/ethnicity, and GPA, had an effect on the post-graduation plans of Class of 2016 bachelor’s degree graduates, according to results of NACE’s Class of 2016 Student Survey. |
Use of the Career Center by First-Generation Students |
First-generation students use online career services more frequently than do their non-first-generation classmates. But is online delivery effective? |
Student Activism Rare at Career Events |
Just 21.2 percent of colleges and universities reported that they have experienced any student activism at career events over the past three years. |
Nearly 86 Percent of Class of 2017 Visited Career Center |
Nearly 86 percent of Class of 2017 students who started the job search visited the career center—either in-office or online—at least once in the past year. |
Including Religion on a Resume |
What advice would you offer to a student who wants to include religious information on his or her resume? |
Frequent Career Services Visitors Tend to Do So Online |
The more often bachelor’s-level students visited career services, the more likely they were to do so online. |
Freshmen, Sophomores Indicate Preferences for In-Office, Online Services |
NACE’s 2018 Student Survey offers insight into which career services bring freshmen and sophomores into the career center. |
Alternative Names for a “Gap Year” |
What do you call a “gap year” if you want to demonstrate a special transition period in education? |