| Autism Spectrum Disorders on the Rise |
| Career services and university recruiting professionals need to plan to meet the needs of students with autism spectrum disorder. |
| Dismantling Perceptions, Attitudes, and Assumptions: Women Leaders Are Interested in Advancement |
| Women in higher ed advance into top leadership roles at rate well below that of their male counterparts. Here’s what can be done. |
| Career Development Needs of First-Generation Students |
| First-generation have unique career development needs that career services can address. |
| Diplomas With Direction: A Qualitative Study of Career Counseling Support for First-Generation College Students |
| A qualitative study looks at how career counselors use their own experience as first-generation students to support first-generation students. |
| The Impact of Internships and Study Abroad on the Career Readiness of First-Generation Students |
NACE research suggests that internship and study-abroad
experiences have a positive effect on the career readiness of first-generation
students.
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| Equal Opportunity, Unequal Outcomes: Exploring Gender Inequality in Post-College Career Outcomes |
In
comparing both the first destinations and the lifelong professional outcomes
for women and men, there are some notable disparities, including in pay. What part
can higher ed play in eliminating the gender pay gap?
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| First-Generation Students and Job Success |
| Using data from NACE’s 2016 Student Survey, NACE research looks at factors that may influence the job success of first-generation students. |
| Immigration Key Issue in Legislative Landscape Update |
| Among the vulnerabilities of colleges and universities that could affect campuses and students are immigration and DACA. |
| International Student Hiring Climbs |
| More than 28 percent of employers plan to hire Class of 2019 international students, representing a nearly 5 percent gain from last year. |
| Minority Groups: Diversity-Minded Employer Is Top Factor |
| Positioning your organization can help boost its diversity-recruiting efforts among your target groups. |
| Students Rate Importance of Diversity-Recruiting Elements |
If you’re looking to boost your
organization’s diversity-recruiting efforts, it’s important to understand how
much race and gender affect student perceptions of diversity. |
| What First-Generation Students Are Seeking in Employers |
| Class of 2016 first-generation students gave greater weight to an organization being located close to home and embracing diversity than did their classmates. |
| Benchmarks: Diversity Recruiting Efforts, Target Groups |
| While the percentage of employers with a formal diversity recruiting effort has fluctuated since 2008, that percentage dropped significantly this year. |
| Diversity Recruiting: Formal Programs, Target Groups, and Sources |
| Diversity recruiting continues to be a core element of overall college recruiting programs, as 70.9 percent of employers responding to NACE’s 2015 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey report having a formal diversity recruiting program. |
| Diversity Recruiting Reaches Highest Level in 11 Years |
| The percentage of employers with diversity recruiting efforts is the highest it has been over the past 11 years. |
| Current Trends in Diversity Recruiting Practices |
| Texas Tech University undertook a study of recruiters at Big XII universities to identify current diversity recruiting practices. |
| Racial Disproportionalities Exist in Terms of Intern Representation |
| NACE research shows that disproportionalities exist in terms of race/ethnicity and representation by internship attainment and pay type. |
| Women Are Underrepresented Among Paid Interns |
| NACE research shows that women are overrepresented among unpaid interns and underrepresented among paid interns. |
| NACE Quick Poll: Responding to Racial Injustice |
| In August 2020, NACE launched quick polls to gauge how institutions, organizations, and individual career services and recruiting offices are responding to the need to address racial injustice. |
| First-Generation Students Underrepresented in Internships |
| First-generation college students are overrepresented among “never interns” and underrepresented among paid interns. |
| Quick Poll: How Employers, Colleges Are Responding to Racial Injustice |
| For many organizations and institutions that made commitments to take action in response to racial injustice, the work has yet to begin. |
| Employers, Colleges Remain Slow to Act on Commitments to Combat Racial Injustice |
| NACE’s quick poll assessing our field’s reaction to combat racial injustice show that employers and colleges have been slow to take action. |
| Final Results of NACE Quick Poll Shows Level of Response to Racial Injustice |
| The final results of NACE’s recent quick poll show how our field is responding to the need to address racial injustice. |
| Nearly 90% of Employers Have a Diversity Recruiting Strategy for Class of 2021 |
| More than 87% of responding organizations report that they have a diversity recruiting strategy for the Class of 2021, the second highest level reported in the past seven years. |
| Open the Door: Disparities in Paid Internships |
| NACE research shows that paid internships benefit students in their initial post-graduation job search: more job offers, higher starting salaries, and a shorter search. However, the data also show that this path to employment may be exclusive, with racial/ethnic minorities, women, and first-generation students all underrepresented in paid internships. |