Advising

Advising Job Hunters and Graduates: Planning for the Class of 2010

Presented by: Susan Kennedy, Founder, Career Treking, LLC

This pre-recorded webinar is available on our digital archive! SEE BELOW!

The graduating class of 2009 faces challenges that no other graduating class has seen in decades.  The job market fell dramatically and at a historically rapid pace, leaving many career services professionals little time to reach the graduating seniors.  The comment “if only we had connected with the seniors sooner; no one had any idea what was going to happen between November and February” is prevalent. 

Many schools have seen pressure from parents and the administration to step up the efforts of career services going forward, yet allocating small budgets to do so. Career Services professionals are trying to devise ways to reach the class of 2010 earlier in the year as well as imbed themselves with the underclassmen. 

Career Treking LLC has conducted a survey of hundreds of college students and parents to determine the effectiveness of career services and what steps can be taken to increase satisfaction and usage.  This interactive webinar will share the results of that survey as well as identify steps career services professionals can take to get the students to utilize the resources available to them on campus and get more involved in their career.  Participants will take away the results of the survey as well as specific, cost effective steps they can take to address this challenge going forward.

Program Outline

• Survey Overview: The webinar will address the survey itself: methodology, questions, respondents, and timing

• Results: The results will be presented sorted by college student, anticipated year of graduation as well as major.  Parent responses will also be presented based on child’s year of graduation

• Action steps that Career Services can take to address the needs of the Class of 2010 will be proposed.

• Interactive discussion: Participants will be asked to share best practices with the group.

About the presenter

Susan Kennedy is a co founder of Career Treking LLC.  Career Treking LLC is a career coaching organization designed to assist young professionals navigate the job search process by assessing their skills, preparing them for interviews, networking, negotiating job offers and succeeding in their new career. Susan has over 20 years of experience recruiting, hiring and managing young professionals.  Her business background combined with her human resources experience brings a wealth of experience and practical knowledge that every young professional can benefit from.  Susan has been retained by many colleges as a speaker regarding the job search process.

The cost of this archived program is $65.

All you need to view the webinar is Windows Media Player!