NACE's Competency Symposium
Call for Proposals is now open! Submission deadline is September 19th.

NACE’s Fall 2024 Competency Symposium

Thursday, November 14, 2024 • 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET • Virtual

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Program Themes

Tell us how you are assessing career readiness competencies in innovative and impactful ways for career access and success. This assessment might be in the curriculum, in co-curricular engagements and activities, or in the workplace. We also invite entries in this category for members who have begun pilots to integrate the NACE Competency Assessment Tool.

Presentations in this category highlight how employers are using NACE competencies to connect to college talent, align with higher education partners, or upskill their early career employees.

These sessions will highlight employers, faculty members, and/or career services professionals who have an outstanding program, assignment, or initiative that develops one particular NACE competency in an innovative and effective way. We are particularly interested in cases where competency development occurs across areas, divisions, or organizations.

Faculty, or faculty and career services pairs who have developed innovative curricular integrations of NACE competency development and related career thinking into the classroom.

Submit a proposal

Thank you for your interest in submitting a proposal for NACE’s 2024 Competency Symposium! Sessions will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, November 14, 2024.

NACE seeks submissions that share leading practices and approaches to implementing campus-wide competency initiatives. Presentations should offer learners the opportunity to glean insights, strategies, and tactics for developing career-ready students and graduates.

Sessions should have 40 minutes allocated for learning and 20 minutes for networking/reflection. Please note that all sessions will be set up to allow for audience interaction and networking.

Submissions should also reflect sound adult learning principles and the best thinking in the field—informed by theory, research, and practice. The call for proposals will close on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Submit a Proposal


In an effort to increase equitable access to professional development, some sessions may be sponsored by various organizations.



Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. All submitters will be notified by mid-October 2024, via professionaldevelopment@naceweb.org. Sessions will be live and take place on November 14, 2024, starting at 10 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. ET.

Please review the submission form here. Your submission cannot be saved, so you must complete the form in one sitting.

All presenters will receive a complimentary registration to this year's event.

Learning Techniques: The level of meaningful interactivity incorporated into the format of the session in order to enhance learners’ experience and knowledge retention.

Practical Application: Whether the session topic addresses a relevant issue faced by today’s professionals and how the content of the session provides practical solutions.

Quality: The overall quality of the session topic based on the session title, learning objectives, and description provided.

Speaker Expertise: How the speaker’s skills and experience enable a dynamic session on the topic in question.

Each submission undergoes a blind peer-review process based on the above criteria.



Questions?

For additional questions on submitting a proposal, please contact the Education and Events team at professionaldevelopment@naceweb.org, 610.625.1026.

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Who should attend?

NACE’s Competency Symposium is for those who support a more successful and inclusive workforce through competency implementation and integration.

Employer Track

Higher ed leaders, staff, and faculty will learn how to...

• Integrate career readiness competencies campus-wide.
• Work with faculty to help students articulate the classroom to career connection.
• Partner with internship employers to help students develop competencies through real-world experience.



Peer Networking

Talent acquisition and recruitment professionals will learn how to...

• Work with college and universities to build a career ready, diverse, and inclusive workforce.
• Utilize tested strategies for competency/skills-based assessment and hiring
• Connect competencies/skills-based hiring with the development of a diverse and inclusive workforce.
• Help interns develop critical skills necessary for a successful career.

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Session Details

Keynote: Creating the NACE Competency Assessment Tool

Join us to kick off the event by hearing directly from NACE’s research team about the 18-month process of developing, testing, and launching the NACE Competency Assessment Tool. Dr. Mary Gatta, Director of Research and Public Policy, Dr. Niesha Taylor, Director of Career Readiness, and Dr. Josh Kahn, Associate Director of Research and Public Policy will share highlights of the process that will help you understand the strength of this first-ever valid and reliable career competency assessment tool and how you can use it to strengthen and champion career competency integration at your institution. 

Lunch & Learn

Check out two Technical Implementation Options for the NACE Competency Assessment Tool: Choose from 1 of our 2 exclusive partners for the NACE Competency Assessment Tool - Career Launch or Suitable to experience first-hand how they will deliver the NACE Competency Assessment Tool to your organization.   

Closing Session: AAC&U and NACE Leaders Share a Collaborative Approach to Assessment

The Launch of the NACE Competency Assessment Tool is a great opportunity to assess, understand, and advocate for centering career learning and success in higher education. In this session, we will hear from Dr. Ashley Finley, the Vice President for Research and Senior Advisor to the President at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and Matthew Brink, Chief Content & Programs Officer at NACE about an approach to introducing the NACE Competency Assessment Tool that is integrative and collaborative with other assessment processes underway. Join this session to see a crosswalk from the AAC&U Learning Outcomes to the NACE Career Competencies.  

Concurrent Session details coming soon!

About NACE

Established in 1956, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is a professional association that connects over 17,000 college career services professionals, university relations and recruiting professionals, and the business solution providers that serve this community.

Links

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