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Career Readiness Excellence Award

Course Helps LAS Students Understand the Skills and Attributes Essential for Career Success

August 08, 2024

By Kevin Gray

The University of Illinois Chicago, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Career Development Office, winner of the 2024 NACE Career Readiness Excellence Award, designed an innovative eight-week, one-credit career strengths-based course for its students. Read more.

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The NACE Competency Assessment Tool

Now you can operationalize career readiness and assess the proficiency of students, job candidates, interns, and new hires. Read more.

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Strategic Approaches to Integrating Career Readiness Competencies

Strategic Approaches to Integrating Career Readiness Competencies, developed by the NACE Career Integration Task Force, identifies strategies and practices for integrating career readiness skills and competencies institution-wide and examines how career readiness informs skills-based hiring. The publication also identifies further areas for research. Read more.

Working With Faculty

Helping Faculty Understand the Impact of the NACE Career Readiness Competencies

May 17, 2024

By Kevin Gray

The NACE Career Readiness Competencies can be a valuable tool to help faculty members demonstrate to administrators, students, and parents that what they do creates long-term value for students. Read more.

Working With Faculty

Collaborating With Faculty for Successful Student Outcomes, Institutional Effectiveness

Faculty are a key source of career advice for students—with more than nine of out 10 saying students asked them for guidance in the past year, according to a new study conducted by NACE in collaboration with the American Association of Colleges & Universities and the Society for Experiential Education. Read more.

Now Available: The NACE Competency Assessment Tool

Faculty Attitudes and Behaviors: The Integration of Career Readiness Into the Curriculum

DATA BITES

95.5%

Percent of employers citing Communication as most important competency
Job Outlook 2024

97.2%

Percent of students citing Communication as most important competency
2023 Student Survey Report

55.2%

Percent of employers who rate students as very/extremely proficient in Communication
Job Outlook 2024

79.4%

Percent of students who rate themselves as very/extremely proficient in Communication
2023 Student Survey Report

68.1% / 81.7%

Percent of students versus employers who rate students as very/extremely proficient in Technology
2023 Student Survey Report and Job Outlook 2024

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