A practical guide for college career centers to set up and manage a structured job shadowing program. Covers employer host recruitment, screening, student matching, scheduling, institutional approvals, cancellation procedures, and program evaluation.

A practical guide for college career centers to build and manage employer sponsorship programs. Explore sponsor eligibility, contribution levels, sponsorship packages, contract terms, student access safeguards, performance measurement, and renewal decisions.

A practical guide for career services teams to help students translate study-abroad experiences into career evidence. Covers identifying contributions, post-return reflection, communicating value to employers, and partnering with education-abroad offices.

Learn how career services teams can run more effective employer information sessions by choosing the right formats, preparing recruiters, encouraging meaningful student interactions, and turning session participation into applications and recruiting opportunities.

A practical guide for career services teams to run Employer-in-Residence programs. Covers employer selection, office-hour formats, student scheduling and matching, mentoring versus recruiting boundaries, participant preparation, and program measurement.

Explore how career services teams can support undergraduate researchers through research-office partnerships, identifying students' contributions, connecting research to industry roles, developing interview stories, and navigating restrictions on sharing research materials.

AI resume scores can highlight useful gaps, but they don't define a student's qualifications or hiring potential. Learn how career centers can help students understand these scores, evaluate AI recommendations against job requirements, and make informed decisions about their applications.

A guide for career services teams to help students navigate federal hiring, from USAJOBS and eligibility requirements to federal resumes, Pathways opportunities, assessments, and hiring timelines.

Should students earn rewards for completing career activities, demonstrating improvement, or meeting readiness standards? Explore incentive models, qualification criteria, real university examples, and ways to encourage meaningful career tool engagement beyond initial participation.

Students may log into career tools without completing resumes, mock interviews, or other activities. This guide shows career centers how to pinpoint where students drop off, identify usability barriers, and work with platform providers to improve activity completion.

Career technology adoption should not depend on one staff champion. This guide shows career centers how to build continuity through shared documentation, backup ownership, advisor enablement, vendor continuity, and transition planning.

Career platform adoption can suffer before students ever get inside. This guide shows career centers how to reduce friction across provisioning, SSO, duplicate accounts, eligibility, mobile access, and support so access issues do not get mistaken for low engagement.

Student ambassadors can help career centers turn career tool awareness into actual use. Learn how to recruit and train ambassadors, run peer-led demos, support a meaningful first action, capture usability friction, and track whether students continue using the platform.

Self-reported internships need a clear verification process. Learn how career centers can define acceptable evidence, use employer confirmation, handle incomplete or disputed records, document exceptions, and assign staff ownership.

Many non-credit internships go unreported because students never enter a formal university process. Learn how career centers can improve self-reporting with clearer messaging, better timing, faculty prompts, lower-friction forms, and smarter response-rate tracking.

A practical guide for career centers advising students on AI screening opt-ins and opt-outs, including what different systems may do, how alternative review can work, what employers disclose, and how advisors can respond consistently without speculating.

Learn how career centers can structure support across multiple campuses by deciding what should stay local, what can be centralized, what can be delivered virtually, and how students and employers move between those layers.

Learn how Career Services can give Admissions accurate career outcomes and support information, set realistic expectations for prospective students, and create a smoother transition into career preparation once students enroll.

Learn how career centers can build and manage co-op programs with clear eligibility rules, defined campus ownership, structured student preparation, work-term support, employer coordination, and a repeatable process that works across multiple co-op cycles.

A practical guide for career-services teams on the three institutional roles in Registered Apprenticeship: training provider, intermediary, and sponsor, including responsibilities, internal coordination, and where career services fits in each model.

MBA recruiting moves fast, especially across consulting, finance, and other structured paths. Learn how career teams can prepare students earlier, prioritize support, strengthen interview readiness, and support career switchers without overwhelming staff.

A practical guide for career centers on sourcing and vetting Registered Apprenticeships, from confirming registration and sponsors to reviewing wages, training, credentials, eligibility, and student-facing information.

A practical guide for career centers on Registered Apprenticeships, including how they differ from internships and jobs, where they fit in the college-to-career journey, which students may benefit, and what advisors should help students evaluate.

Dual-enrollment students need a career-support track that fits where they are now. This guide shows career centers how to define ownership, set service-access boundaries, coordinate with high schools, and transition students into the broader career-services ecosystem.

Graduate students do not share the same career goals or timelines. Learn how career centers can segment support for early-career students, career changers, experienced professionals seeking advancement, and students moving outside their field of study.