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- Oct 1, 2019
Why having a formal Career Champions Network is the most important career services trend of 2020
Since the birth of The Career Leadership Collective we have advocated for one consistent concept: student career education is bigger than the career office. You've probably seen this in our ground breaking article on Scaling Career Services, in our online accelerator series titled Redefining We, if you experienced our Spring Forum last year around the theme: 'Beyond the Career Center Walls,' or if you have ever heard me speak at a conference, consortium, or on your campus. Fo
- Jan 2, 2019
5 Career Services Trends Every University Should Embrace in 2019
Happy New Year, 2019! The new year brings renewed energy to so many personal and professional goals for individuals, and as such, I wanted to share the 5 career services trends that we believe will make a substantial impact on universities everywhere in 2019. We encourage you to consider inserting them into your goals over the course of 2019. Our team has enjoyed many hours spent listening and learning alongside hundreds of upper-administrators and career staff teams throug
- Aug 27, 2018
The Future of Leadership is HyperQ
The influence and impact of a leader is fast accelerating into a new stratosphere of success. No longer will an individual rise to the top simply because he or she is a brilliant technician with a few good Success Skills at bay. Instead success will be recognized at the top because he or she demonstrates Hyper Intelligent Leadership. This is the Future of Leadership that will shape our future of work. Why should you care? You should care because the future of work has already
- May 22, 2018
Social Innovation for the Future of College Career Education (Part 1): The Big Problem
In the field of University Career Services, the word INNOVATION has been thrown around quite a bit in the last five years... at conferences, events, in white papers, on twitter, and from specific university leaders. I have unashamedly been a proponent, and I absolutely love seeing the result of many voices leaning-in toward innovative changes for a better future for career services. Some universities are solving very large problems with a lot of creative energy, and are see
- Mar 6, 2018
Which Direction Should Your Career Center Go?
I spent much of February glued to the TV watching the Olympics. I’m drawn to it not so much for the individual sports – some of which I know nothing about – but for the allure of a big stage. I find it exhilarating, heart-breaking, pride-inducing, awe-inspiring, and moving. The amount of training and sacrifice that goes into preparing for that one moment to shine on one of the world’s biggest stages is inconceivable to me. In an interview during the Games Meghan Duggan, capta
- Mar 6, 2017
Ecosystem Integration in Career Services
The ability to successfully integrate into the campus ecosystem may be the single biggest game-changer for career services today. In Part 2 of How to Re-Imagine Career Services, sponsored by PeopleGrove and Handshake, Jeremy Podany, Founder of The Collective, sat down with Christine Cruzvergara, Associate Provost and Executive Director of Career Education at Wellesley College, to unpack what it's like to lead massive change. The following questions highlight themes from Part
- Feb 15, 2017
The Era of Disruption
The language of jarring change is all around us—from dramatic start-ups in the emerging sharing economy, to risks associated with the tech bubble, to a political climate steeped in the language of shock value. And this language has found its way into our own vocabulary as career services and recruiting practitioners. Just binge watch your way through the early seasons of Mike Judge’s HBO comedy, Silicon Valley, and you can count the words that have quietly, sometimes noisil
- Jan 31, 2017
The Daring Needs of Career Services Today
On January 1, 2017, The Career Leadership Collective was born out of what we hypothesized was a large stirring around the globe for fresh career services and innovative leadership. At the risk of sounding like a college student, we were freakin' blown away to see over 3,500 people engage The Collective over 12,500 times in under a month; to see well over 100 personal emails from colleagues in nearly every US state, Canada, Australia, The Netherlands, South Africa, The UK and
- Jan 26, 2017
You Need to Build a New Career Center, Now What?
There will be a day when you look at your career center space and realize that it’s outgrown in its current footprint and function. Planning for a new career services facility is a job within itself and takes more than the typical 10% that’s allotted for ‘other duties as assigned’ in your job description. For many, facility planning and renovation is not typically an area of expertise that is highlighted on one’s CV; however, it easily parallels the work that is done within a
- Jan 5, 2017
Creating a Culture of Innovation
We’ve all heard the cliché that there is no i in team. However, there are two of them in innovation, and to do our best work, we need all staff members to understand how they are an important part of the innovation process. Creating a culture of innovation is vital for those seeking to move their office forward. Unfortunately the word innovation can conjure up competing perceptions of either a useless corporate buzzword or a solo, untouchable leader. Neither of these stere
- Jan 2, 2017
Create a 'Gig Economy' Culture
During a recent Uber ride in Chicago my forty-something aged driver enthusiastically shared why he loves his contract work career. He creates his own hours, has total flexibility, and can control how he earns money based on how much he works. The “Gig Economy” represents those who make their living in a non-traditional way. They are not limited to a classic 9-5 work scenario and have more control in how they pursue work on a freelance basis. This autonomy also means saying go
- Dec 30, 2016
Our Massive Desire for Fresh Career Services and Innovative Leadership
'There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear...' A stimulating opening song lyric, first played 50 years ago by Buffalo Springfield and written by the great Stephen Stills. (best known from Crosby, Stills, and Nash). This song is commonly confused as an anti-war song, but in fact was written about a movement of up-and-coming innovative thinkers in 1966, who wanted their community to be unique, and saw a fresh way to stimulate the West Hollywood music, art