Career Everywhere Roadshow
Agenda
Please note that the specific order and times of sessions are subject to change
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Pre-Conference Virtual Session, Wed., July 19
12:00-1:00 EST
Zooming Out: Creating the Roadmap for Career Everywhere at Your Institution
During this 1-hour pre-conference virtual session, you will be guided through a series of reflections and activities designed to help you develop deeper understanding of the priorities at your institution. To make Career Everywhere happen on your campus requires a tailored approach and contextually relevant strategies. Put simply: Career Everywhere at your institution cannot and should not feel like it could be Career Anywhere at any institution. Join Karyn and Kevin for this virtual session to start putting together your custom roadmap to Career Everywhere. You’ll come away with a practical understanding of what matters most, who matters most, and the key questions you need to be asking.
Associate VP of Alumni, Career, and Corporate Engagement at University of St. Thomas
Associate Vice Provost of Career and Professional Development at Villanova University
Day 1: Tuesday, August 1 – In person at MIT Samberg Center
12:15-1:00
Check-in & Registration
1:00-1:10
Day 1 Welcome
1:10-2:50
Zooming In: Driving Change and Building Buy-in for Career Everywhere at Your Institution
Build on your learning from the 1 hour pre-conference session during this deep dive on influencing the influencers and identifying your approach to change as part of your Career Everywhere movement. Karyn and Kevin will lead you through more reflection and discussions with fellow participants, enabling you to explore how your Career Everywhere strategy is unique to your institution and how your approach to driving change is unique to you. At the end of this session, you’ll put together your landscape analysis with your knowledge of organizational change to develop the next steps to evolve Career Everywhere at your institution.
Associate VP of Alumni, Career, and Corporate Engagement at the University of St. Thomas
Associate Vice Provost of Career and Professional Development at Villanova University
2:55-3:55
Bringing Career Everywhere to PennWest: A Case Study
Learn how the PennWest University Career Center team strategically developed and implemented their Career Everywhere initiative at a newly integrated university. Followed by moderated discussion.
Executive Director of the Center for Career and Professional Development at PennWest
4:00-5:00
Fireside Chat: Reimagining and Repositioning Career Services
Learn how Johns Hopkins University prioritized life and career outcomes and repositioned career services to be part of a newly created division focused on the new philosophy of integrative learning and life design to better integrate career exploration, experiential learning, mentoring, skill development, and connections into the academic journey of all students regardless of background or social capital.
Vice Provost of Integrative Learning & Life Design at The Johns Hopkins University
5:00-6:00
Evening Reception
Enjoy the company of fellow attendees and one of the best views of Boston’s famous Charles River and the historic skyline. (But really, check out this view!)
6:30-9:00
Organized Dinners or Dinner on Your Own
Sign up to join a group at a nearby restaurant with pre-set reservations or enjoy exploring out on your own!
Day 2: Wednesday, August 2
8:00-8:30
Arrival & Light, Grab-and-Go Breakfast
8:30-8:35
Welcome Remarks
Assistant Dean of Career Development at MIT Sloan School of Management
8:35-9:10
A New Model for Career Services
uConnect Founder & CEO, David Kozhuk, will discuss his rebuttal to Ryan Craig’s Abolish Career Services article, including insights about the current state of the career services industry, where it’s headed and how thought-leading institutions are shifting their strategy to build a culture of “Career Everywhere” on campus.
9:15-10:15
Breakout Sessions
Leveraging the Power of Your Website to Scale Your Reach and Impact
Executive Director of the Career and Internship Center at the University of Washington
Engaging Families with Career Services
Director of Career and Professional Development Services at Arizona State University
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Breakout Sessions
Scaling Student Engagement with Career Services
Executive Director, Career Management Center, Rady School of Management at University of California, San Diego
11:30-12:40
Lunch & Learn: Navigating Anti-DEI Legislation and What Career Leaders Need to Know
Grab your lunch, take a seat, and listen in to this moderated discussion to better understand the realities of DEI legislation and the potential impact to the career center.
Partner and Co-Chair, Education Industry at Foley Hoag LLP
Executive Director of Career & Life Design at Trinity College-Hartford
12:40-1:00
Break
1:00-2:00
Breakout Sessions
Panel Discussion: Proactively and Strategically Partnering with Admissions
Executive Director of the Gordon Career Center at Wesleyan University
Creating a Career Champions Program
Director of the Center for Career Development at the University of Connecticut
Senior Associate Director, Center for Career Development at the University of Connecticut
2:10-3:10
ChatGPT: Navigating the AI Revolution in Career Development
In this featured session, Melissa Webster from MIT Sloan School of Management highlights the impact of generative AI, specifically ChatGPT, on career development. This session equips career development professionals with a foundational understanding of genAI. Drawing from her research and hands-on use of ChatGPT in teaching and advising, Melissa will illustrate the practical applications for career development and discuss implications for career coaching and recruiting. The session will also empower you and your teams with strategies to incorporate ChatGPT now for innovation and efficiency. Dive into the fascinating world of AI and unlock new avenues for career development.
Lecturer, Managerial Communication, MIT Sloan School of Management
3:10-3:25
Break
3:25-3:55
Systemically Partnering with Faculty
When faculty are actively engaged with the career center (and knowledgeable about what resources and services are available), they can have more meaningful career conversations with students. But how do you reach those faculty members? In this session, Branden will share strategies and advice for how to go about meaningfully and systemically engaging faculty with the career center.
Vice Provost of Career and Professional Development at Emory University
4:00-4:30
Establishing and Advancing Your Value Proposition
How can you and your office become known as the thought leader on campus for all things related to career pathways and outcomes? Manny will highlight practical suggestions and share examples that will empower you to enhance the awareness of you and your team’s value proposition.
Director, Mignone Center for Career Success, Harvard University
4:30-5:00
Work on Your Career Everywhere Workbook
Use this time to take what you’ve learned from previous sessions to complete the project planning section of your Career Everywhere workbook. Presenters will be available to support and answer your questions.
5:00-5:10
Closing Remarks & Program Wrap Up