Posts Tagged ‘Careers’
Why Higher Education Can’t Ignore Graduate Unemployment
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009This press release asserts that as the unemployment rate for college graduates doubles from 2.4% in June 2008 to 4.8% in June, 2009, higher education needs to pay more attention to career services.
Career Services: Cost Center or Strategic Advantage
Friday, June 26th, 2009This recession is different. It will change the approach of young professionals to the work world. It will also change the ways that universities do business, as parents and students demand a high return on their tuition investment in the form of well-paying jobs. Are careers offices ready? How can they become a strategic asset to their colleges and universities? A new model is essential.
Revolution in Career Services
Friday, May 15th, 2009Sheila Curran, President of Curran Career Consulting, and Steve Goldenberg, CEO of Interfolio, share a candid and provocative discussion on the future of career services in colleges and universities
Careers & The College Grad: What’s a Liberal Education Got To Do With It?
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Written for the First National Career Summit, hosted by Sheila Curran at Duke University, March, 2006
Introduction
Seventy-two percent of high school seniors perceive professional preparation as a key
driver of educational value. This is according to research conducted by Eduventures, a
Boston-based consulting…