Skills-based hiring is transforming the workforce — and the people advancing the NACE Competencies are leading the way. Present your work at the 2026 Competency Symposium and help the profession see what's possible.
We're looking for practitioner-led sessions that show career readiness in action: real strategies, real partnerships, and practical, grab-and-go ideas attendees can implement right away. Every proposal should connect to one of the four learning tracks below.
Every track threads back to one question: how do you engage employers in meaningful, scalable ways that support competency development? Propose along the track that fits your work.
Share work that integrates the competencies into a project, course, or experience co-owned, co-planned, and co-led by a college member and an employer.
Working toward whole-campus integration? Tell us your strategies, your timeline, the challenges you've overcome, and how you've expanded into the classroom, advisement, leadership programs, and athletics.
Show how you help students and interns record competency growth over time — digital badges, credentials, or competencies embedded into a portfolio, record, or resume.
Tell us how you integrate the competencies into experiential learning — internships, work-based learning and projects, undergraduate research, and apprenticeships.
