Description:

Career Success is not a one-size-fits-all model. There are many different types of students with varying professional goals and aspirations. Is it possible to support students’ career readiness in a personalized, resource-efficient way? Please join us to hear how the Provost’s office at Pitt has been successfully leveraging Suitable to implement tailored career readiness programs across their campus for the first time in school history. Each academic unit defines its own set of core competencies that align with its mission and vision, SLOs, and employer expectations. These competencies serve as a framework that provides personalized pathways for students to follow starting day one of Freshman year, scaffolding and optimizing for the student's individual needs as they progress through their academic years. As students engage, Suitable provides them with a shareable Co-Curricular Transcript + ePortfolio that showcases their accomplishments and articulates their professional development. To help students stand out in the job and internship search, the Provost’s office has constructed several Transcript Distinctions (i.e., sustainability) that also get notated on the student’s official academic transcript once completed. This session will provide the following learning outcomes: • Examine real-life examples of different competency frameworks used across different academic units; • Have a better understanding of how Suitable's groundbreaking technology could transform career success on your campus and for your students; • Review best practices for student engagement and constructing micro-credentials that can help students stand out in their job and internship search; and • Get questions answered live during the Q&A portion.

Audience:

Both

Level:

Intermediate

Track:

Recruiting and Preparing a Career Ready Workforce

Type:

Traditional

Main Speaker:

Mark Visco, Suitable

Additional Speakers:

Brett Soltysiak, University of Pittsburgh