Campus-2-Career (C2C) began as a cross-campus, skill-building initiative in 2022 with the goal of equipping UNH's 5,000+ on-campus student workers with the in-demand, transferrable skills that would serve them well long-term. The intention of C2C is to provide student workers with equitable career support built right into their on-campus work experience(s), regardless of their academic major(s), career interests, or work history. Over the last three years, the skill-building initiative developed into a full-fledged program offering students microcredentials aligned with NACE's eight career readiness competencies.
C2C has three main goals:
- Provide career guidance and structure to help UNH student workers better articulate their on-campus work experiences in clear, marketable ways to future employers.
- Provide equitable support for UNH student workers who work out of necessity: students who may not have the means or ability to pursue off-campus and/or summer experiential learning opportunities; students who contribute to UNH’s ecosystem through their meaningful on-campus efforts.
- Grow perceived value of on-campus employment opportunities by offering a self-paced, built-in structure for students and their supervisor(s) to attain shared goals in workplace process improvement, as well as professional development endeavors that all stakeholders—including our off-campus employers of UNH students—stand to benefit from directly.
After three successful semesters of piloting C2C in CaPS and the University Advising Center, the program expanded to include 12 additional departments in spring 2025. From here, we look to officially invite all interested UNH departments to participate in C2C in AY 25-26 and beyond, and continue to share our lessons learned and successes to other higher education professionals and employers.
Following this program, you will be able to:
- Understand the Campus-2-Career (C2C) Model: Explore how C2C evolved from a skill-building initiative into a structured program offering microcredentials aligned with NACE’s eight career readiness competencies;
- Identify strategies for equitable career support: Learn how C2C integrates career development into on-campus employment to support students with limited access to off-campus experiential learning opportunities;
- Enhance student career readiness through on-campus employment: Discover ways to help student workers articulate their workplace experiences in clear, marketable ways to future employers;
- Engage supervisors in student development: Examine how C2C fosters collaboration between students and supervisors to drive workplace process improvement and professional growth; and
- Explore opportunities for adaptation and expansion: Gain insights into how C2C’s model can be applied at other institutions or within employer partnerships to strengthen career readiness outcomes.
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