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Professional Standards for Early Talent Recruiting & University Relations

• Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
• Time: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET
• Location: Online
• Fee: FREE (member); $89 (nonmember);

• The newly updated Professional Standards for Early Talent and University Recruiting offer a guide to building a successful program. Join co-chairs Chris Carlson (Mantech) and Vanessa Strauss (FDIC) to learn how these standards can improve your program. You'll learn to assess strengths and growth areas, apply key success metrics, and discover best practices to elevate your recruiting efforts.

• Summary

  Just unveiled, the newly revised and updated Professional Standards for Early Talent Recruiting & University Recruiting provide a roadmap for a successful early talent recruiting and university relations program. Join Chris Carlson, Mantech, and Vanessa Strauss, FDIC, co-chairs of the practitioner task force that revised the Professional Standards, to learn what the Professional Standards can do for you, your operation, and your organization at large.

  You’ll gain an understanding of how to apply the Professional Standards to identify your program’s strengths and areas for further development, find out how and why to apply key success metrics, and discover best practices to model to take your program to the next level.

  Following this program, you will be able to:

  • Get a roadmap for what makes for a model program;
  • Discover how to identify your program’s strengths and uncover areas that need further development.

• Event Details

  Registration includes three-month, post-event access to the webinar archive.

  To view the presentation, supplemental materials, attendee list, your receipt, and your confirmation, use the "I’d Like To" option next to the Professional Standards for Early Talent Recruiting & University Relations listing in MyNACE > Events. Remember to download your copy of the presentation deck (available one to two days prior to the webinar). A video archive will be available there as well within five (5) business days of the webinar's completion.

  To see the NACE cancellation policy, please visit our FAQ page.

• Format

  During this one-hour webinar, the presenter will deliver a synchronized audio and PowerPoint presentation. Participants will have time for live Q&A throughout the program and may be asked to contribute opinions or feedback via live chat, virtual polling, and other mechanisms.

  
  
  

• Presenters

  

  Christopher Carlson, Sr. Manager, Channels, Partnerships and Events, ManTech

  Chris Carlson is senior manager, channels, partnerships, and events, for ManTech. Previously, he led university relations and recruiting at Northrop Grumman, served as director of talent management at TVA, and was senior manager of talent acquisition for Booz Allen Hamilton. He served as co-chair of the NACE task force that revised the Professional Standards for Early Talent Recruiting & University Relations. His service to NACE includes serving on the NACE Board of Directors (2012-14) and in Board leadership roles, including vice president - employer (2016-18), president-elect (2018-19), president (2019-20), and past president (2020-21).

  

  Vanessa Strauss, Senior Advisor, Human Resources, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  Vanessa Alexander Strauss is a senior advisor in human resources, Division of Administration (DOA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In her position as senior advisor, she is responsible for performing a wide-range of managerial and technical assignments relating to the design, development, and implementation of human resource management policies and programs. She currently oversees FDIC Summer Scholar Student Internship Program, FDIC’s Special Assistant Program, and a host of other corporate-wide programs and activities. Strauss routinely serves as a resource in the development of employee and managerial training and leadership programs in support of the goals of the FDIC. Her philosophy is “everyone can make a difference.” Strauss has served NACE committees for over 20 years and in leadership roles at the national and regional levels. In addition to serving as co-chair of the NACE task force that revised the Professional Standards for Early Talent Recruiting & University Relations, Strauss served on the NACE Board of Directors (2001-07), including as president-elect, president, and past-president.

• Career Level: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services, university relations and recruiting, and business affiliate professionals

Questions?

Visit the professional development FAQ page, or contact the NACE Professional Development Team via e-mail or phone, 610.625.1026.