Bridging the Skill Gap: Leveraging the NACE Competency Assessment Tool

Career Level: Basic- and advanced-level career services and university relations and recruiting professionals
Competency: Measurement and analysis
Fee: FREE (member); FREE (nonmember);

Summary
You're Invited! Please join us on Wednesday, December 11, at 12:00pm (ET) to hear from Randy Bitting, head of strategy and career readiness at Suitable about his vision for the NACE Competency Assessment Tool. Matthew Brink, chief content and programs officer at NACE, will also be taking the stage with Bitting to share how this tool was developed and provide updates on the exclusive partnership.

Since unveiling its groundbreaking partnership with NACE last spring, Suitable has been been hard at work implementing this tool at numerous institutions around the country, helping them bridge the skills gap, and providing unprecedented access to student competency development data. Throughout many years of research and thanks to the help of more than 100 institutions, NACE's game-changing tool will benefit all NACE members by providing national benchmarks around student competency proficiency.

Through this exclusive partnership with NACE, Suitable schools will now have the option to integrate the NACE Competency Assessment Tool into their dashboard for students to use. The NACE Competency Assessment Tool will help students understand how career ready they are following an internship, co-op, or on-campus job. It will also give schools data on how their students compare to other students nationally across the eight NACE competencies.

Following this program, you will be able to:
- An introduction to Randy Bitting, Suitable’s new Head of Strategy & Career Readiness, and his vision for the future;
- An overview of Suitable's partnership with NACE and how the NACE Competency Assessment Tool works for students and schools;
- Live demo of the NACE Competency Assessment Tool in action; and
- Live Q&A to get all your questions answered!
Presenters

Randy Bitting, Head of Strategy & Career Readiness, Suitable
Randy Bitting is head of strategy and career readiness at Suitable. Previously, he was led the higher education division at SkillSurvey and helped more than 300 schools integrate their market-leading competency assessment. He also served as chief strategy officer at Handshake, where he helped the organization grow from 10 to more than 400 career centers internationally. Bitting started his career as the founder and CEO at InterviewStream and is an expert in career services assessment and technology.

Matthew Brink, Chief Programs and Content Officer, NACE
Matthew Brink is chief content and programs officer for the National Association of Colleges and Employers. He oversees professional development services, meetings and events, content, and all research initiatives. An experienced professional in the field, Brink has overseen career services in a variety of institutions, including, most recently, the University of Delaware, and has been active in employer-focused activities.