Immersion Experiences Can Offer More Robust Connections Than Traditional Office Visits

The traditional office visit has evolved into an opportunity for an organization to give job candidates a glimpse into its culture and a vision for the candidates’ career there.

Developing Skills in Interns to Prepare Them for Their Careers, Bolster Conversion

Moving to skills-based hiring opens opportunity for a broader demographic of students to access positions where they otherwise would not meet the qualifications. Many employers include skills development in their internship programs to enhance their interns’ career readiness and bolster conversion.

What I Have Learned: Insights From Leaders in the Profession (Part 2)

In the second of a two-part series, 13 NACE leaders offer their insight and guidance about what they have learned in their time in the profession.

Consistent Engagement, Multi-Level Relationship Building Vital for Reaching Internship Program Goals

To persist toward successful conversion of interns, organizations must not view engagement as a 10-week summer pursuit. Instead, engagement must gain momentum through recruiting and pre-internship, accelerate during the internship itself, and be maintained after interns return to campus.

Accommodation, Adaptation Keys for Autistic Individuals, STEM Employers to Find Common Ground

The goal for employers should be to keep autistic employees from “hire to retire,” which is the ability to sustain these employees by providing them with the support they need to build their career in an organization.

Key Steps for Hiring Autistic Job Seekers Into STEM Fields

When recruiting and hiring students with autism, it’s important for employers to train hiring managers so they understand how the hiring process might look different and adjust their criteria on how they evaluate candidates.

What I Have Learned: Insights From Leaders in the Profession (Part One)

In the first of a two-part series, 13 NACE leaders offer their insight and guidance about what they have learned in their time in the profession.

Hyster-Yale Pre-onboarding Will Help Interns Feel Valued, Smooth Summer Onboarding

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling is developing a pre-onboarding program to engage and build excitement among its interns prior to their start date next summer.

Collaboration Is the Key to Disney’s Work With College Fund to Provide Career Exposure, Professional Development for Native Students

Disney provides resources to the College Fund to administer the latter’s scholarship program, called the Future Native Storytellers Program. Recently, a smaller group of program scholars was selected to receive additional enhancements to increase the awareness of opportunities at Disney for Native students.

Arup Engineers Expanded Career Readiness Programming for Its Interns, New College Hires

This past summer, Arup expanded its career readiness programming for summer interns by working with its internal learning and development team to implement a series of competency-focused workshops.

Global Atlantic Launched Early Career Recruiting and Internship Program to Address Workforce Needs

Global Atlantic Financial Group, the small employer winner of the 2024 NACE Recruiting Excellence Award, addressed a pressing need for increased diversity and innovation and a robust talent pipeline.

Key Steps Help Freese and Nichols Strengthen “Earlier and Quicker” Strategy, Increase Hiring

The employer winner of the 2024 NACE Technology Excellence Award, Freese and Nichols implemented talent acquisition platform Yello and modified its roles and processes related to its on-campus career fair strategy to significantly increase its university hiring.

Execution Is the Secret Sauce That Drives Successful University Recruiting Results

Providing a candidate experience that meets—or better yet, exceeds—students’ expectations is the “secret sauce” that drives successful results.

Strategies for Advancing Pay Equity

Recent data reveal that systemic barriers continue to limit progress on achieving pay equity for all—yet there are tangible, proven ways that career centers and employers can make an impact.

Gender Pay Gap: Tips for Employers to Ensure Their Salaries Are Equitable

Consultant Katie Donovan offers tips for employers to eliminate the main causes of pay inequity for women, including that women are underpaid doing the same jobs as men and are underrepresented in leadership roles.

Ensuring Students With Disabilities Can Access Your Workplace and Thrive Once There

To foster a truly diverse and inclusive workplace, employers should expand their DEI efforts to encompass what is increasingly being referred to as DEIA—or diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

Cappfinity Partners With EY to Deliver VR Internship Journey That Builds Skills and Confidence

In 2022, Cappfinity partnered with EY’s UK student recruitment team to deliver an immersive, inclusive, and differentiated approach to early careers recruiting, creating VR for intern attraction and development.

Avoiding Potential Legal Pitfalls Associated With AI Use

Many URR and career services functions are using artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline their processes and enhance their operations. However, there are potential legal risks adopters should consider as they move from dipping their toes into the AI pool to fully diving in.

URR PROFESSIONALS HAVE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY IMPACT PEOPLE’S LIVES

Some of the rewarding aspects of being a URR professional include changing people’s lives and providing a seat at the table for many who may not have been historically represented.

MOHAWK INDUSTRIES SEES TREMENDOUS VALUE IN CONNECTING COLLEGE TO CAREER FOR STUDENTS

Mohawk Industries believes it has a responsibility to do what it can to support the transition of students to the workplace, which is just one of the reasons its ASPIRE program is so important.

ChatGPT Answers Questions About Its Role in Recruiting and Hiring

In a unique interview with ChatGPT, NACE asks the AI language model how it feels about its use as a tool in the job search, career readiness, and talent acquisition; the ethics of its use; and more.

CULTIVATING CONNECTIONS, ADJUSTING TO SHIFTING LANDSCAPES KEYS FOR SUCCESS IN URR PROFESSION

Among the key information recruiters need to know to successfully navigate their careers is to stay informed and value relationships.

A Return to In-Person Career Fairs: Member Tips and Ideas

Over the summer, NACE conducted a Quick Poll to learn about fall recruiting plans, and the findings seemed to indicate that most activities would mostly return to in-person. Employers expected to spend about 70% of their time recruiting in person and 80% of career centers were planning for in-person career fairs. However, even with a return to in-person events, both employers and colleges still had to adjust their standard procedures because of the ongoing risk posed by the pandemic.

Skills-based Hiring and Networking Encourages Nontraditional Candidates to Apply for Jobs

When employers consider skills and practice skills-based hiring and skills-based networking, they bring in a more diverse slate of candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, says Asha Aravindakshan.

Addressing the Prevalence of Mental Health Issues in Young Professionals

College graduates in their early professional careers report significant mental health issues and view their jobs as a contributing factor. How can employers and colleges provide support?

M&T Bank’s Talent Acquisition Ambassadors Strategic Part of College Recruiting Efforts

The M&T Bank talent acquisition unit’s partnerships with employee resource groups (ERGs) has yielded a range of benefits, such as helping to identify internal talent, providing training opportunities, improving engagement across the organization, and boosting retention.

Ethical Considerations for Using AI in College Recruiting

Two critical factors for limiting bias in AI systems are building diverse AI teams and implementing an enterprise-wide trustworthy AI framework.

What Employers Give Interns to Remember Their Experiences

What, if anything, do you give your interns to welcome them to their internship or help them remember their intern experience?

When Do You Do Background Checks?

Does your organization run a background check immediately after making an offer or closer to the new hire’s start date? URR professionals in the NACE Community share their approaches.

Talent “Acquisition” vs. Talent “Engagement”: Using Language That Empowers

It is important for employers to consider the language they use because language can be loaded and have different meanings for different people.

NCR Set Recruitment Standard Without Stepping Foot on Campus

Instead of pausing its college recruiting operations during the pandemic, NCR shifted its focus from on-campus to on-screen engagement, while always putting the students first.

How NI Revamped Its Early Talent Strategy and New Grad Program to Differentiate Them

As NI went through increasingly rapid changes due to shifts in the market, it became clear that significant adjustments were needed to its programs and strategies.

Reverse Networking Fair Rekindles Employer-College Relationships

The State of Georgia’s reverse networking fair offered state agencies the opportunity to promote their career opportunities for college students to career services professionals.

Recognizing Emotions as Real at Heart of Developing Emotional Intelligence

The concept of recognizing feelings as real is a key step in developing emotional intelligence. The risk you run by not doing so is burnout.

Community Colleges Are Valuable Partners for Employers Looking to Build Their Talent Pipeline

One of the barriers that prevents more employers from partnering with community colleges is a general lack of understanding about what these schools and their students can provide.