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The University of Baltimore: Knowledge That Works

CPDC Strategic Vision: Creating Sustainable Success

Great Expectations Forces Re-Shaping Career Services

Higher Education Act Student Loan Debt High Unemployment/Underemployment Undecided Students Skill Gap

Connection to UB Vision

Enrollment Study Group

• Reconsider how “undecided” is

handled

• Students should be guided

towards majors that match their interests and potential

Strategic Plan

• Goal 1/Objective 1.2: Strengthen

connection between academic programs, advising and career services

• Goal 5/Objective 5.5: Increase

campus student employment

• ptions
• Success Measures:

– Student/alumni job placement – Student career-enhancements – Number of on-campus student employment options

Uniquely UB Response

Outcomes & Impact

• UB Students will Be

Ready to work

• Marketability
• Competitive Advantage
• Retention
• Employer Desirability

Theme 1

We Commit to Creating Expert Career Managers

Theme 2

Engage the University Community in Delivering Skills, Resources, Networks

Theme 3

Facilitate Synergies among Students, Alumni and Employers

Uniquely UB: Ahead of the Competition

Statewide Trends

• Career Services-Must Die (Wake

Forest University)

• Stevenson University
• UMUC
• UMB
• Loyola University Maryland

Distinguished

• Career model
• Teaching career management
• Integrated (all hands on deck)

approach

• Employer connections
• Comprehensive suite of coaching

focused services

• Innovative programming

Strategic Goal #1: Engage key internal stakeholders campus-wide Strategic Goal #2: Prepare students and alumni with career development skills Strategic Goal #3: Create strong partnerships with the employment community Strategic Goal #4: Deliver leading-edge programs and services Strategic Goal #5: With University Relations, create strong marketing and communications strategies Strategic Goal #6: Develop CPDC as a user- friendly, efficient

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6 Strategic Goals

Moving Forward

Strategic Goal #1:

Engage key internal stakeholders campus-wide

Integrated Approach to Career & Professional Development

All Hands on Deck

Curriculum Integration Alumni Engagement Business Partners Admission Academic Advising

Center for Educational Access Counseling Center ALC Veteran’s Center MSB: Paid Internships Financial Aid

Strategic Goal #2:

Prepare students and alumni with career development skills UB Career Cycle

Coaching Suite of Services

Career Coaching

– Internship Assistance – Career Assessment – Career Exploration – Resume Reviews – Interview Preparation – Graduate School Planning – Career Cycle Assistance – Job Search Assistance – Changing Careers – Social Media Branding

Staff Training

• Coach training
• Counseling development
• Current credentials
• Global Career Development Facilitator
• Certified Professional Career Coach
• Licensed Counselor
• Certified Professional Resume Writer
• Certified Federal Career Coach and Job

Search Strategist

• Certified 5 O'clock Club
• MBTI Certified
• Certified Rehabilitation Counselor

Job Search Group

• Job targeting
• Research
• Interview preparation
• Networking
• Personal marketing plan

Highlight: Online Toolkit

• UBworks
• InterviewStream
• Optimal Resume
• Career Spots

Fall 2013 – End of Semester Report

Usage

• 457 coaching sessions
• 20 classroom presentations

Top Topics for Coaching 1) Resume/cover letter 2) Job search 3) Choosing a major

Student Status Number

Alumni 69 Graduate 96 Undergraduate 219 Other 8

Student Usage by Status (excludes walk-ins)

Strategic Goal #3:

Create strong partnerships with the employment community

Employer Relations

• Outreach
• Site visits
• Job fairs
• Interview schedules
• Visibility sessions
• Visibility tables
• Employer volunteerism:

– PIP – Rockin’ Resume – Job Shadowing Program

Fall 2013 End of Semester Report

• 4,880 employers in

UBworks

• 453 jobs posted

– 193 internships – 87 paid internships

• Total internships 2013

– 712 – 221 paid

Top Employers

• CareFirst
• AFLAC
• AT&T
• Northwestern Mutual
• World Relief

Highlight: On Campus Interviews

Employer Visits

• Fall 2013 (21)
• Spring 2014 (10)

OCI 2014

• Morgan Stanley U.S. Secret

Service

• Arthur Bell
• Kohl's
• Northwestern Mutual
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• Basys Inc.
• Penske
• BBVA Compass

• Aflac
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• Empowering Minds Resource Center, Inc.
• Farmers Insurance Group
• Home Properties
• Kohl's
• Maryland Transportation Authority Police
• Midtown Insurance Group (VP Sponsor)
• Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial
• Morgan Stanley
• Vectorworks, Inc.
• Network Building + Consulting
• Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
• Penske Truck Leasing
• Robert Half
• Skyline Technology Solutions
• T. Rowe Price
• The Department of Juvenile Services
• TEKsystems
• Toyota Financial Services
• Verizon
• World Relief

Strategic Goal #4:

Deliver leading-edge programs and services

Special Programs

• Career Peer Educators
• Be Ready
• Dining Etiquette Dinner at

City Café National Career Development Month

• LinkedIn Photo Shoot
• How to Create a

Government Resume

• Perfect Your Pitch
• Getting Started with

LinkedIn

SPECIAL INITIATIVES

UB 21 Catalyst Grant

• 1. IDIS 101 Course Collaboration
• 2. Career Exploration Seminars
• 3. Career Portfolio Completion
• 4. Career Coaching Case Management

Assessment

Learning Outcomes

• Programming and services
• Career cycle question database

Destination Survey

• Winter Class of 2012

– Response Rate: 30.5% – 76/249

• Spring Class of 2013

– Response Rate: 22.3% – 71/319

• One word that captures your UB

experience

Employed, full time (67.11%) Employed, part time (2.63%) Self-employed, full time (6.58%) Self-employed, part time (3.95%) Not employed, searching (3.95%) Not employed, not searching (1.32%) Graduate School (14.47%)

Employed, full time (71.83%) Employed, part time (8.45%) Self-employed, full time (1.41%) Self-employed, part time (2.82%) Not employed, searching (7.04%) Not employed, not searching (0%) Graduate School (8.45%)

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