May 2004
IN THIS ISSUE:
- President’s Message
- EACE Annual Conference Update
- EACE takes its show on the road!
- Alumni Networks, Alumni Career Services Summit
- News from NACE….
Spring appears to have finally arrived with the once bare trees now green with leaves again, and tulips and crocuses sprouting through the once frozen ground. It really gives your energy level a major boost. I have been fortunate because the energy level of all the Committees, Networks and 2004 Annual Conference Chairs and Team Members has been unwavering throughout my Presidency. Their hard work and dedication continues to be evidenced in the programs and services offered this board year including those still to come.
The Alumni Career Services Network hosted their 2nd Summit in New York City on March 31st. For the 38 EACE members who attended it was a great opportunity to network with colleagues and share services offered to alumni, trends on the horizon, how to engage alumni as mentors, use of technology in the delivery of programs/services to alumni, and many more strategies. The evaluations of the summit were extremely positive and a listserv has been provided to enable these members to continue the conversation. I had the privilege of hosting this event with Craig Bettinson, Alumni Network Chair and it was a wonderful experience to spend time with EACE members who are both long time colleagues as well as make new friendships.
The Public Relations & Membership Committees took “EACE on the road” and did a phenomenal job promoting membership in EACE to attendees at the 2004 SHRM Employment Management Association Conference in Washington, DC on April 19th and 20th. They made contact with more than 60 recruiting specialists. They will also be representing EACE at NACE this June and plan to be at many more future events to promote EACE to a broader HR community and provide knowledge of and encourage membership in EACE. On behalf of the EACE Board of Directors, I want to extend our sincere appreciation to the entire EACE Street Team (as they named themselves) for a stellar premiere effort and for setting in motion a plan to continue their presence at many more such conferences.
I hope by now you
have registered to attend “Building Bridges Through Partnerships”
the 2004 Annual Conference, August 8-11, 2004 in Pittsburgh, PA. The keynote
speakers are engaged (Juan Williams and Roger Herman), programming geared
to both employers and college members is just about finalized, a wonderful
array of cultural and social events have been planned (Heinz Museum, Andy
Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Pirate ball game, Dream Girls Broadway show),
and a great deal more. It will also be a wonderful opportunity to catch
up with old and new EACE friends. If you have not registered yet, the
2004 Annual Conference online conference registration is open (Early Bird
Registration has been extended until 5/28/04) and ready for you to make
your reservations to be part of a conference you can not afford to miss!
It will build “bridges” in your professional development!
On April 23rd, the Professional Development Committee ran a very successful
workshop entitled, “The Art of the Sale: Sales and Marketing Training
for Career Services and Recruiting Professionals”. Forty EACE members
attended this program held at Rutgers University – New Brunswick.
This program provided those in attendance with sales skills that could
assist them with attracting students and employers to their campus or
company.
The Professional Exchange Committee has a great line up of Summer Exchanges planned for Summer 2004. A formal announcement with details about the organizations hosting events and online registration information will be out to the membership shortly. In the meantime, a few sites confirmed so far include: Pearson Education, Navigant Consulting, QVC, Villanova University Summer Business Institute, Liberty Mutual, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, and Monster.com. Stay tuned for more details!
EACE will soon be announcing this year’s Diversity Advancement Scholarship recipients as well as Award winners and Presidential Citation recipients. The next issue of Bridges newsletter as well as EACE E-news announcements will provide this information. I would also like to extend my sincere appreciation for the extraordinary work the Sponsorship Committee has and continues to do this year in developing resources for EACE. My thanks to Pat Carretta and Monica Ko, Co-Chairs and their dynamic team!
EACE’s first online membership directory is up and running and has received positive feedback from the membership. The membership directory is being updated monthly and is in a PDF format enabling you to print a hard copy. TEI (EACE HQ), works closely with the Board to continue to deliver high quality service to our membership. Please feel free to contact EACE HQ’s Association Manager, Tracy Burr, t.burr@eace.org with any thoughts or suggestions about how we can better serve you.
EACE is a truly dynamic professional association fueled by the passion and energy of a wonderful group of professional colleagues and friends which creates a forum for exceptional professional development programming and networking opportunities. If you are not already actively involved consider doing so – it will add immeasurably to your professional expertise and build your network of colleagues!
It is a privilege to be serving as your President.
Marianne Tramelli
President, EACE 2003 – 2004
2. EACE Annual Conference Update
Is it August yet?
Get ready for the 2004 EACE Annual Conference…
August 8-11 2004
Stacy Bingham, Co-chair, EACE Publicity Committee
As a new career services professional as well as a newcomer to EACE, I am looking forward to this year's annual conference in Pittsburgh with much excitement. Serving on the conference's Publicity Committee has given me the "inside scoop" on many conference happenings, which I'd like to share with you.
First, let's talk location. Pittsburgh not only serves as a wonderful metaphor for the theme of this year's conference "Building Bridges Through Partnerships," but also provides a cool and fun-filled setting to relax and enjoy some hip city attractions. The Entertainment Committee has a number of amazing events planned, including (my favorites):
- tethered hot air balloon rides,
- kayaking on the Allegheny River,
- a bus loop to the Andy Warhol and other great museums, free tickets to a Pirates game (complete with tailgating),
- and so much more!
Did I mention you can get each morning started off right with yoga/pilates or a walking tour of downtown Pittsburgh?
In addition to the amazing opportunities for enjoying Pittsburgh, I am also anticipating the wealth of professional development activities that the conference will provide. As a new career services professional, I am eagerly awaiting the insight that keynote speakers Juan Williams and Roger Herman and programs such as "Colleges and Employers Partnering for Student Career Success," "Integrating Faculty into the Career Development Process," and "A Look at America's Millennium Generation" are sure to bring. Looking over the list of programs, I know I'll have some tough decisions to make-I want to attend every one! So often, we get too caught up in doing our jobs to really assess how we can be better professionals.
I can't wait for August!
The 2004 EACE Annual Conference will be held at the historic Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, August 8-11 For more information about the 2004 EACE Annual Conference and to register, see http://www.eace.org/Conference/
3. EACE takes its show on the road!
On Monday, April 19th and Tuesday, April 20th, EACE was well represented at the SHRM's 35th Annual Employment Management Association's (EMA) Exposition and Conference in Washington, D.C. Led by the outstanding efforts of event coordinator Terri Moore from UVA, 18 EACE members shared information about our association, activities, services, and annual conference with other EMA attendees. Supported by a joint initiative of the EACE PR and Membership teams, the “EACE Street Team” generated excitement and buzz about EACE among a new group of potential employer members. EACE volunteers made strong connections with more than 60 recruiting specialists. The PR and Membership Committees, with support from EACE Headquarters, will follow-up with these new employer contacts to engage them in the Association. To attract even more attention, EACE raffled off an MP-3 player to a lucky conference attendee, Chris Adkins of Recruitment Marketplace (recruitmentmarketplace.com). Many EMA conference attendees appreciated the candy, literature, and – perhaps most importantly - insights on recruiting strategies and internship program development shared by our EACE representatives.
On behalf of EACE and the PR and Membership Committees, we extend a special thanks to Terri Moore and the entire EACE Street Team: Yvonne Harrison (WPI), Sandi Goodson (Yale), Barry Dunkin (Univ. of Baltimore), Maureen Walz Boehmer (GWU), Marie Crouch (Univ. of Richmond), Craig Single (Widener), E. Chandlee Bryan (Dartmouth), Adrienne Alberts (Johns Hopkins Univ.), Don Kjelleren (Middlebury College), Marie Geary (Boston College), Roger Strong (RR Donnelley), Jean McLaughlin (GWU-School of Business), Jennifer Sullivan (American), Leslie Williams (Univ. of Baltimore), Becky Weir (Maryland), Angella Griffin (GMU), Cailin Patcher (Muhlenberg) & Monica Ko (Inductis).
Representing EACE as part of the first of many such PR/Membership initiatives, this group certainly has set the standard for future conference outreach teams! We look forward to having strong representation at NACE this June, at the NEHRA conference this fall, and at other venues throughout 2004-2005!
Are you interested in joining the PR Committee for 2004-2005? The Membership Committee? We’d love to have your input, energy, and ideas as we continue to help EACE grow and move forward! Please e-mail either committee chair to express your interest.
Have a wonderful summer!
Sheri Ziccardi, Harvard University
EACE PR Committee Chair
ziccardi@fas.harvard.edu
Marie Crouch, University of
Richmond
EACE Membership Chair
mcrouch@richmond.edu
4. Alumni Networks, Alumni Career Services Summit
On March 31, 2004, 38 EACE members gathered at Columbia University's Teachers College for the Alumni Networks, Alumni Career Services Summit. The EACE members who attended all provide services to alumni and had an interest in learning from and sharing information with their colleagues.
Five major topic areas were
addressed:
What services are we providing to our alumni populations?
Are we charging fees, how are we funding those services and do we have
the staff/resources? What technology are we using to deliver those services?
How can we better utilize alumni to give back, ie; mentoring, networking
events, delivering programs, etc? What are the trends in providing services
to our alumni?
Summary:
What we found was that their continues to be an increase in demand for
services from alumni, and that while most of us try to accommodate those
request and have "lifelong career services policies" some schools
set expiration dates for "free services", especially counseling.
In addition to an influx of new alumni still seeking their first full-time
post grad position, there is also a high demand from long term unemployed
alumni from near and far who are happy with any form of assistance we
can provide; in person, by phone, e-mail, internet, and referrals. Some
of us have policies in place to charge our alumni, but collecting fees
is very inconsistent and in some cases nonexistent. There seems to a consensus
that we are all looking for effective, efficient methods to provide the
support and services our alumni request, with in some cases less resources.
Working closely with Alumni Relations and other KEY offices on campuses
will prove very important in gaining the resources necessary, and utilizing
alumni in a give and take relationship will always enhance mentoring programs,
presentations to groups, and providing job and networking opportunities.
What's next?
If you are interested in joining the EACE Alumni list serve please e-mail,
Craig Bettinson @ cr.bettinson@neu.edu
A follow up the 2002 Alumni Career Services: Benchmarks and Best Practices
survey coming this summer.
From the Sponsorship Committee: Don't miss out and don't be left out. Join your fellow members in supporting YOUR association:
For more details about sponsorship opportunities
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Employers Expect to Increase College Hires by 11.2 Percent
Bethlehem, PA—New college graduates embarking on the job search have reason to be cautiously optimistic. Employers say they plan to hire 11.2 percent more new college graduates from the Class of 2004 than they hired from the Class of 2003, according to a new report published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
The new report, titled Job Outlook Spring Update, confirms an earlier NACE survey that indicated a positive hiring outlook for 2003-04 college graduates.
“When we surveyed employers back in August 2003 about their hiring plans for the academic year, they told us they planned to increase their hiring for the first time since 2001,” says Marilyn Mackes, NACE executive director. “Results from our most recent survey show that the Class of 2004 is indeed graduating into a more positive job market that classes from the past few years.”
Overall, 51.5 percent of employers responding to NACE’s Job Outlook 2004 Spring Update survey expect to hire more new college graduates in 2003-04 than they hired in 2002-03.
The hiring outlook is best among service-sector employers; overall, they expect their hiring to be up 16.1 percent over 2002-03. Manufacturers, as a group, are also positive about hiring, predicting an overall increase of 12.6 percent in their college hiring. Government/nonprofit employers, as a group, expect a 4.5 percent decrease in hiring. Despite this, however, their projections for 2003-04 are better than they were in 2002-03, when they projected a 7 percent decrease.
By region, employers in the Northeast have the most positive projections and expect to increase their number of college hires by 20.9 percent. Employers in the South expect to increase hiring by 10.5 percent, and those in the West project an increase of 8.3 percent. Although they lag their counterparts in other regions, employers in the Midwest also have a positive hiring outlook—they expect to increase college hiring by 2.7 percent.
Note: NACE will begin polling employers about hiring for the college Class of 2005 in late summer and will report results in late August/early September.
and also from NACE…
Intern Hiring Dips Slightly for College Class of 2004
Bethlehem, PA—Employers expect to trim their college internship and cooperative education programs slightly for 2003-04, according to results of a new survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
Employers responding to NACE’s 2004 Experiential Education survey plan minor cuts to their internship programs: They’ll cut the number of interns they hire for 2003-04 by just 1.8 percent, compared to 2002-03. They expect to decrease hires for their cooperative education programs by 6.8 percent.
College students are most likely to find service-sector employers interested in hiring them for internship or cooperative education programs; as a group, service-sector employers plan to hire 3.2 percent more students for their internship programs and nearly 11 percent more for their cooperative education programs.
Results also show that students who take part in either an internship or cooperative education program are likely to be paid for their efforts. All responding employers with cooperative education programs reported that they pay participating students, while 97 percent with internship programs said they pay interns. On average, at the undergraduate level, cooperative education students working earn $13.95 per hour, while interns average $12.43.
But money isn’t the primary reason why students should participate in such programs.
“Internships and co-op programs are a great way for students to build their expertise and get their foot in the door of a potential employer,” says Marilyn Mackes, NACE executive director. “As a rule, employers look for job candidates who have the kind of work-related experience that students can gain through an internship or co-op program. At the same time, many employers will look first to their own pool of interns or co-op students when they have regular, full-time openings. Participating in an internship or co-op program is one way students can give themselves a big edge in the job market.”
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