1.   From "Public Service" to "Sustainable Careers: " Mainstreaming a New Work Ethic for a Global Era

Presenter(s):

Ms. Melissa Everett, Executive Director, Sustainable Careers Institute

Ande Diaz, Assistant Dean, Princeton University

Ms. Shirley Downey, Director, Career Development Center, University of Albany

Description:

Global issues, from fair trade to climate protection to cultural diversity, bring new dilemmas and opportunities for every graduate, not just those with a traditional "service" orientation.  Sustainable business, "the next industrial revolution," is driving codes of industrial practice and new strategies for the public sector, dovetailing with movements for engaged learning and "greening" the campus.  We'll explore these impacts on workplace choice and how career centers can keep pace; demonstrate counseling methods; discuss student campaigns; and present a systematic model being piloted on two campuses in New York's Capital District, SUNY Albany and Renselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Presenter(s):

Mr. Tom Bachhuber, Vice President, University Resources, National Corporate College Consultants

Mr. Mike Iserson, President, National Corporate College Consultants

Mr. Sam Iserson, Vice President, National Corporate College Consultants

Mr. John Plato, Former Director of University Relations, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

Mr. Phil Golino, Director, University Recruitment, Pepsi Bottling Group

Ms. Laura Paight, Senior Advisor, University Relations, Pfizer Global R&D

Description:      

This program will examine the best practices of four major Fortune 250 organizations (Pepsi Bottling Group, Pfizer Global Research & Development, McKesson Supply Solutions, and Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young), focusing on how technology and relationships work together in achieving outstanding college recruiting outcomes.  Innovative university recruitment, marketing, and partnership building concepts and applications will be presented and participants will have the opportunity to assess their own programs. National Corporate College Consultants  (NC3) is a leading provider of outsourced and consultative services to several Fortune 500 companies.

Presenter(s):

Dr. Karen Dowd, Senior Associate Consultant, The Empower Group

Mr. David Bloom, Senior Vice President, The Empower Group

Description:

Both college and employer members will benefit from this session. Participants will learn how to use career branding to link your  organization's values to your recruiting strategy, make the business case for career branding, and use career branding to improve interviewer training and recruiting media.

4.   Living Through the World Trade Center Tragedy and Beyond:  Career Services on  NYC Campuses after 9/11

Presenter(s):

Dr. Patricia Imbimbo, Director of Career Services, Career Development Center, Baruch College, City University of New York

Mr. Tes Asfaw, Director of Career Services, Queens College, CUNY

Ms. Melba Olmeda, Director of Career Services, Career Development, Bronx Community College - City University of New York

Mr. Ron West, Director of Career Services, Career Development, Borough of Manhattan Community College

Description:      

On September 11, 2001, career services professionals at the City University of New York (CUNY) arrived on campus expecting to manage their usual fall recruiting schedules.  Instead, they were met with news about the attack on the World Trade Center. Everyone needed to manage an unimaginable crisis.  Directors from four CUNY campuses will discuss the events of the WTC tragedy; the emotional, physical and career development needs of their students (some of whom are from countries or share a religion with individuals considered responsible for the attack); how they are helping students reassess career options; and the effect of the tragedy on their college recruiting programs.

5.   Retain Your Students: Customized, Computer Based Career Code Map as an Advising Tool in Liberal Arts & Technical Colleges

Presenter(s):

Ms. Judith Carruthers, Director, Career Development, Castleton State College

Ms. Lauri Sybel, Director, Career Development, Vermont Technical College

Description:      

The Career Code Map uses students' Holland Codes to link interests to majors, minors, internship ideas, campus activities and clubs.  The Career Code Map was customized and implemented throughout all five Vermont State Colleges with VSC maintaining a central link. User-friendly and color-coded, the Career Code Map is a great starting tool to capture and direct the interests of  "undeclared" majors and help "declared" majors feel confident in their choices. Designed by Carruthers & Durgin.

6.  When the Worlds of Academia and Corporate Collide, Is It Smooth Sailing?

Presenter(s):

Ms. Ann Davis Shaw, Manager, College Recruiting Programs, CDM

Description:      

Presenter(s):

Ms. Donna Beyer, Associate Director, Career Development, Stevens Institute of Technology

Description:      

This session will act as a think tank to discuss ways to ensure that all aspects of recruiting are ethical.  Topics such as accurate representation of student qualifications, courteous and ethical interaction between employers and students in the interviewing process, accurate representation of job openings and availability, and the obligations that both students and employers have when offering and accepting offers will be discussed.

3.  If You Customize It, They Will Come! Creative Strategies for Increasing Workshop Attendance

Presenter(s):

Ms. Nancy Burkett, Dean of Career Development, Wagner College

Ms. Stephanie McGlinchey, Assistant Director, Career Development, Wagner College

Description:      

One of the most daunting challenges facing career services professionals is how to increase student attendance at workshops. Free food, giveaways, extra credit?  At Wagner College we have created a proven method for increasing student attendance through creative marketing and customization of programs to meet the needs of students. The result? We've tripled workshop attendance and built an educational program that incorporates alumni, employers and parents as partners in the career development of our students.

4. Leveraging Technology to Market Your Office On Campus

5.   Utilization of Parents as a Career Partner

Presenter(s):

Mr. Edward Pulaski, Associate Director, Career Center, Syracuse University, School of Management

Description:

The Career Center of the School of Management at Syracuse University works hand-in-hand with the Office of Development to present at Parents Receptions throughout the year. To complement traditional student publications, the office developed a Parents Guide and formulated a program to utilize parents as career partners. Our target audience is the parents of our students, as we realize that the biggest supporters of our traditional students are their
parents. A guide was mailed to each undergraduate student's parents or guardian and followed-up with information on corporate recruiting at the School of Management and information on how parents can further their relationship with the Career Center. 

6.   Making the Most of Your Association's Online Directory

Presenter(s):

Ms. Marilyn Mackes, Executive Director, National Association of Colleges and Employers

Ms. Vanessa Singleton, Asst.  Director for Recruitment and Special Projects, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Description: 

EACE now offers its members the opportunity to access membership information via the web through the online membership directory.  Lean how you can use this 24/7 resource to stay current on the membership changes, conduct member searches, and communicate effectively with your colleagues.  Get "connected" to fellow professionals by learning more about this valuable association benefit of membership.

EACE Conference Agenda

Monday, June 10: 2:15 - 3:30

1.  Building Your Employer Relations Program and Overcoming Obstacles in  Challenging Times

Presenter(s):

Ms. Raquel Cosden, Assistant Director of Employer Relations, Goucher College

Description:              

Having difficulty bringing  "big names and numbers" to your campus?   Lacking time and resources to beckon employers to your school?  With an increased number of companies decreasing the number of recruiters on campus and tightening the list of schools they recruit from, career service offices need to be innovative and strategic in developing their employer relations programs. Learn how you can create new marketing materials, build employer relationships and develop collaborative programs that bring employers to your campus. You will also have the opportunity to explore new ideas and share best practices with the group.

2.  First Year on the Job: Managing Expectations

Presenter(s):

Ms. Colleen Bronson, Coordinator, Career Services, John Molson School of Business at Concordia University

Description:              

While we as career professionals believe we prepare our students for the "real world," many who land dream jobs are back in our offices disillusioned within their first year on the job.  In this workshop we will examine and explore the very different expectations we have established for students with the realities of their first career-related experiences, including suggestions on what more we can do to manage everyone's expectations for first year success.

3.  Idealists at Work: Connecting Your Students With Nonprofit Career Options

Presenter(s):

Mr. Russ Finkelstein, Associate Director, Action Without Borders/Idealist.Org

Description:              

Do students with an interest in nonprofit careers require different approaches and strategies from career services professionals? This workshop provides ways to better connect your students with nonprofit career opportunities. Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization that administers the Idealist.org website, helps to organize nonprofit career fairs that over 10,000 individuals attend each year. The presenter will share practical tips about the nonprofit job search. Participants will also be encouraged to share examples of their own nonprofit career programs.

4.  Successful Job Search Class

Presenter(s):

Ms. Mary Ellen Brett, Director of Career & Alumni Programs, University of Massachusetts College of Management

Description:              

This program demonstrates a successful career preparation class that is flexible and uses strategic employer and alumni alliances to deliver a cohesive and credible program.  Topics covered in the class  (which is called "Job Strategies" at UMASS) include resume writing, interviewing, business etiquette, salary and offers, etc.

5.  What Lies Ahead for High Tech Recruiting?

Presenter(s):

Ms. Mary Ellen Buhl, Assistant Director, Engineering Co-op and Career Services, Cornell University

Description:              

A panel of engineering college career professionals and technical employers will share observational views regarding this past year's struggle in dealing with changes in the economy and reduced hiring.   Discussion will focus on what strategies were implemented to handle this year's challenges and share perceptions of the 2002-03 hiring climate.

EACE Conference Agenda

Tuesday, June 11: 8:00 - 9:15 AM

1.  "60 Minutes to Success: The Ultimate Guide to Power Lunching"   

Presenter(s):

Dr. Rachel Seff, National Manager of Recruiting and Development, Consolidated Graphics, Inc.

Description:              

Join an exciting how-to session that's easy to enjoy, easy to access and easy to remember. The total focus of our program is on the business meal - how it is conducted, how to present yourself as a savvy professional, how to recover from a faux pas and how to be successful in this important social situation.   In this train-the-trainers session, we'll show you how to facilitate your own workshop on business etiquette.

 

2.  Creating a Culture Supporting Proactive Job Search Strategies

Presenter(s):

Dr.  Mark Presnell, Associate Director, Career Center, University of Rochester

Mr. Matt Hinton, Counselor, Career Center, University of Rochester

Description:              

How many students walk into your office and ask where are all the job postings? Or repeat the mantra "Do you think Acme Bank is hiring?"  Is your office reinforcing the reactive job search behaviors of your students in a tight job market? This seminar chronicles changes that were employed at the University of Rochester to create a "culture" that develops and reinforces proactive job search strategies.  Topics discussed will include staff development, creation of a common counseling and coaching voice, and enhancement of office resources.   New methodologies were integrated into existing reactive job search services creating effective strategies for any market.

3.  Employment Opportunities in the Federal Government: What Career Service Centers Need to Know

Presenter(s):

Mr. Nash Montgomery, Assistant Director, Career Management Center, Old Dominion University

Description:              

This session is sure to provide career service professionals something they can use now. The session will explore employment opportunities in the federal government.  Attendees will learn how to identify government agencies and identify job vacancies within those agencies.  Additionally, professionals attending this session will learn about the employment application process in the federal government and will have a better understanding of the hiring process.

4.  Employment Visas After 9/11

Presenter(s):

            Mr. Mark Rhoads, Attorney, McCandlish Holton PC

Description:      

This seminar will provide no-nonsense answers to questions regarding hiring foreign graduates of US universities after 9/11; what visas are available; current processing times and costs; and employer obligations. We will also discuss if 9/11 has changed the hiring of foreign professionals. Materials distributed will include a plain English US Immigration Laws Handbook and handy visa charts summarizing popular visas.

5.  Quantitative Methods in Marketing Students and Career Resources

Presenter(s):

Mr. Edward Pulaski, Associate Director, Career Center, Syracuse University, School of Management

Description: 

We all market our services to employers in a variety of ways. Some list services they provide while others prefer a soft sell approach and focus on developing the "personal relationship" with prospective employers. However, rarely do we take a pure marketing, quantitative, hard look at the quality of our product (in a brand management sense our students). The purpose of this presentation is to inform of a new undertaking at the School of Management at Syracuse University in finding out the "performance criteria" of our products (our students), hopefully answering such questions as the benefits to recruiting at Syracuse, cost per hire over competition, attrition rates, promotion to time ratio, etc.

6.  Sailing Into a New Position With Confidence

Presenter(s):

Ms. Jan Harris, Assistant Director, Career Services, Philadelphia University

Description:      

Adult students and alumni seeking new careers by choice or through unemployment and layoffs present opportunities for career professionals to be creative in teaching them how to market their skills and abilities in the current economic climate.  What issues need to be identified to ensure a successful job search? How do they learn to promote themselves for jobs for which they feel they are not qualified?  How can companies identify the skills essential to their openings in candidates without direct experience?

EACE Conference Agenda

Tuesday, June 11: 1:45 - 3:00

1.  Career Counseling and Employing ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) Clients

Presenter(s):

Ms. Victoria Ball, ADD Career Coach

Description:      

"Yes Virginia, there is an ADD gene." Hear about the newest scientific research. Discover career diagnostic techniques to help clients assess their ADD strengths and weaknesses and choose the best careers/jobs.   Learn some ADD coaching skills to aid in the job search process.   Employers will obtain information about the ADA (American With Disabilities Act) and potential reasonable accommodations to enhance the positive contributions of ADD employees.

2.  Counseling Your Art Students

Presenter(s):

Ms. Kathy Woughter, Director, Career Development Center, Alfred University

Ms. Elisa Kurland, Director, Career Services, University of the Arts

Description:      

Ever wondered why your most creative students are often your least creative when it comes to their career development?  Your art students need help in breaking through the negativity to find the internship, job, or attitude they need to get started.  We will offer tips on career counseling for your most creative - and sometimes most baffling - population of students.   This program may be of interest to comprehensive universities with art majors; it may be too basic for art-specific colleges.

3.  Credentialing for Career Providers: The  Career Development Facilitator Program

Presenter(s):

Mr. Michael Cahill, Director, Center for Career Services, Syracuse University

Description:      

The counseling profession has made great progress in defining professional counseling and the career counseling specialty. However, several professional groups recognized that many individuals currently providing career assistance are not professional counselors. The Career Development Facilitator (CDF) Program was developed and endorsed by these groups to provide standards, training specifications and internal credentialing for all career service providers. Syracuse University began implementation of CDF training during the summer of 2001 and there are currently more than 20 career practitioners
at Syracuse in the program This workshop will provide an overview of the CDF training, certification requirements and describe how Syracuse University is using this training to strengthen the delivery of career services for students and alumni and to promote the profession to faculty and administrators.

4.  Engineering Early Advantages Program for Women

Presenter(s):

Mr. Tom Wunderlich, Director, College of Engineering and Technology, Career Management Center, Old Dominion University

Description:      

Utilizing funding from the Virginia Space Grant Authority, seven incoming freshman female engineering students initiated the Engineering Early Advantage Program (eEAP) receiving five weeks of internship experience and mentoring at the NASA full-scale wind tunnel and within the college.  The students completed projects and received technical lectures at the wind tunnel each Friday and met with their student mentors and female faculty members for discussion and lunch.  The students completed normal internship academic written report requirements and produced a group presentation to faculty and Space Grant administrators.  The presentation was also given to the Space Grant Board of Visitors at the Space Grant program director's request.

5.  Liberal Arts Corporate Connection Program

Presenter(s):

Ms. Angela Yorio, Senior Associate Director/Director of Planning, Career Planning and Placement Office, Fordham University

Ms. Jeanine D'Angelo, Assistant Director/Employer Relations Manager, Career Planning and Placement Office, Fordham University

Ms. Jennifer Perez, Assistant Director/Coordinator of Special Programs, Career Planning and Placement Office, Fordham University

Description:      

This program was specifically designed to provide useful and targeted information to liberal arts majors (freshmen through senior year) about their marketability in the business world and the multitude of opportunities available to them. Our program stresses that rewarding careers in corporate America are not just for business majors.

6.  Making the Campus- Student - Employer Connection

Presenter(s):

Ms. Leslie Williams, Associate Director, Employer Services, University of Virginia

Ms. Jennifer Hoffman, Recruitment Manager, University of Virginia

Mr. Lee Green, University Program Coordinator, Raytheon Corporation

Description:      

Employers often wonder how they can increase their organization's visibility on campus. Many career centers are unsure of the best ways to attract employers to their schools. Come to this session to hear tried-and-true tips for enhancing the career center- student- employer connection.

EACE Conference Agenda

Tuesday, June 11: 3:45 - 5:00

1.  Enhancing the Company to Campus Connection

Presenter(s):

Ms. Debi McIntyre, College Relations Specialist, The Vanguard Group

Description:      

This interactive discussion will give company and campusrep resentatives the opportunity to exchange best practices around maintaining an effective long-term relationship. Communication is the key to enhancing existing and developing new connections as well as managing expectations at either end.  How will colleges and employers be successful in any type of hiring market, while still servicing the needs of the student population? Topics covered will include the role of students in the campus to company relationship; how to stay connected with alumni; and how to manage recruiting/hiring expectations in a difficult market.

2.  Procrastination: A Critical Factor in Underachievement: How Can We Help?

Presenter(s):

Ms. Carol Eigenbrot, Assistant Director, Career and Academic Planning, RowanUniversity

Description:      

What common traits do students who procrastinate exhibit?  What effect does procrastination have on academic, professional and personal performance? How can we help?  Procrastination is a habit.  Habits can be changed.  The six stages of self-change will be detailed. Brief case studies and group discussion will focus on recognizing and dealing with excuses for procrastinating.  Common types of distorted thinking will be identified and attendees will work collaboratively to develop effective replacement thoughts and self-enhancing statements for students to use as guides for positive action.

3.   Syracuse University's Career Services Network: Collaborating in a  Decentralized/Centralized Environment

Presenter(s):

Ms. Monica Roberts, Coordinator, Athletics Career Services, Dept. of Intercollegiate Athletics, Syracuse University

Mr. Michael Cahill, Director, Center for Career Services, Syracuse University

Mr. Edward Pulaski, Associate Director, Career Center, School of Management,Syracuse University

Description:      

Many academic institutions struggle to find ways for offices to work together. Syracuse University has developed a way to achieve collaboration from units within academic and student affairs. The award winning Career Services Network, a coalition of 17 campus career units has redefined how career services are delivered. Three functioning components of the network, the career coordinating committee, the practitioners group, and the employer partner advisory board will be highlighted in the presentation.

4.  Alumni Career Services: Benchmarks and Best Practices

Presenter(s):

Mr. Craig Bettinson, Director, Adult and Alumni/ae Career Services, Northeastern University

Ian Grant, Executive Vice President, ExecuPlanet

Description:

Have you experienced an increase in the number of alumni seeking assistance from your office? Do you wonder how your services to alumni compare to other EACE members? Would you like to learn about services offered by others to meet the demands of alumni seeking your help? This program will answer those questions and more as results of a recent EACE Alumni Benchmarking Survey are presented, along with a presentation by Ian Grant of ExecuPlanet, and "best practices" from EACE members.

5.  Where Have All The Students Gone?

Presenter(s):

Ms. Jennifer Edwards, Assistant Director, Career Services, Bryant College

Description:      

If you are watching your workshop and program attendance go down year after year, this program may be for you. It will present what we discovered from our discussions with students and how some of their suggestions drastically improved our attendance numbers.  Additionally, this program is for anyone who has a success story of his or her own regarding program attendance.

EACE Conference Agenda

Wednesday, June 12: 8:45 - 10:00 AM

1.  Talking the Talk: Connecting with "The Millenials"

Presenter(s):

Dr. Carter Hunter Hopkins, Assistant Director, Career Services, Virginia Military Institute

Description:

The Millennial Generation is now moving into college and the workplace. These young people represent distinct changes in the way the world of work is viewed by potential employees. Career Services and recruiting professionals alike must determine better ways to communicate career development and recruiting/employment information clearly and efficiently to the Millennial Generation. This interactive workshop will address issues and trends related to the advent of "The Millennial's," with the ultimate goal of identifying effective methods of assisting these students through the career development process and into a smooth transition from college to the workforce.

2.  Building Faculty Partnerships: Strategies and Best Practices

Presenter(s):

Dr. Pamela Gardner, Director, Career Development, The University of Vermont

Ms. Jean McLaughlin, Instructor/Advisor, Undergraduate Business Career Center, University of Maryland

Description:      

The success of a career center is dependent on the quality of its relationships. Although most of us are adept at working with students and employers, we sometimes struggle to build effective collaborations with faculty.  In the spirit of improving our connections to faculty, this workshop will provide insight into understanding their culture and speaking in a language they understand and respect.  In addition, information on best practices in academic cooperation will be presented as well as solicited from participants.

3.  Enhancing Partnerships, Presence and Commitment for On and Off-Campus

Presenter(s):

Ms. Debra Kelly, Assistant Director, Office of Career Services, The College of New Jersey

Ms. Ceil O'Callaghan, Director, Office of Career Services, The College of New Jersey

Description:      

Following the disbanding of its cooperative education program along with reporting structural changes, TCNJ recognized the need for a cohesive internship and recruitment program. We will discuss our efforts to enhance campus visibility and competitiveness through an improved internship program. In addition, we will focus on program structure, campus-wide tracking, and strengthening the partnerships among faculty, administration, employers and students needed for success.  We will also address our attempts to resolve the challenges we faced and continue to face.

4.   Turning Your Job Fair from Fair to Excellent!

Presenter(s):

Ms. Jennifer Sullivan, Employer Relations Manager, Career Center, American University

Ms. Rae Ann Bories-Easley, Associate Director, Career Center, American University

Description:      

Maximize your recruiting services through a comprehensive job fair.   Have you thought about including networking receptions and interviewing opportunities?  A successful fair is the result of thorough planning, including the development of a model that works for your students and employers, marketing the fair, choosing vendors and venues, automating the registration process, and budgeting and pricing correctly.  American University plans two fairs per year for over 100 employers each and they both attract over 900 students.  Find out how we turned our fair rating from fair to excellent!

5.  Yale in Kentucky: Interns, Alumni and Reversal of the Brain Drain

Presenter(s):

Ms. Kristy Graham, Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Services, Yale University

Mr. Rowan Claypool, Founder and Director, Bulldogs in the Bluegrass, Yale University

Mr. Philip Jones, Director, Undergraduate Career Services, Yale University

Description:      

Recognizing the numbers of talented students leaving Kentucky, Louisville-area Yale alumni have developed a comprehensive annual summer internship program for 40 Yale students.  In addition to a substantive internship in Louisville, the Bulldogs in the Bluegrass program affords students a shared living experience, extensive exposure to community and civic leadership, and a sense of life in Louisville.  To date, over 100 students have participated in the program and several have returned to Louisville to live and work upon graduation.  This presentation will cover program development, marketing, and operations on both student and employer ends; the use of technology to drive the program; and program benefits for students, the career center, the alumni association, and the host community.  An interactive question and answer session relating to how careers centers, alumni associations, and alumni constituencies can collaborate to develop such a program will be an integral part of the discussion.