Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers

Monday, August 7, 2006:

NEW! “Speed Learning”: A Best Practices Showcase – Monday August 7, 2006
This event will be organized in a “speed dating” format of 3 brief (20 minute) sessions. Showcase your company’s or college’s best practice in this fast-paced, high energy program, repeating the session 3 times to a different audience each time. Join in the fun! Besides registering your own program, please also consider nominating a college or company that you know has an outstanding best practice. You will be notified of your program’s status within a month of applying.

Morning Concurrent Sessions: 10:45 – 11:45 AM

Summary

Round Table Session (Part 1 of 3) (Col, ER / N, E, AP)
Interested participants will be divided into separate college and employer sessions, and with the guidance of a moderator in each group, will discuss issues they would like the other group to know. Focus will be on current issues and trends and how the two sides can work together for the best outcome.
Moderators: Members, Board of Directors, EACE

Navigating and Exploring a Career Path: Promoting the Career Development of Students (COL)
This presentation is designed for administrators, instructors, and advisors who are interested in developing or improving the career development component of their programming. The presenter will utilize theory, research, and experience to offer guidelines for practice.
Presenter: Therese A. Lovegreen, Academic/Career Advisor, Virginia Tech

A Cultural Lens on Experiential Learning: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Navigate the Hearing Workplace (COL, ER)
Participants will explore aspects of Deaf and Hearing culture as a lens for better serving students with disabilities through experiential learning programs. Complex roles of students, employer, faculty member, and career/intern advisor will be examined and successful strategies shared.
Presenters: Steve Koppi, Director, Career Center, Gallaudet University, Pamela Mower, Employer Recruiter, Gallaudet University, Daniel Veit, Internship/Employment Advisor, Gallaudet University, Daniel Timlen, Internship/Employment Advisor, Gallaudet University

Surfing Up Alumni” Panel (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
The number of Alumni working with their Career Services office is on the rise and it brings forth a world of possibilities not only in providing services but also in encouraging alumni to give back. Come hear about the many ways you could work with alumni in your company or university.
Facilitator: Leslie Warner, Tufts University
Panelists: Susan Filkins, Syracuse University; Barbara Hampton, University of Virginia; Ricky Morris, Norfolk Southern Corporation; Andrew Offenbacher, Lutron Electronics Co Inc

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Summary

Understanding Issues of Emerging Adults: The Delay into the Workforce (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
Jeff Arnett’s research on emerging adults identified a potential problem among 18 to 25 year olds who in search of self-identity delay entering the workforce upon college graduation. This presentation reports results and insights from a recent sample of 10,000 individuals in this cohort to see what their attitudes toward work and career really are. Do we have a problem? Or does it make good press?
Presenter: Phil Gardner, Director, Collegiate Employment Research Institute, Michigan State University

Navigating the Inner Sea: Explore the Amazing Jungian Journey Behind the MBTI® (COL, ER / E, AP)
Archetypes, anima/us, psyche, shadow functions, psychological opposites, blind spots, personality dynamics… – if you use the MBTI and you are looking for a healthy dose of self discovery you won’t want to miss this depth programming workshop.
Presenter: Don Kjelleren, Vice President of the award winning Vermont Association of Psychological Type

Navigating with Etiquette (COL, ER / N, E)
This entertaining and often humorous program reviews professional behavior/business etiquette basics. Research says that up to 85% of one’s success in getting a job, keeping a h=job, and getting promoted on the job are base don interpersonal skills. Etiquette is a powerful, yet underappreciated, interpersonal skill.
Presenter: Robert Shutt, RA Solutions.net

Blogging for Early Career Talent (ER)
Come learn how Honeywell is making its mark in developing a contemporary and cutting-edge approach to global university relations. Using a high-tech and high-touch approach to recruitment marketing, Honeywell recruitment blogs are helping to shape university relations around the globe. This session will discuss Honeywell’s process for creating a recruitment blog, goals, and intended outcomes for recruitment success.
Presenter: Adam Forbes, Staffing Manager, Process Excellence, Honeywell

Developing Inner Direction and Career Launching (COL)
What distinguishes highly effective leaders from others is their ability to understand one’s self, to exercise power through self-awareness and insight, and to use this awareness wisely in relationships. This presentation offers a model for developing a student’s ability to access their own inner voice, i.e., to explore the uncharted waters of inner direction.
Presenter: Marianne Ruggiero, Founder & Managing Director, Optima Careers, LLC

Using Strategic Planning in the Development of Your Career Center (COL / E, AP)
This session will cover a 10-step process that can be employed in the strategic development of a new Career Center, or as an assessment tool for improving an existing Career Center. Participants will learn the questions to ask, steps to take, the procedures to follow, and the resources available.
Presenter: Beverly Evans, Director of Career Services, York College of Pennsylvania; Larry Sechney, Director of Career and Community Services, Kutztown University

Tuesday, August 8, 2006 - Employer Day!:

NEW! Employer Day features programs of special interest to corporate recruiters attending the conference, as well as local employers attending for the day. While the focus is on employers, there will be plenty of programs running for the college participants as well. Special events during the day include Part Two of the Employer Round Table series, College Fair 2006!, a Keynote Speaker, and special concurrent sessions with a focus on employers.

Morning Concurrent Sessions: 9:15 – 10:15 AM

Summary

Round Table Discussion, Part 2 - Employers (ER / N, E, AP)
This program is a follow-up from the Part 1 session on Monday, although it is not necessary to have attended the previous session to benefit from this discussion. The moderator will present the issues raised at the previous College Round Table session - i.e. the “hot” topics for colleges and what the colleges want the employers to know. Discussion will center on these topics, and strategies and goals will be generated.
Moderators: EACE Leadership

Round Table Discussion, Part 2 - Colleges (Col / N, E, AP)
This program is a follow-up from the Part 1 session on Monday, although it is not necessary to have attended the previous session to benefit from this discussion. The moderator will present the issues raised at the previous Employer Round Table session - i.e. the “hot” topics for employers and what the employers want the college career staff to know. Discussion will center on these topics, and strategies and goals will be generated.
Moderators: EACE Leadership

ACE – Bringing Good Things to Life: Revitalizing (or Building) Your State Association of Colleges and Employers (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
Learn how to bring new life into your State organization or explore the possibility of building one. Topics include: how to overcome roadblocks; energize the college and employer professionals; celebrate your creativity as partners. This workshop will use NJACE as a model. Participants will learn how to create an engaged, active Executive Board; new strategies for better understanding what various professional would travel to a meting/ conference for; ways to manage the details and data; how to financially support the creation and management of a dynamic website; and to utilize connections with state government and other organizations in order to provide value-added meetings.
Presenters: Teri Corso, President, NJACE; Elisa Varon, Secretary, NJACE, Assistant Director of the Career Center, Seton Hall University; Krista Corona, Human Resources and Recruiting Supervisor, BOC Gasses

Hiring Foreign Students: Immigration Issues Made Easy for Colleges and Employers (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
This program will provide practical answers to issues regarding the employment of foreign students and graduates. For employers, the program will provide information regarding available visas or hiring talented foreign grads, including costs, timing, and employer obligations. For college career services offices, the program will allow you to educate your foreign students and grads on strategies to get jobs in the U.S. Employers will learn available work visas, costs, timing, and employer obligations. Career Services professionals will learn work options for foreign students and grads, and strategies for approaching job interviews.
Presenter: Mark Rhoads, Business Immigration Attorney, McCandlish Holton PC, Norfolk

Envisioning the Possibilities and Making It Happen for Under-Resourced Populations (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
The audience will be guided through the process of assessing the need and envisioning the solutions that serve the needs of under resourced populations. While the emphasis will be on LGBTQ and the disabled community, the process and solutions can be applied to any constituency. The discussion will include the collaboration between the Career Center and the Office of Disability Services in serving these populations. Participants will learn to identify areas of need and to envision creative solutions. The presenters will walk participants through the process from identification through program implication. The audience will be educated about the LGBTQ and disabled community including legal, identity, and perception issues.
Presenters: Meri Cayem, Career Counselor, Simmons College; Todd Herriott, ADA Compliance Officer and Director of Disability Services, Simmons College

So How Do Students Really Find the Work They Love? (COL / N, E, AP)
The answer to that question comes from the stories of 23 fairly recent grads from 19 different schools across the country. These stories form the backdrop for the recently released book, “Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads: Finding a Path to Your Perfect Career”. Join the author as she shares her perspective on the topic, based on her 10 years of experience in career services and these 23 interesting stories.
Presenter: Sheila J. Curran, Executive Director, Career Center, Duke University

Morning Concurrent Sessions: 10:30 – 11:30 AM

Summary

Building Ambassadorship on Campus! (ER / N, E, AP)
Ambassadorship on our campuses: it’s what we all want. Career Services professionals, interns, new hires, student leaders and others will help carry our brand when we can’t be there. Get new tools, a game plan, and best practices to help you do more with less, particularly in this hectic job market! Ambassadorship is an elusive concept employers seek to achieve. It goes beyond branding and focuses on leveraging our time, talent and resources through better relationships. Building ambassadorship allows us to be “on campus” 24/7. But it all starts with giving, not taking.
Presenter: Cristie Lucas, Recruiting Manager, VERIS Consulting and Johnson Lambert & Co.

Making Employers Part of Your Career Services Team (COL, ER)
Many employers welcome the invitation to go beyond the recruitment calendar and become members of your team. As workshop presenters, advisors, and more, employers bring unique perspectives and expertise to students. This session will illustrate effective ways employers and career services can team up together to bring quality programming to students. We will explore ways to become more effective on campus including employer branding, name recognition, and face time with students; develop programming strategy that mutually benefits both the employer and career services. Through a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, participants will view effective ways of making employers part of your Career Services team.
Presenters: Christine Tetreault, Director of Career Services, Bridgewater State College; Tracey Gray, Associate Director of Career Services, Bridgewater State College; Sare Arnold, Regional Recruiting Manager, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Experiential Education 2006 and Beyond: Benchmarks & Trends (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
Recruiters, as well as career services professionals, have identified experiential education as one of the most important issues facing the field right now and in the future. Based on the results of NACE’s 2006 Experiential Education Survey, this workshop looks at key metrics: conversion and retention rates, salaries, and more - and examines where experiential education has been, and where it’s going.
Presenter: Marilyn Mackes, Executive Director, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

Partnering with Your Community (COL, ER / E, AP)
Throughout the Northeast the headlines are similar, only the locations changes: “Brain Drain!” and “Region Losing its Best and Brightest”. Colleges and Universities, particularly supported by taxpayer funds, are increasingly being looked to in their regions as a source of enormous potential for economic growth. This program will describe how one major public institution aggressively partnered with business and governmental groups to establish and maintain connections between the region’s higher education institutions and its business and not-for-profit employers. Participants will be encouraged to share their best practices with an end result of fostering economic development and employer collaboration.
Presenters: Dan Ryan, Director of Career Services, University of Buffalo; Tim Doolittle, Regional Director, Empire State Development

Globetrotters, Backpackers and Jetsetters? Aiding Students in International Career Searching (COL / N, E, AP)
With the substantial growth of study abroad, internship abroad, and international work programs, students are investigating careers outside of America’s borders in ever increasing numbers. This presentation will address several knowledge areas for career counselors, study abroad advisors, and other college personnel who aid students in beginning their international job search, including legal regulations, where to find information on cultural standards, the multiple options available to students looking to work abroad, and sources for further information. Options for students interested in working internationally after graduating from college range from teaching English in a foreign country to serving as a Peace Corp volunteer to working for an American company in global branch offices around the world. This presentation will address issues including advising students of the difficulty of an international search, legal regulations, finding information on cultural standards, and the multiple options available to students, while also asking participants to explore their own preconceived notions about the challenges and benefits of working abroad.
Presenter: Amber Graham, Recruiting and Internship Counselor, University of Rochester

Identifying Top Diverse Talent for Companies and Helping Students Make a Successful Transition: Monster Diversity Leadership Programs (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
Recognized with the prestigious “Diversity Innovation” award by EACE in 2004, the Monster Diversity Leadership Programs has grown into the largest series of success conferences for college students in the nation. The free weekend events offer companies a unique compliment to their traditional recruitment initiatives. Through these powerful events students learn the practical skills, and receive a motivation kick-start, to their transition during and after college. Also as part of this learning experience, select companies are engaged to help students understand potential career paths, review skills necessary for achievement and work with students as mentors in their next steps.
Presenter(s): Nicole Thomas, Content Manager, Monster Diversity Leadership Programs; or Chuck Knippen, Program Founder, Monster Diversity Leadership Programs

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: 1:30 – 2:30 PM

Summary

Employer Panel: Today’s Hot Topics! (ER / N, E, AP)
Join us as we discuss some of the big issues facing employers today including: 1) Applicant tracking systems vs. college career center systems…who’s talking to who? (or not?) 2) The definition of an applicant according to the recent OFCCP regulations for companies, and the recordkeeping requirement which in turn impacts the recruiting process. 3) Current trends for acquiring new talent given the market conditions. 4) and more – bring your ideas!
Facilitator/Panelist: Adam Forbes, Global University Relations Manager, Honeywell
Panelists: Christine Westbrook, Recruitment Manager, U.S. Government; Dylan Schweipzer, Group Recruiting Manager, Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Nancy Dilthey, University Relations Development Manager, Johnson & Johnson.

Establishing a Successful Experiential Education Program (ER)
This presentation, designed for human resource personnel, will address how to develop student orientation programs, how to choose appropriate supervisors, and how to benchmark the program. Intern supervisors will learn how to develop learning objectives and evaluate student performance based on established objectives. Included will be useful management techniques and how to supervise students with various personality traits. Participants will learn about the different types of experiential learning programs (internships and co-ops) and the benefits that they provide to both the student as well as the organization. Also learn how to create orientation programs for supervisors who wish to hire co-op or interns and the Fair Labor Standards Act and its effect on both students and employers in experiential education programs.
Presenter: Valerie Hass, Co-operative Education Coordinator, Drexel University

Sailing to Success: Strategies for Strengthening and Expanding Career Programming Initiatives to Yield Increases in Student Attendance (COL / N,)
Career services professionals invest a great deal of time and money in designing, planning and delivering career programs for diverse student and alumni populations. This workshop will highlight best practices and present several innovative strategies for strengthening and expanding career programming initiatives. Other topics to be addressed include the challenges career services professionals encounter in recruiting student participants to attend career sponsored programs, highlight best practices compiled from a literature review, and articulate specific strategies for engaging students in career programs. The workshop will feature a roundtable discussion in which participants will share examples of successful practices from their own institution.
Presenters: Effie Parpos, Associate Director, Career Education and Counseling, Babson College; Amy Vautour, Director, Center for Career Development, Wheelock College

Compass for Success: Strategies for Reaching Students with Disabilities (COL / N, E, AP)
Career counseling professionals are becoming more informed about issues surrounding students with disabilities, both visible and invisible. Students are growing more comfortable with disclosing their disabilities and requesting academic accommodations. Armed with new information about disabilities, we have the opportunity to uncover possibilities and identify areas where we can adjust our services or offer new programs to accommodate the needs of this population. Receive information designed to help discover creative new ways to serve students with disabilities. Participants will get a sense of the budgetary impact of these special services in addition to learning how to market to this population.
Presenter: Holly Duke, Assistant Director, Career Center, Duke University

Global Beads (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
Global Beads® is a facilitated learning exercise designed to illustrate the profound effect that acculturation has on an individual's socialization. By using colored beads representing different ethnicities in the world, participants visualize the ethnicities of individuals who have filled their lives over the years who have had a meaningful impact on their development. Through this experience, individuals begin to realize the extent that others have influenced them and can begin to think about how they can proactively increase the diversity within their own life. Participants will be able to realize and become aware of the level of diversity in their own lives; realize how the level of diversity in their lives has influenced them as individuals and; create proactive measure to increase the diversity within their own life.
Presenter: Nicole Thomas, Content Manager, Monster Diversity Leadership Programs

COLLEGE FAIR 2006! 2:45 – 3:45 PM

NEW! At this “College Fair” the roles are reversed – the colleges will host the event with the employers visiting each college’s table. This is an opportunity for employers to develop a relationship with colleges they may not currently work with, or to enhance a current relationship. There will be giveaways and drawings for the employers. All conference attendees are invited to attend in this exciting event! (Advance registration was required for the colleges to host a table)

Wednesday, August 9, 2006:

Morning Concurrent Sessions: 9:15 – 10:15 AM

Summary

Overview of Tools for Success Recruiting Workshop (ER / N, E)
In today’s competitive environment, attracting and retaining talented and motivated people is one of the most critical challenges employers face. In light of these challenges, it is essential to have the most up to date information and the best possible tools to help employers succeed. The presentation will focus on comprehensive and cohesive branding for recruiting on campus, how to assess and utilize your communication style during the recruiting process, and how to measure recruiting success. The market is becoming more competitive and Washington Career Services seeks to offer new ideas and research about sourcing, hiring, and retaining the talent colleges and universities have to offer.
Presenter: Melissa Fireman, CEO, Washington Career Services, Susanne Eymer, COO, Washington Career Services

Band Together with Other Schools to Attract More Employers: Forming a Career Services Consortium (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
Previously, technology to form a consortium was unavailable, or too expensive. Now that has changed. Join us as we discuss the process of implementing a consortium job board, including technology, the marketing and member agreements. Gain valuable information on how to define what is structure and size will work best; what type of consortium membership selection criteria to use; ways to avoid certain pitfalls, and how to maximize the benefits of the consortium model.
Presenters: Pete Hoffman, CFO/VP of Operations, CSO Research, Inc.

Navigating the Waters of Leadership in Career Services (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
Developing leadership skills has always been at the forefront of research, but recently followership has begun to take the limelight. Using Robert Kelley’s Theory of Followership, participants will begin to understand why he explains that 80% of any organization’s success is related to its followers rather than its leader. This interactive presentation will take both new and experienced professionals through a discovery of their leadership style and how it relates to those who follow. Learn your leadership style and how it relates to those who follow. You will gain strategies and techniques to develop effective followers within your organization and create a strategic plan based on followership theory.
Presenter: Patrick Madsen, Director of Career Services, Johns Hopkins University

Captain, First Mate & Skipper, Too! (COL / N, E)
As the need for quality career services increases in an ever changing job market, “Lone Ranger” (single staff) offices will continue to be asked to do more with less. Geared toward “Lone Rangers”, this program will compare two different campus perspectives on developing and maintaining effective services. With little manpower and dwindling resources, we’ll show successful methods for running your office. We will offer two campus perspectives on ways of balancing more campus programs, marketing to non traditional students, increasing employer relations and individualized student coaching.
Presenter: Amy Saul, Director of Career Planning, Internships and Study Abroad Programs, Cedar Crest College; Debi Swarner, Director of Career Services, Pennsylvania State Lehigh Valley

Facebook, MySpace, and Other Social Networking Sites: Friend or Foe to Students and Employers? (COL, ER / N, E, AP)
Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are wonderful tools for making college campuses smaller by helping students meet other students with like interests. But they also pose significant dangers to those students and the employers who want to recruit them. In this highly interactive, humorous session, learn how students are using these sites, how they should not be using these sites, how employers are using them, and why employers should be very cautious about using these sites. Participants will learn how students are using these social networking sites and the dangers to students who choose to post inappropriate information about themselves to the sites. Career Services Office professionals will learn how to counsel their students about what information they should never post online and employers will learn how to use these sites as part of their background checking process but will also learn about the dangers they could face should they decide to do so.
Presenter: Steven Rothberg, President and Founder, CollegeRecruiter.com

Recruiting and College Relations – Are the Two Really That Different? (ER / N, E, AP)
Campuses across the country are reporting increases in the number of companies visiting campuses for interviews. Therefore, targeting the best and the brightest students has become more competitive for companies vying for these students. How does this knowledge impact corporate college relations on campus? More importantly, what kind of campus support will they need to accomplish these goals and ultimately increase hires? This workshop will distinguish the difference between recruiting on campus and building relations on campus. It will also outline how the two work hand in hand to meet hiring goals.
Presenters: Doris Labitue, Corporate College Relations, Liberty Mutual Group; Maia Germain, College Relations and Diversity Staffing Manager Worldwide Staffing, State Street Bank

Round Table Summary: 10:30 – 11:15 AM

This session will review the issues raised by both the colleges and employers during the prior Round Table series, and the response of each group to the other’s concerns. The EACE Leadership will discuss the opportunities for the organization to address these issues during the coming year. Come learn about the strengths and challenges in college recruiting, and how you can get involved in working on the positive outcomes from this series of discussions! All attendees will benefit from this presentation, even without prior participation.
Presenter/Facilitator: EACE Leadership