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The EEQ CERT: A New Way to Assure and Communicate Program Quality, Relevance, & Value

By Melanie Booth, Ed.D., Executive Director, The Quality Assurance Commons for Higher & Postsecondary Education, reprinted with permission
As a result of the Quality Assurance Commons for Higher & Postsecondary Education’s work – and in partnership with 27 academic programs from 14 institutions across the country – they have designed the Essential Employability Qualities Certification, or EEQ CERT.

What Innovative Career Service Departments Learned From COVID-19

All About the Outcomes: Retention, Licensing, Placement and Satisfaction

By Darcy A. Dauderis, JD MHA, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, International Education Corporation
The key to ensuring institutional quality, sustainability, and well-equipped graduates is to use the tools you already have to monitor and enhance outcomes. Even with limited financial or human resources, there are simple ways to safeguard quality outcomes for our students and institutions and ensure tomorrow’s workforce is well-equipped.

What Innovative Career Service Departments Learned From COVID-19

The Principles of Professionalism: Ensuring Students Make the Grade in the Real World

By Pamela Eyring, Owner and President, The Protocol School of Washington®
Understanding the fundamentals of business protocol and professional etiquette are more important than ever in our ever-changing multicultural workforce. But there are nuances and subtle shifts in professional behavior that will make your graduates stand out from the competition.

What Innovative Career Service Departments Learned From COVID-19

Exploring Educational and Healthcare Provider Partnerships to Improve Graduate Placement and Healthcare Recruiting Outcomes

By Dr. Amanda Smith, Vice Provost - Curriculum and Academic Services and Beth Garland, Senior Vice President - Strategic Operations, Ultimate Medical Academy
As healthcare providers face increasing competition to source strong employees in a tight labor market, proactive partnerships with educational institutions can help build a pipeline of job-ready candidates. This article discusses how Ultimate Medical Academy is implementing a strategic plan to help graduates obtain jobs and to help healthcare employers reduce interview-to-hire ratios, optimize hiring channels, and decrease hiring costs.

What Innovative Career Service Departments Learned From COVID-19

Verifiable Placement Rates: Strategies for Compliance and Success

By Elizabeth Keifer Herron, Solutions Executive, Collegiate Admission and Retention Solutions (CARS) Obtaining and maintaining accurate and verifiable job placement information is a critical component of institutional operations in today’s regulatory environment. It is critical to deploy new strategies to ensure your publicized placement rates are accurate and verifiable.

What Innovative Career Service Departments Learned From COVID-19

Developing and Managing a Personal Brand

Jeff Bockelman, CEO & Founder, CareerScribe and Pedagog
The economy is growing, unemployment is falling, and companies are finally hiring again, so this is the perfect time for your students to be evaluating the value of their professional asset and the habits they have – or don’t have, but they need to be prepared to promote themselves.

What Innovative Career Service Departments Learned From COVID-19

Improve Placement Rates: Competency Badges

By Larry Banks, Ph.D., Director, Competency Based Education Services, Wonderlic and Amanda Opperman, M.A., Institutional and Program Effectiveness Specialist, Wonderlic
Employers are looking for employees who can solve their problems, and they are hiring graduates who demonstrate that they have skills that matter for employability – not just a degree.

What Innovative Career Service Departments Learned From COVID-19