Picture yourself at a nice restaurant. The person across from you is a blind date. What are the first things that come to mind? I believe most would agree that appearance and good [...]

If you’ve worked with a student who has studied abroad, whenever the question is asked, “tell me about your experience abroad,” you’ve likely said/heard typical responses such as: [...]

One of the many benefits of working for a small institution, particularly as a new professional, is the opportunity to gain experience in myriad functional areas. As a true ENFP, I[...]

Ask anyone in Career Services, and they will tell you there’s major change happening in their world. While there are many ways to stay on the cutting edge, we frequently take for g[...]

It is that time of year again when we reflect on all of the things we appreciate in our lives. In the safe space of this Student Affairs blog, we (Monica & Sam) are admitting t[...]

As career services professionals, we often preach the importance of a professional image, but, sometimes, our marketing and assessment methods can use a makeover. There are many fr[...]

Data. “Big Data.” Assessment. Outcomes. Measurement. You cannot skim a student affairs journal or scroll through your blog roll of #sapros without tripping over one of [...]

Sometimes getting college students to use career services feels like dragging a screaming toddler through Target. There’s a lot of pulling, dragging of feet, and stress on the over[...]

When looking at the theme for this month’s #SACareer blogs – “Rethinking Career Services” – I immediately think of the exciting changes taking place in my own office. At the Univer[...]

Having just asked a student, “so, use ‘on fleek’ in a sentence for me?” after watching professors try to hash out millennial slang, I am beginning to feel m[...]