A student walks into a career center and asks for advice on how to land a job as a blockchain engineer. This isn’t the beginning of a joke, but rather represents a new reality that Career Center professionals are facing daily. As technological advances accelerate around us, new types of jobs are rapidly coming into […]
As any alumnus will tell you, certain times of year are prone to those dreaded calls from the school’s development office to discuss the many ways ‘you can give back to your alma mater’. If your alumni choose to take the call, you or a bright-eyed student you’ve got working part time to chip away […]
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Chris Marshall makes his 19 Advancement predictions for 2019 – share yours now!
Taking advantage of Career Week 2019 at Columbia University in the City of New York, Chris Marshall, Hassan Akmal, and Mark Carter, sit down to discuss career services, alumni relations and mentoring.
Continuing on from my post last week, I have penned 19 (+1 bonus!) Advancement predictions for this new year. Last week you read 1-9, enjoy the rest.
It’s a new year and we’re all strategically trying to plan our activities according to our respective goals and targets. These are the first 9 of my 19 Advancement predictions – I would love to hear yours!
Embrace the digital tools out there to help pair mentors and mentees. Keep that human touch where possible. Facilitate contact between mentors and mentees, but don’t become overbearing. Give options: there is no right or wrong way to be a mentor or mentee! Don’t limit mentoring to just one group: just because it’s been […]
In the ideal world, where Alumni Relations and Career Services fully collaborate, there are still other barriers that can stifle the functioning of a successful mentoring program. 1.Cultivate the love A study conducted by Alumni Monitor in 2015, polled more than 1000 Alumni of U.S higher education institutions. It looked at the correlation between fundraising […]
This blog is based upon an interview with Chris Marshall and an interesting discussion we had in regards to the true value of engaging your young alumni and newly graduated students. Chris currently serves as President of Graduway North America after years as an alumni engagement consultant and working with over 100 top clients on […]
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