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Bridging the Gap: How Faculty Partners Are Driving Career Readiness

August 21, 2026

The large school winner of the 2026 NACE Career Services Excellence Award, Indiana University – Bloomington’s Walter Center for Career Achievement has engaged College of Arts and Sciences faculty as key partners in delivering a student success framework.

Member Voices

What Disruption Taught Us About Career Readiness

July 27, 2026

By: Sarah N. Aboulhosn

True career readiness is about equipping students with the skills, relationships, adaptability, and confidence to move forward even when the path ahead is uncertain.

Trends & Predictions

From Personal Growth to Professional Survival: Analyzing Student-led Priorities for Workplace Career Readiness

July 22, 2026

By: Karen McCullough and Laura Nicole Miller

In this follow up to an earlier article, the authors share insights from the second year of a three-year cross-sectional study exploring students’ perceptions of career readiness and their futures.

Technology

Building Tomorrow's Professionals: How ePortfolios and NACE Competency Reflection Shape Career Readiness and Professional Identity

July 08, 2026

By: Carrie Rafanello-Bazar

A well-crafted ePortfolio can help students fashion a professional identity and combine their academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular experiences so that an employer can more easily appraise their knowledge and skills.

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The NACE Competency Assessment Tool

Operationalize career readiness and assess the proficiency of students, job candidates, interns, and new hires.

Data Bites

83.3%

Percent of colleges implementing career readiness competencies

NACE Quick Poll

31%

Percent of colleges implementing competencies institution-wide

NACE Quick Poll

81.7%

Percent of Gen Z experiential learners satisfied with their careers

Early Career Talent Survey

63%

Percent of business faculty who report that their institution has aligned career readiness competencies with experiential learning

The Integration of Career Readiness Into Experiential Learning and High-Impact Practices

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Bridging the Gap: How Faculty Partners Are Driving Career Readiness

What Disruption Taught Us About Career Readiness

From Personal Growth to Professional Survival: Analyzing Student-led Priorities for Workplace Career Readiness

Building Tomorrow's Professionals: How ePortfolios and NACE Competency Reflection Shape Career Readiness and Professional Identity

The NACE Competency Assessment Tool

Data Bites

83.3%

31%

81.7%

63%

Job Network

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Bridging the Gap: How Faculty Partners Are Driving Career Readiness

What Disruption Taught Us About Career Readiness

From Personal Growth to Professional Survival: Analyzing Student-led Priorities for Workplace Career Readiness

Building Tomorrow's Professionals: How ePortfolios and NACE Competency Reflection Shape Career Readiness and Professional Identity

The NACE Competency Assessment Tool

Data Bites

83.3%

31%

81.7%

63%

Job Network

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