Skills-based hiring is transforming the workforce. Join career services leaders, faculty, employers, and higher education innovators for the 2026 NACE Competency Symposium as we explore the strategies, partnerships, and innovations shaping the future of career readiness.
Learn all about the Career Readiness Competencies and download free support materials.
Strong employer partnerships don't happen by accident. Discover how institutions are building meaningful, long-term relationships with employers that extend beyond recruiting to co-create learning experiences, strengthen curricula, expand experiential learning opportunities, and better prepare students for today's workforce.
Career readiness is most impactful when it becomes a shared institutional priority. Learn how colleges and universities are integrating the NACE Career Readiness Competencies across curricula, academic affairs, student affairs, advising, leadership programs, athletics, and other areas to create a true career-ready campus.
Career readiness is most impactful when it becomes a shared institutional priority. Learn how colleges and universities are integrating the NACE Career Readiness Competencies across curricula, academic affairs, student affairs, advising, leadership programs, athletics, and other areas to create a true career-ready campus.
Internships, undergraduate research, apprenticeships, student employment, and project-based learning provide powerful opportunities for students to develop career readiness competencies. Learn how institutions and employers are intentionally connecting experiential learning or work-based learning to competency development and helping students and interns translate those experiences into career success.
The NACE Career Readiness Competencies provide a foundation upon which successful careers are built—and are the new career currency for today's workforce.
For colleges and universities, the competencies provide a framework for integrating career development across the student experience.
For employers, the competencies create a common language for identifying, developing, and recognizing the knowledge, skills, and experiences that drive workplace success.
Join us as we explore how meaningful employer partnerships, campus-wide collaboration, experiential learning, and innovative credentialing are transforming career readiness for the next generation of talent. Leave inspired, equipped with practical strategies, and ready to advance career readiness on your campus, within your organization, and for every learner you serve.