Exploring the Influence of Course-Based Career Experiences and Faculty on Students’ Career Preparation

Date: May 15, 2022 By: Jillian Kinzie and Filiz Akyuz

NACE Journal / May 2022

The effective preparation of college students for careers is an important college outcome. Yet, employers and the public increasingly feel that universities are not doing enough to prepare …

By Lauren Johnson
Lauren Johnson Associate Director, Career Education and Academic Initiatives
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Building a Career Design System That Supports Self-discovery and Career Learning

Date: July 10, 2026

By: Kevin Gray

The University of Virginia’s (UVA’s) new Career Design and Discovery initiative in the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (the College) is a human-centered approach to career exploration and preparation that positions career …

By Lauren Johnson
Lauren Johnson Associate Director, Career Education and Academic Initiatives
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Top Federal Hiring Skills & Qualifications for the 2026 Boom

Nathaniel Brooks | June 09, 2026| 6-minute read
Source: Career and Company Federal Hiring Skills & Qualifications for 2026 Boom | Career and Company

The U.S. federal government projects hiring over 300,000 new employees by 2026, marking a significant staffing expansion. However, …

By Nathaniel Brooks
Nathaniel Brooks
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Career Capital

Cultivating professional value and expertise intended to remain resilient in a world where technologies rapidly develop in extremely specific (niche) areas day by day, and remaining prepared for the future, seems like a contradictorily framed question: developing grounded career skills …

By Ivy Exec
Ivy Exec is your dedicated career development resource.
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Soft Skills | 4 Ways to Get Noticed During the Job Search

If you’re applying for jobs in the social-impact sector, you’ve likely already noticed that there is a tremendous diversity of opportunities. As you browse all of the options, it’s worthwhile to consider not only which technical skills you’ll need to …

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Episode 48: Timeout with Jonathan Gustave

Call a timeout with Jonathan Gustave, a Sports Mental Health Therapist. Find out what lessons Jonathan learned from sport and the impact it’s made on who he is today. Plus, hear more about his work supporting athletes in their mental health journeys and why it’s such an important piece of navigating life after sports.
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Common Scams Every International Student Should Know (2026 Update)

Updated April 2026 | Originally published July 2022

International students are among the most targeted groups for scams in the United States. Being new to a country, unfamiliar with how its government and institutions communicate, and under pressure to maintain visa …

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Autism Jobs Don’t Come Easily

Search “autism jobs” and you get the same list of quiet, detail-heavy roles, as if the problem were finding the right title. The data says otherwise. Between 40% and 85% of autistic adults are unemployed or underemployed, across every education …

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Neurodivergent Friendly Companies

Plenty of companies call themselves neurodivergent friendly. Far fewer have changed the hiring process that screens neurodivergent candidates out before anyone reads their work. The ones that did, Microsoft, Wells Fargo, SAP, report retention and productivity numbers that make the …

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This Biotech Major Always Thought She’d Work in Academia—Until One Internship Changed Everything

When Jennifer Donato started college as a biotech major at the University at Buffalo, she knew one thing about Thermo Fisher Scientific: they made the equipment she and her classmates used in the lab.

As far as Jennifer was concerned …

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