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Top 5 Ways Today’s Career Educators Can Help Post-Secondary Students

In today’s highly competitive job market, transitioning from post-secondary education to a successful career can be challenging for many students. However, the guidance and support of dedicated career educators can transform these challenges into opportunities for growth and achievement. Here are the top five ways career educators can help post-secondary students navigate their paths to success.

Personalized Career Counseling

A personalized approach allows career educators to listen attentively to students’ aspirations, strengths, and goals, paving their road to success. Career educators gain profound insights into their students’ unique talents and aspirations through individual appointments. They provide tailored guidance and meaningful support throughout the student’s academic and professional journey. Having a personalized approach empowers students to make well-informed decisions about their career paths and educational pursuits.

Resume Building and Interview Preparation

Crafting a compelling resume and acing interviews are pivotal skills students must master to thrive in the job market. Career educators become invaluable mentors in this regard, assisting students in creating impactful resumes that effectively showcase their achievements and potential. A resume workshop should be organized or recommended to cover topics such as proper formatting, organization, and relevant keywords to include. Moreover, suggesting mock interview sessions to your students provides constructive feedback to help them hone their communication and presentation skills. This comprehensive approach ensures that students are well-prepared to leave a lasting impression on potential employers.

Networking and Industry Insights

Career success is often contingent on establishing a solid network of professional connections and keeping current on industry trends. Career educators should actively promote networking opportunities, encouraging students to interact with industry professionals, alums, and potential employers. Additionally, recommend workshops and seminars featuring seasoned professionals offering valuable insights into industry trends, skills, and available job opportunities. By encouraging these interactions and sharing industry insights, career educators enable students to stay ahead of the curve and make informed decisions about their career paths.

Skill Development and Professional Growth

Academic accomplishments are essential; however, possessing diverse soft and technical skills is crucial for career success. Career educators act as skill development facilitators, identifying areas for improvement and recommending relevant training or courses to bridge skill gaps. By emphasizing the importance of continuous learning and professional development, they instill a growth mindset in students, enabling them to embrace challenges, adapt to changing circumstances, and seize new career opportunities. At Talentegg, we understand the importance of providing students with the needed support for a smooth school-to-work transition. This is why we offer E-learning courses to enhance your student’s soft skills and expand your career educator tool kit. With our comprehensive course offerings and user-friendly interface, TalentEgg’s E-Learning platform can be invaluable in empowering students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today’s competitive job market.

Emotional Support and Resilience

Embarking on a career journey can be emotionally challenging, with students facing stress, uncertainty, and occasional setbacks. Career educators should provide not only academic guidance but also much-needed emotional support. They cultivate a positive and encouraging environment, instilling a sense of self-belief in their students. This emotional support, combined with resilience-building strategies, equips students to face challenges with confidence and determination, strengthening their mental well-being and fostering their capacity to persevere in adversity.

Conclusion

In brief, career educators are indispensable in shaping post-secondary students into confident and prepared professionals. They equip students with the tools to excel in their careers and instill a lifelong learning mindset. As the job market evolves, career educators remain instrumental in guiding students through their academic journey and empowering them to thrive in a competitive professional world. With their unwavering support and guidance, students can navigate their paths to success with clarity and determination.

5 Things Every Career Educator Needs To Know

August 15, 2023 / Andrea Lopez / 0 Comments

As the world continues to evolve rapidly, the role of career educators becomes vital to the success of young professionals. They are crucial in guiding and supporting students in their career development journey. However, career educators must stay up-to-date with the latest trends and strategies to fulfill this role effectively. Here are five key things every career educator should know to help students thrive in today’s competitive job market.

Industry Insights and Labor Market Trends

A career educator’s greatest strength is their extensive knowledge of industry insights and labour market trends. Understanding diverse industries enables educators to guide students with timely information on sought-after jobs, emerging fields, and valuable skills. This knowledge empowers educators to help students make informed career decisions and acquire skills essential for meeting market demands.

Technology and Digital Skills

In today’s digital age, technological proficiency is no longer an option but necessary for career success. Career educators must familiarize themselves with the latest technology trends, tools, and platforms used in various industries. This will allow them to educate students on essential digital skills such as coding, data analysis, social media management, and digital marketing. By equipping students with these skills, educators empower them to navigate the digital landscape and seize opportunities in the digital economy.

Career Exploration and Personal Branding

Career educators aim to help students explore different career options and discover their passions and interests. They assist students in conducting self-assessments, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, and aligning them with potential career paths. Additionally, educators should guide students in building their personal brand by developing their resumes, creating online portfolios, and leveraging networking opportunities. Teaching students how to market themselves effectively can significantly enhance their employability and competitiveness in the job market.

Networking and Mentorship

Networking is vital in career development, and educators must emphasize its importance to students. Educators can help students build and expand their professional networks by informing them of networking events. This will facilitate connections with alumni and industry professionals and encourage participation in relevant industry associations and conferences. Furthermore, it is essential to promote mentorship programs that connect students with experienced professionals who can provide guidance, support, and industry insights.

Soft Skills Training and Adaptability

In a rapidly changing world, learning is a lifelong endeavour. It is imperative for Career educators to instill a growth mindset in students, encouraging them to update their skills and knowledge continuously. Introducing students to various learning resources such as online courses, webinars, and professional development programs will set your students up for a lifetime of success. At Talentegg, we offer E-learning courses to enhance your student’s soft skills and enhance your career educator tool kit. With our comprehensive course offerings and user-friendly interface, TalentEgg’s E-Learning platform can be invaluable in empowering students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in today’s competitive job market.

Conclusion

Being a career educator is a rewarding yet challenging role. Educators play a crucial role in empowering students through their career journey. Keeping on top of industry insights and relaying the proper information to students is vital for their success. By fostering a culture of adaptability and continuous education, educators can empower students to thrive in dynamic workplaces and embrace new career opportunities.

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Habits to Become the Best Version of Yourself

January 18, 2022 / Luki Danukarjanto / 0 Comments

I’ve been asked more and more to share my insights on developing habits with various organizations since the start of the pandemic. Many have found themselves with extra time with their commutes removed from their day. Some are choosing to feel that extra time with habits like exercise, reading, meditation, and a multitude of other activities. Some are successful at turning them into habits. Many or not. I share my insights as to why.

Why are habits important in the first place?

For anyone who has ever tried to start a new routine, oftentimes an act of sheer willpower is needed to get started. That willpower often drains energy and you don’t want to be using that much energy every time you do something. Habits can help you reduce that energy train so you can use that energy for other things.

Parts of a habit

Habits can be sliced and diced into various segments. I like to use Charles Duhigg’s version.

Cue: A trigger that signals the habit to start
Action: The activity of the habit itself
Reward: A reinforcement for the behaviour

Habits don’t always form when you start doing things primarily because without the cue or the reward, The habit has nothing to anchor itself to in your brain.

Getting rid of a habit or starting a new habit

One of the most surefire ways to get rid of a habit is to remove all cues for that habit. Unfortunately that is easier said than done if you cannot completely control your environment.

Consider the FOGG behavioural model. Think of one vertical axis for Motivation and a horizontal axis for Ability. There would be an action line that starts from high Motivation and low Ability and curves down and flattens towards low Motivation and high Ability. When something is above the line then it occurs and happens. When something is “below” the line then it does not occur or happen.

That means to get rid of a habit you need to decrease your motivation or decrease your ability.

You can decrease your motivation by pairing your habit with a consequence.

Want to stop snoozing and sleeping in? Set an embarrassing social media post to go out just after your alarm wakes you up. You better get up, or that post will tell the world about your embarrassing moment!

You can decrease your ability by making your habit more difficult to do.

Want to stop snacking on some junk food? Stash it way towards the back of your cupboard where you have to inconveniently take out other items to get to it.
Want to stop spending so much? Put your credit card in a hard to access spot. Or even freeze it in a block of ice so that you literally have to melt it to access it – Hopefully by the time you get your credit card out, your impulse to buy has subsided. Make sure you also delete any saved credit cards on your browser for online sites.

On the other hand, if you want to start a habit, you need to increase your motivation or increase your ability. You can increase your

You can increase your motivation by finding the core purpose for wanting to set up the habit or finding a partner to hold you accountable for your actions.

To find your core purpose or why for the habit, ask yourself: why is that habit important to you? With whatever answer you provide, ask yourself: why is that important to you? Repeat that five more times. If you don’t repeat yourself and really focus on it’s important to you then you’ll often find the core reason
An accountability partner can help many stay on task. That’s why study buddies, gym buddies and other type of accountability partners can’t be so helpful

NOTE: for most people one or the other works better. Take a look at when you’ve been successful in starting a habit in the past and repeat your success.

To increase your ability, understand your tendencies.

The acronym SPACEBEAR can help you to find some of your tendencies.

Step-type: Do you prefer small steps, or do you “go big or go home”?
Pace-type: Are you a marathoner (consistently spend time to move towards your goal), sprinter (hit things hard, then take a break then hard and break), procrastinator (wait until the last minute before you get something done)
Aversion-type: Do you react better to a “carrot”, or a “stick”?
Chrono-type: Are you a Lion (get stuff done early in the morning often before anybody else is awake), Bear (slower to rise and get stuff done in the middle of the day), or Wolf (our most productive late night)
Expectations-type: Are you an Obliger (need someone to help hold them accountable) or a Questioner (need to know why something is important to them)
Buying-type: Are you an Under-buyer (buy just enough or wait until you’re almost out), or an over-buyer (buy so much that you’ll never run out and always have some in reserve)
End-type: Are you a Finisher (like to check things off your to-do list), or an opener (like to start new things – though not necessarily finish them)
Availability-type: do you prefer simplicity, or abundance
Recognition-type: do you prefer familiarity, or novelty?

Knowing your tendencies can do wonders to get that habit going. For example: you might start a habit like exercise and only continue it if you constantly find new and novel parts of it to do. Or you might need to start with familiar and easy to do exercises before you gradually move on two more difficult exercises.

Summary

Wow there are many more ways and considerations to effectively start or stop a habit, these will hopefully be some useful tips to get you started.

By setting up habits, you might find that you have more energy to do other things throughout the day.

Pick something from the above to implement. Try it out for a few days or weeks. If it sticks then keep it. If it doesn’t, then try something new.

You’ll likely find that when you set up these habits you become even more productive in your work and life.

About Luki

Luki is a career coach and likes to say that he has found his purpose helping others find theirs. A former management consultant and campus recruiting lead, he shares his SIWIKE Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier through books, podcasts, videos and other content. Connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukidanu/ or Subscribe on YouTube to access other content https://youtube.com/focusinspired

How Are You Helping to Build the Workplace Critical Skills Pipeline?

February 6, 2020 / Trevor Buttrum / 0 Comments

When describing what differentiates top talent amongst students and new graduate candidates, we often find ourselves referencing their ‘soft’ or workplace critical skills. Things like creativity, teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving, and leadership.

As employers, we seemingly all want these skills to be a part of the candidate profile for our new graduate programs, summer internships, or open positions on campus. And, if the expectation is that students come prepared with these skills when they arrive in the workplace, I wonder how can we as career educators and campus recruiters help students to identify, acquire, and nurture them before they land their first job?

For me, the approach is two-fold:

I think it starts with helping students to become fluent in the art of articulation, reflection, and offering up evidence.

Let’s work an example – communication skills. We know that having a student simply state they are a good communicator is not enough. Rather, it’s how they demonstrate they are a good communicator through examples or description that sets them apart.

Fellow campus recruiters, I am offering up a challenge to you here. Let’s commit to trying to better articulate our needs. Continuing with the ‘good communication skills’ example, what if we said something like this in our postings:

‘Persuasive business writing, active listening, comfort delivering critical or difficult messages, and strong presentation skills are essential for successful communication in our organization’.

The more specific or articulate we are, the more a student has got to work with and reflect on. They can start to assess whether they have demonstrated these skills and attributes in their studies or work to date, come up with evidence to support it, and if a gap exists, have a clearer goal to work towards. If Year 1 students knew what you were truly looking for in terms of workplace critical skills when they embarked on their program, think about where they might be by the time they graduate. Perhaps ‘top talent’ would be more plentiful?

While these notions are by no means new, it stands to reason that by providing students with ample opportunity to reflect on and to talk about their skills in meaningful ways (whether it is a part of their experiential learning, course work, co-op, or even workshops) the more comfortable and confident they will become in talking about their workplace critical skills as potential candidates.

The second piece is all about providing additional opportunities to develop and nurture workplace critical skills while in school. Case competitions, challenges, portfolios or workplace critical skills passports, skills badging, and experiential learning are all great ways to achieve this. Think about how you can get more involved in these types of initiatives. While yes, the time investment does need to be there to make it most effective, you will be doing wonders for your credibility, brand, and building up of the pipeline of the skills you’re ultimately wanting students to have in their toolkit.

Challenge yourself. In your next round of engaging students – how will you help them to get really good at articulating, reflecting, and evidencing their workplace critical skills? What opportunities will you provide to develop and nurture them? Happy skill building!

Trevor Buttrum is an award-winning career education and campus recruitment leader with 15+ years of experience in the space. He is currently the manager of a national program focused on building the talent pipeline for the next generation of the property and casualty insurance workforce.

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