1. The Case for Career Transformation Wake Forest conference “Rethinking Success” April 2012
Incremental Change in Career Services
ECONOMY
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PRESSURE and LACK of RESOURCES
College
Trustees
Institutional and student needs can only be met through a different service model

2. Graduate success is an institutional responsibility
Making Transformation Work Wake Forest conference “Rethinking Success” April 2012
Know where you want to go
Plan strategically
Gain institutional support and involvement
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Adding programs and tweaking organizational structures will not work
Value of an external review
Graduate success is an institutional responsibility

3. Three Actions that “Break through the Wall” Wake Forest conference “Rethinking Success” April 2012
Articulate institutional value and be accountable for results
Align resources with goals
Leverage relationships
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Career Centers can’t hide; must be institutional players. That means articulating how they are are essential not just to student success, but to their institution’s strategic goals. Your career director must be visible and be part of the conversation. And, it’s got to be clear where accountability lies.
Second, there has to be much better discipline about where money is spent in Careers offices. Right now, most of the money goes to staffing, but ask yourself the question: are the tasks on which staff spend the most time the ones that have the best chance of achieving best results for students? Too much time is spent on counseling.
The new model requires a different organizational structure and approach: Careers professionals must become “orchestrators of opportunity”