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How can we impact industry and higher education collaborations in the grey space?
One way is through the creation of intentional, strategic, reciprocal connecting activities. We will explore some of those connecting activities here and in the posts below.
Scale is a term being used a lot today. Scale relates to our Career Infusion Strategy. Career Infusion Strategy states that we connect all of our partners and create common space with common purpose, to help our students to be successful post-graduation.
As the career services profession considers becoming the connectors as the Education Advisory Board suggests is the space best suited for this profession to have maximum impact, we need to consider who we are connecting.
- Faculty
- Employers
- Students
- Administration
- Alumni
- Community
- Government
That is a list of very diverse lenses and interests. However, in relation to career services and workforce development, at the core we all want the same thing. Easy access and support for reaching our goals. When we start with what we have in common, what is different becomes less important.
I discuss some of the barriers to collaboration in the post “A paper about collaboration”. For this post, let’s skip over why collaboration is hard, and let’s focus on what works and why.
Here are some examples we will be exploring in the posts which connect to this page:
- Gameful Training: Escape rooms teaching workplace problem solving
- Skills Infusion: Faculty and Alumni infusion the NACE Workplace Competencies into syllabi and assignments across the curriculum
- Program Collaboration: Intern-Ready and Career-Ready, and other Programs
- Intentional Connecting Activities: How do we empower our team to create intentional, meaningful connecting activities?
Connections sometimes include us facilitating the connection. Sometimes it means we connect two people for purposes other than those listed above. The focus is on connecting PEOPLE. As a result, more interactions and connections occur.
Read more in the posts below and throughout the Grey-Space.blog about how culture, mission, and team impact connecting activities and the future of how career services will influence in the Grey Space.
Content for this section are in production now and will be released in the coming weeks. Stay Tuned!
POSTS: Examples: Connecting Activities