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Women Early Career Professionals Face Significant Pay Gap, NACE Study Finds 

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The $14,292 gender pay gap affects women who earned their bachelor's degrees within the past one to seven years and work full-time, NACE's Early Career Talent Survey revealed. The study surveyed 1,441 professionals who graduated between 2017 and 2023, including 519 men and 922 women.

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MassBay Community College to Offer Free Tech Education and Training to Unemployed and Underemployed Workers

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Participants will be able to get individual career service assistance, career counseling, resume-building and interview skill workshops, and wrap-around services such as childcare and transportation stipends.

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Lakeland Community College Cuts Roughly 10% of Workforce to Avoid Financial Issues

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lakeland Community College board members voted recently for the unexpected 66-employee cut – part-and full-time workers, janitors, career services specialists, IT techs, groundskeepers, and others – which will take effect Jan. million in 2023. And some of those who will be cut will not receive benefit packages.

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. Large or small, public or private, almost all VPSAs manage between six and seven direct reports, almost always including the director of career services. Most student affairs divisions now own career services. September 7, 2021.

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Report: Immigrants Can Help Reduce Labor Shortage, Community Colleges Can Help

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report – created using stakeholder interviews, focus groups, and national survey data from more than 80 college practitioners from May to August 2023 – highlighted the various issues surrounding the immigrant student experience in community colleges, as well as best practices to improve the general situation. job search?"

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How Technology Can Enhance the Career Services Office

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Higher education career services are facing unprecedented challenges in today's rapidly changing job market. As the economy continues to shift towards automation, globalization, and digitalization, traditional career paths are disappearing, and new fields are emerging.

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5 career services to support your professional and adult learners

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Blogs 5 career services to support your professional and adult learners Build these services to aid your current students and stand out to prospects Career services are going to be especially important to your graduate and adult students in 2024.