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Class of 2025 Faces Tighter Job Market Despite Stable Hiring Plans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Career services professionals are advising graduating students to adapt their job search strategies accordingly. Because employers use skills-based hiring most often when interviewing and screening candidates, students need to put their skills front and center on their resume and in the interview," advised VanDerziel.

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The Art of Mentoring: A Timeless Strategy for Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mentors demystify offices like financial aid, counseling, and career services. I often advise mentees to build relationships with at least five staff or faculty members—people they can turn to for help, advice, or encouragement. But it’s not just because someone told them—they go because a mentor walked them there.

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3 Ways to Help Students Before They Fall Behind

Civitas Learning

This approach fosters proactive, collaborative support by enabling the coordination of services such as academic coaching, advising, financial aid, and career guidance. This approach overwhelms advising and support teams and contributes to declining retention rates.

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How to Choose a College Based on Your Major: CollegeAdvisor x StudyLab

Student Research Foundation

Youll want to take into account everything from faculty expertise and available electives to career services and networking opportunities. Helpful resources might include everything from research grants and advising services to specialized workshops and student groups.

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Accelerate Student Outcomes with AI-Powered Adaptable Analytics

Civitas Learning

By connecting these students with career services and alumni, SRU helped them clarify their goals and academic paths. Adaptable analytics surface these intersecting patternslike major status and advising frequencyso institutions can take action and improve outcomes where it matters most.

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4 Actionable Steps for Centralizing and Streamlining Student Care

Civitas Learning

Disjointed systems can lead to feeling like a pinballbeing bounced between financial aid, advising, faculty, and the registrar over a registration holdcausing confusion and frustration. Initiative analysis revealed that one-on-one advising boosted persistence by 20% for lower-performing students, compared to 3% for high-performing students.

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Brown University Launches Revamped and Expanded Career Services Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“In addition to re-imagined career advising, the new center will spur significant growth in support from our extended Brown community of alumni and families. They play a vital role in contributing both their job opportunities and their experiences as mentors, opening new paths for successful lives and careers for our students.”