Throughout the academic year, CCWT hosts visiting scholar-practitioners active in the areas of career advising, labor market issues, and work-based learning in order to cultivate dialogue on these issues for students, staff and the broader community. In scheduling speakers for the Seminar Series, the Center aims to bring renowned scholars and respected practitioners to share their insights on research findings and policy developments that impact student employability and their career development.
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Wed | Jan 29, 2025 @ 12 – 1 pm CT
A Case for Career Readiness: Early Outcomes from Work-Based Learning Course
Kaila Bingen & Dr. Mita Banerjee
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When structural barriers beyond a student’s control prevent them from participating in an internship, what alternatives can a higher education institution provide to mitigate equity concerns and level the playing field? This session will highlight the development, implementation, and ongoing assessment of work-based learning through a new experiential learning course that fulfills general education requirements. Using mixed method study design, the presenters will share positive results from an early study that demonstrates how students in UWP 294: Work-Based Learning develop essential career readiness skills that position them for career success. Participants will learn how students’ current work experiences can be utilized as a viable alternative to internships through a course model centered around the NACE career readiness competencies and experiential learning best practices. They will learn how to analyze best practices to address issues of equity and access in high impact practices; identify strengths and weaknesses in how their institution addresses equity barriers in high impact practices, particularly internships; generate action steps that increase work-based learning opportunities for students, particularly those from disadvantaged or marginalized backgrounds; and develop strategies for integrating work experience with educational experience in discipline-specific or general education curricula.
Tue | Feb 4, 2025 @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm CT
Confronting Perfectionism & Imposter Syndrome
Dr. Jodi Vandenberg-Daves
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Stop the cycle of continuous self-doubt and “auditioning” at work and learn to embrace and activate talent.
In this interactive webinar, Jodi will help participants put these challenges in perspective and develop proactive strategies and mindsets to move past them. She will lead a discussion about:
- How gender and other systems intersect with perfectionism and imposter syndrome, and how these challenges can keep you stuck.
- How to identify workplace triggers and develop a growth mindset.
- Developing self-awareness and learning habits of self-reflection and self-regulation to let go of perfectionism.
- Identifying anti-perfectionism strategies like delegation, help-seeking, mutual empowerment team building, identifying and leveraging key strengths, and practicing self-compassion.