1. IU Career EDGE Exploration Development Graduation Employment
Joshua Killey, Director of the Career Planning Office
Kelley School of Business
Jennifer Schott, Director of Career Planning
University College

2. Overview
IU Career EDGE presents a conceptual framework and action plan for motivating our undergraduate students to fully engage in the career and academic resources that will make them successful in pursuing their chosen careers. The primary focus of the framework has been academic and career development for students who plan to enter the workforce after receiving the bachelor’s degree.
Josh

3. Rationale Establishing a Roadmap Decentralized Nature of IU and IUPUI
A Comprehensive Approach to Student Advising
Decentralized Nature of IU and IUPUI
Questions to Address
How can we take a more developmental approach through our curriculum and co-curriculum to prepare students for life after graduation?
Where career paths are not obvious, what is currently done to help students understand careers?
How do we better take advantage of the city of Indianapolis for career development?
Josh

4. Process Inventory Desired best practices Identifying gaps
Develop strategies to address gaps
Implementation
Josh

5. Stakeholder Groups and Meetings
Stakeholder Meetings
Dean’s Council
Career Services Council
Student Life Services Council
Council on Retention and Graduation
Jaguar Academic Advising Association
IUPUI Faculty Council
Program Review and Assessment Committee
IUPUI Town Hall Meetings
Josh

6. Stages and Desired Learning Outcomes
Initial career exploration, degree exploration, self-assessment of strengths, interests, and values
Exploration
Intermediate career exploration – linkage between major and career path
Development
Timely graduation and final preparation for entry into career, graduate school, or defined gap year experience
Graduation
Entry into career, graduate school or gap year with continued career development with support and engagement through IU, Purdue and IUPUI
Employment
Josh
Four developmental time points as the foci for strategic planning with summary of the desired learning outcomes as gathered from feedback of constituents

7. An IUPUI Student’s Perspective
Exploration
Development
Graduation
Employment

8. Exploration Identify Resources Assess Self
University College
Step onto Campus & Jag Days
Pre-Orientation Online Module
Assess Self
Focus, Strong, MBTI
Participate in Initial Learning Opportunities
First Year Seminars/Learning Communities
Major Career Information Day
Externships
Evaluate Progress
Electronic Personal Development Plan (ePDP)
Meet with an Advisor /Career Counselor
Jen
Specific student learning outcomes for this stage, information gathered from constituents
Opportunities for students to make successful transition to college
-Engage in self-exploration and reflection
-Begin to develop competencies aligned with PULs
-Trying to connect academic advising with career planning/development across all 4 years...beginning with pre-orientation work.
-How can you help??
Students need help translating their experiences (with service learning, with integrated learning experience in TLCs) into job-relevant skills/experiences.
- particularly those for which the theme is connected to a specific type of career 

9. Development Engage in Focused Exploration
IUPUI Fall Career Week
Connect with professionals in Spotlight
Participate in Ongoing Learning Opportunities
RISE: Research, International, Service Learning, Experiential Learning
Career Development Courses/Workshops
Excellence in Professionalism Series
Conduct Job or Graduate/Professional School Search
Career Services
Career/Graduate School Fair
Evaluate Progress
Electronic Personal Development Plan (ePDP)
Meet with an Advisor/Career Counselor
Jen
-Deepen self-understanding and begin to identify with a particular major and career path
-transition from a phase of “random exploration” to more focused exploration of current relationships, academic and career goals, and selves

10. Graduation Complete Requirements/Apply for Graduation
Engage in Additional Experiential Learning Opportunities
School-based Experiential Learning Programs
Undergraduate Research Programs
Determine the post-graduation professional development needs, resources, and opportunities
Career Services
Employer Advisory Boards
Evaluation of Progress
Exit Surveys
Josh

11. Employment Secure Employment, Graduate/ Professional School
Utilization of School-Based Career Services
Access to opportunities
Provide feedback
Point-of-Service Surveys
Employer Surveys
Advisory Boards
Pursue Lifelong Learning
Maintain Connections
Interface with IU Alumni Association
Evaluation of Progress
First Destination Surveys
LinkedIN
Josh

12. Moving Forward: Plugging the Leaks
True Integration of Academic and Career Advising in all Units
Establish Career Services Function within Units
Focused Strategy for Branding and Communicating EDGE
Development of Web Portal
Inventorying, Organizing, and Implementing Online Modules for all Stages
Adoption of robust and comprehensive Career Services Manager to better assist students and gather data
Continue to stress importance of student engagement in career-related exploration and experiences!
Josh/Jen
A few things that are beginning to be implemented or will be in the next year
--reinforce student engagement in career-related experiences (RISE, Externships, etc.)
Refer to ACD flyer in folder

13. Questions???