Featured Articles - Career Readiness

Read NACE's Position Statement on Unpaid Internships >>

National Association of Colleges and Employers NACE Center for Career Development and Talent Acquisition®

WHY JOIN NACE? LEARN ALL ABOUT NACE MEMBER BENEFITS TODAY.

Home > Career Readiness

Competencies
Addressing the Shifting Standards of Professionalism
March 04, 2022
By Kevin Gray
To prepare students for their transition to the workforce, career centers have to account for the standards of professionalism shifting over the past several years. Read More.
Skills Gap
Recruiters and Students Have Differing Perceptions of New Grad Proficiency in Competencies
March 04, 2022
By Kevin Gray
Employers and college students agree on the most important competencies students need, but are divided on the proficiency of new college graduates in these key areas. Read More.
Curriculum
Career Readiness Minor Prepares Grads to Enter Job Market as Standout Candidates
February 18, 2022
By Kevin Gray
Virginia Commonwealth University launch its Interdisciplinary Career Readiness Skills minor to help students to develop today’s most sought-after skills for career success. Read More.
Working With Faculty
Fostering Faculty Champions for Student Career Readiness
November 15, 2021
By Doris Alcivar, Emily Flositz, Veena Garib, and Jessica Savidakis
Faculty can play an integral role in helping students to prepare for their job search and succeed in the workforce. Read More.
Resources
Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Sample Materials
Download materials to support your efforts to share the career readiness competencies with students, interns, and colleagues. Read More.

DATA BITES

98.5%

Percent of employers rating critical thinking as very/extremely important in candidates
Job Outlook 2022

55.8%

Percent of employers rating students as very/extremely proficient in critical thinking
Job Outlook 2022

97.7%

Percent of employers rating teamwork as very/extremely important in candidates
Job Outlook 2022

77.5%

Percent of employers rating students as very/extremely proficient in teamwork
Job Outlook 2022

Technology (4.07) / Leadership (3.31)

Competencies in which students were rated most and least proficient by employers
Job Outlook 2022

NACE JOBWIRE

View All