LIVE BLOG – Meet 12Twenty: The Career Center’s new one stop shop!

Live blog – Updates will be added here as they become available.

By Evan McMunn
Evan McMunn Publicity and Marketing Administrator
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Career Center Work+ Team Recognized with 2025 NACE Career Services Excellence Award

The Oscars? The Tonys? The Grammys? All incredible honors, but they pale in comparison to what we’re striving for in Career Services, the NACE Awards! Well, we’ve done it again… the Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills is proud …

By Lily Guberman
Lily Guberman Marketing Assistant
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2024 First Destination Outcomes For Undergraduate Students

The results for the 2024 graduating class indicate that 92% of undergraduate students have reported favorable outcomes at the six-month post-graduation milestone.

By Jim Lowe
Jim Lowe Associate Vice Provost, Executive Director
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Elevating Careers and Inclusion: UConn’s Career Center-Enterprise Partnership 

The Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills have an exciting new partnership with Enterprise. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in our mission to enhance career development opportunities for our students, and advance our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals. Read further to see how this partnership will take shape throughout this collaboration.

By Olufemi Fagun
Olufemi Fagun Graduate Assistant, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (He/Him/His)
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An Employer’s Guide to Navigating the Hiring Process

The hiring process for employers involves carefully drafting job descriptions, creating compliant written applications, and conducting fair interviews to avoid potential liabilities. Additionally, they need to be mindful of “ban the box” laws, also known as “fair chance laws,” that …

By George C. Hlavac, Esq., and Joseph M. Milano, Esq
George C. Hlavac, Esq., and Joseph M. Milano, Esq
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Execution is the Secret Sauce that Drives Successful University Recruiting Results 

Execution in early talent recruiting shows to be a critical role in early talent recruiting.  For recruiters, focusing on respect, transparency, and genuine relationship-building can dramatically enhance employer branding and attract top-tier talent.  

Mary E. Scotts tells us more on

By Mary E. Scott
Mary E. Scott
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Economic Security Tops Class of 2024 Wish List

A recent NACE’s 2024 Student Survey, sponsored by Indeed, shows nearly 2,300 graduating seniors are seeking job stability, annual salary increases, and a good benefits package from employers. 

Mary Gatta, Ph.D. and Mimi Collins share more on what else tops …

By Mary Gatta and Mimi Collins 
Mary Gatta and Mimi Collins 
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How to Create a Workplace Culture Where Gen Z — and All Generations — Can Thrive 

Any conversation about the future of work must include Gen Z. While they are the youngest cohort in today’s workforce, their influence will only continue to grow. Currently recruiters are struggling both to attract them and retain them, with some recruiters …

By Tamera E. Holmes
Tamera E. Holmes
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Why the jobs outlook is bright for CT’s 2024 college graduates 

Among in-state undergraduate students at UConn who received degrees in August 2022, December 2022 and May 2023, 75 percent stayed in the state for jobs, up from 69 percent in the previous year.  

Check out this article by Paul Schott in …

By Paul Schott
Paul Schott
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Handshake Access 2024: 10 key takeaways on the state of early talent 

Handshake’s annual virtual conference brought together 10,000 recruiters, career services professionals, and industry thought leaders to discuss the future of early talent recruiting.  

Check out this Handshake blog that outlines ten key insights on the current state of early talent, …

By Handshake
Handshake
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2024 Career Everywhere Recognition & Celebration Event

The first in-person Career Everywhere Recognition & Celebration Event was a huge success! Thank you to Danielle DeRosa for hosting the event and President Radenka Maric for speaking about how important integrating career everywhere on campus is to the mission of UConn!

By Lily Guberman
Lily Guberman Marketing Assistant
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