10 Future Trends In College Career Services

According to Forouk Dey's article, "10 Future Trends in College Career Services" (2014), there has been an evolution at universities and the career-oriented services they provide. Originally, there was a vocational guidance centered approach, mainly targeting graduating teachers in the 1920's. From there, services started to evolve in the 1940s with veterans needing help finding relevant jobs, resulting in direct placement. It wasn't until the 1970s and 80s when the career counseling and planning model started to take effect. Today, most universities, including UW Bothell, use a networking, customized connections, and community approach to career counseling.
Ever since UW Bothell opened in 1995, there has been a career center; today it is

The interviewee, Dakota Bennett, was hired on January 2nd as a Career and Internship Specialist. She applied for the job on the UW website, submitting a resume and a cover letter. Her efforts resulted in a first-round, 30-minute phone interview conducted by 6 people from different departments on campus. From this, she was offered an in-person interview and as a part of this process, she was required to create a 45-minute presentation, mimicking a workshop. In addition, her second-round interview included meetings with eight different departments, involving both professional and student staff. These interviews were conducted either formally, informally (while eating lunch), one-on-one, or as group interviews. Completing the day, she took a campus tour, allowing the chance to learn more about the Career Services' mission and campus

Beginning her training process, her supervisor, Kim Wilson, gave a two-week onboarding plan. The packet listed specific goals that Dakota was expected to accomplish for each day. The onboarding plan included links to various sources that provided additional information/videos and included meetings with other employees to expand her knowledge both for the job and about the campus as a whole (such as learning about LinkedIn, HuskyJobs, attending career events, orientation with HR, safe campus training, and orientation regarding her benefits). In the beginning of her training, she also received a 70-page staff manual that clearly described the organization's goals and mission, areas to improve on, expectations of the employee, along with other tidbits such as passwords and email procedures. After gathering more knowledge of the campus and information about UW Bothell resources, she started shadowing appointments held by other student-facing staff members. This allowed her to see their style of counseling, their interaction with students, and what suggestions they provided to students. On January 31st, she started taking her own appointments. Her skills will be audited at a later date by another employee shadowing her appointments. This will provide feedback on what she could do differently and changes she can make to better advise students. An important aspect to note