Partnering with the Alumni Office to Support Recent Grads (feat. Emily McCarthy)

Emily McCarthy, Senior Director of Career Development at the University of Arizona, shares how her team partners with the alumni office to support recent grads in their career development.Emily talks about the services they offer recent grads (and why), what the partnership with the alumni office looks like, and how both teams partner to cost-share the uConnect platform to scale their support for students and alumni.With the needs of current students and recent grads being relatively similar, Emily says it made sense for career services and the alumni office to share a virtual career center. In the episode, she walks through how the website is structured and what resources are available. She also shares her best advice for other career leaders looking to partner with the alumni office and/or cost-share technology.“The career development office should not be the keeper of the keys and the holder of all the knowledge. We need to be thought leaders. We need to be educating our peers across the institution about what career means, what current best practices are, and what current industry practices are,” Emily says. Resources from the episode:Emily’s LinkedIn profileArizona’s virtual career center website (powered by uConnect)uConnect’s Identity Kits Continue the conversation in the Career Everywhere Community! Join 2,000 other higher ed career services leaders today: careereverywhere.com/community