FloridaACE2025

How do you empower students to self-launch their career in an ever-evolving global economy? See how Florida Poly, a small, public STEM institution, addressed this challenge by developing a year-long career development program, Senior Career Launchpad. Launchpad was incorporated into the capstone courses with the goal of securing full-time employment before graduation. This scalable program considered different learning styles including online courses with gamification, peer-to-peer working sessions, individualized career coaching appointments, and student incentives. Not only did Launchpad encourage students to start their career search early, it increased participation in semester career fairs and overall engagement with Career Services. Launchpad has also allowed staff to showcase Career Services' impact on campus by collecting in-depth outcome data during the students' last year. Learn how you can take a similar approach using no additional budget to support seniors' career development and tell the story of your office's impact on campus!

Objectives:
Participants will learn how to create a proactive approach to senior career development that cost no additional budget. Attendees will understand the value of faculty partnership in creating co-curricular programs and student feedback loops. Participants will gain strategies on how to collect outcome data sooner and project placement trends by major. Attendees will learn how to track data that illustrates impact to senior leadership, employment and student trends, and career center decision making.