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Northern Arizona University (NAU) is focused on their 100% career ready initiative. A large part of this effort focuses around the NACE Career Competencies and how the university engages students in the development of these skills through a variety of experiences across the institution.  Since this framework serves as the foundation for this career readiness work, NAU has developed this informative presentation that they regularly facilitate to staff across the institution.  The intended outcomes of this presentation are to educate the campus community about the NACE career competencies and support them in identifying how their experiences are already facilitating students' professional growth. 

Reflection can be a valuable exercise to engage working learners and support them in making the connection between their student employment role and their career interests post-completion.  This presentation, shared by Virginia Commonwealth University, provides an example of how you might engage working learners in more deeply understanding the value of reflection and how that connects to them learning from their experiences.  The deck provides a variety of activities and content, based in the practice of reflection, that can serve as a starting point or example for other institutions wanting to engage their working learners in this opportunity for professional and personal growth. 

Finding work life balance, particularly for our students, can be tricky at times. Check out this professional and personal development training offered by the University of Illinois-Chicago. Hopefully this inspires you to create a similar training that shares helpful tips and connects working learners to key resources across your campus. Remember, supporting all aspects of a working learner's well-being will ensure their success not only in their current student employment role but also as they take their next steps post-graduation.

Slide deck used when new units (supervisors, leadership, etc.) are interested in hearing more about Work+.

Optional resource for supervisors as they’re introducing Work+ to their working learners - overview of what Work+ is and highlighting resources for the students to utilize.

ASU’s Work+ office uses this slide deck to train new supervisors to utilize Work+ in their working learner’s experience.