EEND2021 Schedule of Events
Below you will find an expandable list of sessions for EEND. Please keep in mind the following:
- Each session has a unique Zoom link.
- Every session utilizes Zoom's "advance registration" feature.
- You are welcome to register in advance by using the link(s) below and then add the Zoom link to your Google Calendar.
- You may also click on the "register/join" link(s) below at the time the event starts.
- We plan to begin every session promptly at the times listed below.
If you encounter technical difficulties, please call 574-631-5200 or email careerdevelopment@nd.edu.
For more information about the event, scroll to the bottom of the page.
OPENING SESSION - 2:00 - 2:15 PM EDT
Welcome and Introductions
We will kick off our afternoon of networking with a quick welcome activity, overview of logistics, and a series of polls submitted in advance by participants.
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SESSION #1 - 2:20 - 3:00 PM EDT
Centralized Career Center Staff Networking
Join colleagues who are working with employer engagement in centralized career center models to discuss topics you find important. We encourage you to bring a question or challenge you are working on. Session begins promptly at 2:20 PM EDT.
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Dual-role Career Center Staff Networking
Meet with colleagues who have dual roles as both employer engagement and career counselors to discuss topics you find important. We encourage you to bring a question or challenge you are working on. Session begins promptly at 2:20 PM EDT.
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Business School Career Center Staff Networking
Network with employer engagement colleagues working in business school career services offices to discuss topics you find important. We encourage you to bring a question or challenge you are working on. Session begins promptly at 2:20 PM EDT.
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Engineering Career Center Staff Networking
Gather with employer engagement colleagues working in engineering-specific career services offices to discuss topics you find important. We encourage you to bring a question or challenge you are working on. Session begins promptly at 2:20 PM EDT.
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EE/ER/ED Supervisor Networking
Join colleagues who serve in a supervisory role over employer engagement staff to discuss topics you find important. We encourage you to bring a question or challenge you are working on. Session begins promptly at 2:20 PM EDT.
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On-campus Recruiting Schedulers Networking
Meet with colleagues responsible for coordinating and managing on-campus recruiting (OCR) schedules and logistics to discuss topics you find important. We encourage you to bring a question or challenge you are working on. Session begins promptly at 2:20 PM EDT.
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Campus Partner Networking
This networking session is offered for employer engagement professionals who work outside of centralized career centers in specialized offices. We encourage you to bring a question or challenge you are working on. Session begins promptly at 2:20 PM EDT.
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SESSION #2 - 3:05 - 3:45 PM EDT
Insights from Employers (panel discussion)
Join dozens of colleagues to hear from three distinguished employer representatives as they share insights from "the employer side" and answer questions that participants have shared in advance through the EEND registration process. This sesssion will be using Zoom's "webinar" platform and begins promptly at 3:05 PM EDT. Panelists include:
- Kathi Baker, Senior Director of Campus Recruiting, Oracle
- Dave Ong, Senior Director, Talent Acquisition MAXIMUS and President-Elect of NACE
- Tony Denhart, University Relations Director, GE
Best Practices to Advance Diversity Recruiting Efforts
Meet with employer engagement colleagues to discuss best practices on how career centers are responding to employer efforts to advance diversity recruiting. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:05 PM EDT.
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Best Practices for Developing Partnerships with Faculty
Join colleagues to discuss best practices for how to partner with faculty to advance relationships with employers. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:05 PM EDT.
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Best Practices for Identifying and Sharing Opportunities with Students
Meet with colleagues to discuss best practices for how you source, identify and share unique internship and job opportunities from alumni, faculty, and employers and effectively share these with students. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:05 PM EDT.
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Best Practices for Supervising EE/ER/ED Staff
Meet with fellow supervisors to discuss best practices for supervising and leading employer engagement efforts. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:05 PM EDT.
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SESSION #3 - 3:50 - 4:30 PM EDT
Leveraging Handshake
Meet with Handshake Senior Relationship Manager Chelsea Romaine to learn about the latest updates with Handshake. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:50 PM EDT.
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Best Practices with CRMs
Join colleagues to share how you are using (or hope to use) CRM software to manage employer contacts. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:50 PM EDT.
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Best Practices with Coordinating Career Fairs and Other Recruiting Events
Hear from colleagues and share best practices on how to manage virtual and in-person career fairs and other recruiting events. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:50 PM EDT.
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Best Practices for Building Relationships with New Employers
Meet with colleagues to discuss your strategies and challenges with building recruiting relationships with new employers. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:50 PM EDT.
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Best Practices to Engage with Employers in Creative Ways
Treks, site visits, resume reviews, office hours, and more. Join your colleagues to talk about creative ways you have found success with engaging employers outside of traditional career fairs and information sessions. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:50 PM EDT.
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Best Practices to Develop Global Opportunities Outside of the USA
Join colleagues to shared best practices related to finding global internships and jobs outside of the USA. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:50 PM EDT.
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Best Practices to Advance Diversity Recruiting Efforts
Meet with employer engagement colleagues to discuss best practices on how career centers are responding to employer efforts to advance diversity recruiting. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:05 PM EDT.
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Best Practices for Career Center Sponsorship Programs
Join colleagues to discuss your successes and challenges related to developing sponsorship programs to provide financial support. Participants are invited to share their challenges and what is working well. Session begins promptly at 3:05 PM EDT.
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CLOSING SESSION - 4:35 - 5:00 PM EDT
Closing Announcements and Final Networking
Gather as a group for brief closing remarks and insight on next steps for continued engagement. We will then close with small, randomly assigned breakout rooms for a final networking opportunity.
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REFERENCE INFORMATION (AS NEEDED)
About the Event
184 professionals working in career centers and related offices have confirmed their plans to participate in EEND2021. This event is designed specifically for higher education professionals with titles and/or job responsibilities which may include:
- Employer Engagement (EE)
- Employer Development (ED)
- Employer Relations (ER)
The Networking Day is intended to :
- Facilitate connections among employer engagement staff to build professional networks
- Help employer engagement staff learn about best practices to build recruiting relationships with employers
About this Event
Please keep in mind the following:
- This event was created to support career center professionals whose primarily responsibility is working with EE/ER/ED. We recognize that many staff working in higher education have multiple job responsibilities. As such, the event will include many professionals with different work responsibilities -- some have EE/ER/ED as a primary responsibility while other staff have employer interactions as a secondary responsibility. Everyone who participates is expected to have EE/ER/ED as part of their position responsibilities.
- This is not an event where you will be networking with employers.
- This is not a networking event where the focus of conversations is career counseling/coaching. This networking event is designed to help foster conversations around advancing hiring through work with employers.
- There is no need to dress up for this event. Casual dress is fine.
Preparing for Conversations
- Conversations will only be as productive you as make them. Please be prepared to bring questions and please be prepared to share your experiences.
- Our goal is to offer as many opportunities as possible for you to meet with colleagues. As such, networking sessions are brief. Please be mindful not to be "that person" who monopolizes the time. Please allow others adequate time to introduce themselves and share information.
- Participants will serve as facilitators in each breakout room. We will do our best to help identify facilitators in advance. Due to the size of the group and the random assignment of some breakout rooms, there may not be a designated facilitator in every breakout room. Please be patient and, if needed, work on your facilitation skills!
- In order to foster a safe space for transparent conversations, we will not be recording sessions. Please be prepared to take notes on anything important that is discussed.
- On June 18, we will send you a brief form to ask your preferences for which sessions you find most interesting. While your interest shared on this form does not commit you to a particular session, we will structure the schedule according to preferences.
Technical Considerations
- Please make sure you have the latest version of Zoom installed on your computer.
- Please plan to stay on audio mute until you need to speak. We encourage you to keep your video camera on at all times when in sessions.
- To make the sessions as interactive and efficient as possible, we encourage you to learn how to use polls and the annotate feature in share screen mode in Zoom.
Session Format
Unless otherwise stated, here is how each session will work with Zoom.
- Participants find the Zoom link on this page. (note: we will use the registration feature)
- Everyone joins the Zoom link on time.
- A Notre Dame staff member will be in each Zoom session to assess the number of participants who show up in the session.
- If the number of participants is small enough, the conversation will stay in the main Zoom room.
- If there are too many participants in the Zoom room to have productive conversations, the ND staff member will create an appropriate number of breakout rooms and participants will be randomly assigned to a breakout room (note: the random assignment will speed up getting everyone into a breakout room).
- If a participant believes they are not in a room which is conducive for them (e.g. another representative from your office is already in the room), the participant can self-select to "leave" the room and return to the lobby. ND staff can help re-assign the participant to another breakout room.
- Participants will be asked to keep track of time so that we can stay on schedule.
Participant Directory
Interested to see who else will be attending? A list of participants can be found on this Google Sheet.