From Involvement to Impact: Rethinking Student Engagement as Career Development

Session 3: 11:00

May 15

Bear Down Gym 266

“From Involvement to Impact” explores how student organizations and student employment roles function as powerful, underutilized career development spaces. This session will equip career development professionals with tools for transforming student involvement and on‑campus employment into intentional, competency‑building career development experiences

Session Outcomes

Reframe student organizations and student employment as meaningful career development experiences that cultivate transferable competencies.
Apply a competency‑mapping approach to identify and articulate the skills students gain through leadership, involvement, and on‑campus work.
Coach student leaders and working learners to translate their experiences into career‑ready language that strengthens resumes, interviews, and professional narratives.