Career Forge proudly supports this shift with innovative career services software to take employer relationships to the next level and drive long-term success for all involved.

💬 What strategies are you using to build these deep, lasting employer-career services-student relationships? 🧵

With the right tools, career centers can integrate employer relationship management directly into their workflow. By making these relationships more collaborative, from internships to mentorships and beyond, career centers can help employers become part of the student journey. 4/

The future of employer engagement is building strategic, long-term relationships that align with employers' evolving needs and today’s students' changing expectations. With the right tools, career centers can integrate employer relationship management directly into their workflow. 3/

Why now? A rapidly evolving job market is pressuring IHEs to provide measurable outcomes. More than placement rates, employers are looking for schools that can prepare students for long-term success and leadership. Students want career guidance on how to grow throughout their careers. 2/

...relying on automated matching systems to put the right candidate with the right employer and vice versa.

Career Forge EMPOWERS career centers to focus on guiding students, fostering employer relationships, and supporting career outcomes.

💬 Does your career management technology do that?

These platforms prioritize scale over human connection, and while they may drive numbers, they fail to create meaningful relationships.

Career Forge builds software that helps career services staff facilitate authentic connections between students, employers, and themselves instead of... 2/

💬 How is your institution embracing experiential learning to prepare students for the future?🧵

Career Services can use Career Forge to seamlessly integrate experiential learning opportunities into existing programs, preparing students academically & practically for successful careers. 5/

🚀 Increased Motivation & Engagement: Experiential learning fosters a deeper connection to the material, leading to heightened student motivation and participation.

💼 Improved Career Outcomes: Experiential learning opportunities often lead to better job prospects and career advancement. 4/

🧠 Enhanced Knowledge Retention: Practical experience helps students retain information more effectively than traditional lecture-based learning.

🛠️ Development of Critical Skills: Students cultivate essential skills: problem-solving, teamwork, and adaptability, which employers highly value. 3/

Experiential learning offers students opportunities to engage in hands-on experiences that enhance their skills and understanding. 2/

Life is a series of first steps, and while she doesn't need to hold my hand anymore, I'll be nearby anyway. It's wild watching her step into the space where I've spent my whole career, on her terms. It's a proud, bittersweet time for every "village." I can’t wait to see what these kids build. 🧵

We’re grateful to our long-time & new customers joining our mission to elevate career services to deliver superior outcomes.

🏆 Thank you, NACE, for recognizing this collaborative effort and 👏 the career pros always showing up for students.

We're building the future of career services together. 🧵

Built a centralized career management platform with eight career services-centric modules:

🔥 Coaching
🔥 Reporting
🔥 Job Board
🔥 Event Management
🔥 Experiential Learning
🔥 Check-in & Badge Printing
🔥 First Destination & Outcomes
🔥 Employer Relationship Management 3/

Most career services software companies chase features they want you to have. We collaborated with career services to fix:

🚫 Endless workarounds
🚫 Clunky job boards with little engagement
🚫 Systems that replace relationships instead of supporting them

With career services' feedback, we...2/