Professional Skills
NACE Career Competency Workshops
Spelman Pathways recognizes that there are critical skills that are needed to ensure success in graduate school, industry and life. Students are encouraged to take advantage of several valuable workshop offerings from conducted from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Eastern Standard time (U.S. and Canada)
Thursday, Feb. 9 | 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. ET
Understanding the Assignment: How to Act, Dress and Speak in Professional Environments
Register Now for Understanding the Assignment
Tuesday, Feb. 21 | 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. ET
Thursday, March 23 | 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. ET
CAREER and SELF DEVELOPMENT
April 18 | 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. ET
The NACE Career Competency Workshops are designed and facilitated by Personality Matters, led by Dr. Cherry Collier, MCC, MCNLP, C'91.
National Association of Colleges and Employers
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is an American nonprofit professional association for college career services, recruiting practitioners, and others who wish to hire the college-educated.
NACE has identified eight requisite career competencies that broadly prepare the college-educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management.
Eight career readiness competencies:
- Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
- Teamwork/Collaboration (Working In Teams)
- Professionalism/Work Ethic (Operating & Managing)
- Oral/Written Communications (Networking & Communication)
- Career Management
- Global/Intercultural Fluency
- Leadership (Self-Driven Leadership)
- Digital Technology
Learn more about the NACE Career Radiness Competencies
SkillSurvey is a talent intelligence platform for assessing student skills (NACE Career Competencies). The platform provides students with feedback following work experiences to gain insights into how proficient they are in the skills required to succeed in today’s workplace. For more information, please contact Spelman Pathways at QEP-SpelmanPathways@Spelman.edu.