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NACE Career Competency Workshops

Secure the Bag: Success Beyond the Gates

Spelman Pathways recognizes critical skills that are needed to ensure success in graduate school, industry and life. Students are encouraged to take advantage of several valuable virtual workshops held from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. EST.

Workshops
  • Communication
  • Professionalism
  • Leadership
  • Career and Self Development
  • Critical Thinking 
  • Technology 
  • Teamwork
  • Equity and Inclusion

An interactive virtual workshop that provides you with an opportunity to earn 2 BONUS community service hours when you pair it with a community service activity you've performed.

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 and Managing)
  • Oral/Written Communications (Networking and Communication)
  • Career Management
  • Global/Intercultural Fluency
  • Leadership (Self-Driven Leadership)
  • Digital Technology

Learn more about the NACE Career Readiness Competencies

 

Secure The Bag
Success Beyond The Gates

Workshop: Critical Thinking
What do you really know? Critical thinking on the pathway to success.
Thursday, Sept. 10, 6 - 7 p.m.

Secure the Bag, Critical Thinking

Secure The Bag
Success Beyond The Gates

Workshop: Technology
The whole world at my fingertips: Using technology to your advantage.
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 6 - 7 p.m.

Secure the Bag, Technology

Secure The Bag
Success Beyond The Gates

Workshop: Equity and Inclusion
What do they really mean?
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6 - 7 p.m.

Secure the Bag, Equity and Inclusion