The Career Ecosystem Era in Higher Education
We explore the systemic changes colleges and universities are making to ensure every student receives the career learning they need to succeed.
Episodes
8 episodes
How to 'Hack' a Career Ecosystem
Sensemaking. Leveraging blank spaces. Navigating the curricular maze. These are among the concepts Scott Carlson unpacks in the book Hacking College with co-author Ned Laff. In this episode, Jeremy and Scott discuss philosophical appro...
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37:57
An Institutional Career Learning Pledge
What aspects of career learning should not be left to chance in the college student experience? President Pescovitz and her campus community have embedded career learning into multiple aspects of the student experience, and have recently launch...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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32:18
Top 5 Most Important Career Readiness Trends for Higher Education in 2026
Welcome to 2026! In this no-guest episode, Jeremy Podany elaborates on the five most important career readiness trends shaping higher education in 2026. He explores what the field is moving away from, toward, and doubling down on, as well as th...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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34:00
The Big Dilemma: Reach
Jeremy is joined by two of his consulting colleagues from The Collective as they openly discuss the dilemma many colleges and universities face when trying to reach more students within their current career center model. They discuss how to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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29:49
Conceptualizing and Activating a Career Ecosystem with Faculty (Part 2)
Many faculty at Metro State University in Minneapolis, MN, have come together in a community of practice to cultivate a more integrated career ecosystem to benefit their students. In part two of this series, two faculty members dig into what th...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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35:03
Conceptualizing and Activating a Career Ecosystem with Faculty (Part 1)
Metro State University in Minneapolis, MN, has built a career education model where faculty are not only involved but feel a sense of ownership. The Career Center has intentionally repositioned itself from the primary service provider to a cata...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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20:52
Building an Ecosystem to Help Students Explore What Kind of Life They Want to Lead
College Presidents are more in tune than ever before with the need for and benefits of building a strong and effective career readiness ecosystem on their campus. In this episode, President Weinberg speaks to important topics such as why we ...
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Episode 2
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28:06