Career Services Leadership

'Career Ecosystem Era' with Jeremy Podany

Jeremy Podany is Founder and CEO of The Career Leadership Collective [https://www.linkedin.com/company/careerleadershipcollective/], a consultancy that has done business with over 1,000 colleges and universities since 2017 on the systemic career development needs of higher education. Recently, Jeremy published The Career Ecosystem Era in Higher Education, a fascinating new book that captures the current zeitgeist happening in the field of career services and offers a roadmap to institutional transformation.In this episode we discuss: * What motivated him to start The Career Leadership Collective, a first-of-its-kind consultancy and training firm for the field of career services. * His leadership philosophy, which is "radically others-centered" and draws inspiration from people who strove for systemic change in the face of intense resistance to change. * Why he wants to get rid of the question, "What can I do with this major?" * ... and so much more! Jeremy, thank you for a great conversation!

'The Momentum of Trying' with Dimitris Sampsonidis

Dimitris Sampsonidis is a Career Counsellor at the University of Crete in Greece. He was recently ranked one of the most influential people on LinkedIn in Greece and he has been a strong advocate for advancing and promoting the field of career services in Greece. In his spare time, he's pursuing a Ph.D. from the University of Crete on the topic of polymathy and multipotentiality.In this episode we discuss: * The similarities and differences between the Greek and U.S. systems of career services in higher education, and even the differences between Greece and the broader European Union (E.U.). * The challenges of hosting employers for career fairs and recruiting events when your university is on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea! * The quote from the very first episode of the Career Services Leadershipthat brought him to tears and continues to inspire and motivate him today. * Why, as career services leaders, it's important for us to be in harmony with our own purpose so that we can better help students find their purpose. Dimitris, thank you for the thought-provoking conversation!

'Alive Right Now' with Andy Rabitoy

Andy Rabitoy is the Executive Director of Foster Career Services for the UW Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.  Andy’s 23 years in career services spans three campus environments. He is active in the industry and has held key committee positions in major associations including National Association of Colleges and Employers and MPACE (Mountain Pacific Association of Colleges & Employers), and recently served as MPACE President in 2022-2023. In this episode we discuss: * The exciting once-in-a-career opportunity Andy had 13 years ago to build a new career center from scratch for the UW Foster School of Business [https://www.linkedin.com/company/uwfosterschoolofbusiness/], complete with moving into a new building and hiring a new team. * His "alive right now" leadership style, guided by themes of building personal relationships, extending high levels of trust, and being adaptable and transparent. * Why helping students get comfortable with being uncomfortable and exposing them to things and people outside their classroom and outside their peer group is so important to his team's strategy. * How a moment of disagreement and vulnerability in front of his team helped him access a new level of a leadership... and so much more! Friends and colleagues mentioned in this episode: Craig Schmidt, Andy Ceperley, Neil Murray, and Susan Terry.

'Academic Capitalism' with Amie Hammond, Ed.D.

Amie Hammond, Ed.D. is the executive director of Career Services at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). Amie has nearly three decades of experience in higher education and recently earned a doctorate in educational leadership from California State University, Fresno. She is also an active leader within the MPACE (Mountain Pacific Association of Colleges & Employers). In this episode we discuss: * The moment early in her career when she decided she wanted to one day be a career services director. * Her unique reporting to the AVP of Student Affairs and Equity and Transition and how being in the Equity and Transition unit influences her approach to the work. * Her dissertation research which examines the values congruence of student affairs practitioners in a neoliberal context (and where I first learned the term "academic capitalism"!). * Why she identifies strongly with an Authentic Leadership model and how she uses Bolman and Deal's Four Frames model... and so much more! Amie, thank you for a great conversation! P.S. If you are curious about Amie's dissertation, check it out here: https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/r207tw66g

'Tone Setters in the Academy' with Andy Ceperley

The Career Services Leadership podcast is thrilled to welcome Andrew "Andy" Tracy Ceperley, PCC, author of the new teaching memoir, Tone Setters in the Academy: How to Build an Inspired Life as a University Administrator. With a career spanning the U.S. and abroad, Andy is a university leader, lecturer, facilitator, author, and coach (and he was once in my exact seat as the director of the Santa Clara University Career Center!). Andy is also a former President of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). In this episode, we discuss: * What inspired him to write "Tone Setters" and the 60 individual tone setter mindsets he recommends for administrators. * A new coaching certification he is helping to develop on "TQ - Transitional Intelligence" inspired by William Bridges' work in change management. * Why he believes the number one skills that career services leaders need today is the ability to be "the ultimate connectors" and "community builders." * His perspective on "administrative glass ceilings" and the two-system approach to career advancement in higher education... and so much more! Friends and colleagues mentioned in this episode: Skip Horne [https://www.linkedin.com/in/skiphorne/], Dr. Darleny Cepin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/darleny/], Dr. Neil Murray Andy, thank you for a great conversation!