Interview anxiety isn't just a student's battle; mentors feel the heat too. Career counselors face the challenge of keeping pace with rapidly advancing fields which makes it difficult to tailor interview prep to every specialization. Moreover, tracking nuanced metrics such as speech rate and voice modulation adds another layer of complexity. Recently, Amanda Rodriguez-Rey sparked a NACE community discussion on AI for mock interviews. The consensus? There are some thriving benefits to consider, from customizing questions to harnessing AI for nuanced feedback. Hiration and InterviewStream are t ..read more

385:1 student-to-counselor ratio is sadly the norm. Is your career center in a similar conundrum? That’s today’s reality in career services. While your mission is to get students job-ready in a fiercely competitive market, it's tough. Overworked and understaffed, tackling this mission feels almost like hunting a shadow in pitch darkness. But what if we told you a solution is just an AI away? Just as it has fostered progress in various sectors, AI is now poised to transform career services through platforms like Hiration and Quinncia by automating tasks and boosting student outcomes. Well, now ..read more

With budget constraints and a packed workload, you might be wondering how to stretch your career center’s resources further to better support your students. Hiring more staff is not an option. So, what's the feasible solution? The answer lies in embracing the AI revolution. Platforms like Hiration and Jobscan are here to be the extra set of hands you’ve been looking for. Hiration, with generative AI at its core, transforms your students’ resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and cover letters from average to outstanding. And did we also mention our platform prepares them for interviews too? Meanwhile ..read more

Is AI fueling your career center's engine, or are you still cranking the gears manually? In today's world, where artificial intelligence has revolutionized almost every facet of life, it's a call to action for your career center to fully harness its power as well. This is where platforms like Hiration and SkillsFirst step into the limelight, redefining the career services landscape with an array of AI-powered tools. From ChatGPT-integrated resume builders and interview preparation to tailored cover letter guidance and instant LinkedIn profile review, the choice of technology can greatly influ ..read more

The verdict is in: 88% of professionals in the US see AI's integration in career services as not just beneficial but essential, according to the 'AI & Business Readiness 2024 Report' by Washington State University. You know this, of course. Hence the need for a state-of-the-art yet as-efficient-as-it-comes solution that allows your career center to 3x placement rates and 10x productivity. You know your team badly needs one, but the question now arises: which one is the best platform for YOUR career center? Comparing Hiration with VMock This journey to transform student outcomes while boos ..read more

What if the key to fine-tuning language in student resumes isn't doing more work, but just being smarter? In the BC (Before ChatGPT) era of career services, you were bound to spend hours condensing your students' verbose resume language into concise, compelling narratives. But, not anymore. ChatGPT is an advanced AI chatbot based a large language model (LLM) by OpenAI, that you can use to enhance student resume language with triple the efficiency and half the effort. It generates conversational responses that mimic human interaction based on the provided input, also known as "prompts". To hel ..read more

In the fast-paced world of career services, staying ahead of the curve is of paramount importance as you guide your students to success. As a career services professional (CSP), you play a crucial role in safeguarding successful job placements for your students, and integrating tools like ChatGPT into your workflow can be a game-changer, especially in the realm of reviewing and refining resumes. Speaking of resumes, one section that immediately demands attention is the objective/summary statement. Placed usually at the top of a resume, this section serves as a concise yet hard-hitting introdu ..read more

Navigating the maze of student resumes is not a small feat. It's a challenge career services professionals face more frequently than getting their name on the Starbucks cup right. Here, you don't have a professional experience section to expound or review. A few might have internships, but that's about it. What does that leave you with? That's right - academic projects, extra-curricular or co-curricular activities, and everything else that can't be placed in a formal section. As a career services professional, you might have a trusted process in place, probably derived from a wealth of experi ..read more

Imagine: Stacks of seemingly endless resumes, each armed with a unique narrative, yet lost in a sea of similitude. Amidst this, career services professionals face a pivotal challenge: helping students tailor their resumes to unique job descriptions - a task that can feel Sisyphean in its repetition and complexity. But what if there was a way to break free from this cycle, to transform this task from mundane to miraculous? What if AI could be your ally here, enhancing your expertise rather than replacing it, enabling personalized guidance at scale? Enter the realm of natural language processin ..read more

A sobering reality for career services: 80% of the resumes awaiting your review are doomed. Picture the seemingly endless stack of resumes on your desk, waiting to be mauled by your red pen. Or a folder of hundreds of PDF resumes about to be littered with your comments. Their fate? 4 out of 5 resumes won’t be shortlisted by recruiters. You are the final frontier, the last bastion who can prevent that outcome. But what can you do? As you start moving resumes from ‘pending’ to ‘done’, one excruciating comment at a time, you realize there are so many common mistakes that you need to highlight in ..read more