3 strategies to drive student employment via career exploration opportunities

Higher education institutions are under increasing pressure to deliver on graduate employability outcomes. While many hurdles can stand in the way of students’ career development, one major challenge is that students do not understand the full range of opportunities available to them upon graduation. Consequently, students may end up searching in the wrong places or applying to the wrong jobs, with one in three mismatched to their current position, according to recent reporting by the Guardian.

University alumni organisations are a critical—if often under-leveraged—asset in elevating solutions to this student employability challenge. Alumni can help spotlight the variety of career options available to students, based on their own career trajectories. Read below for snapshots of three strategies that UK, US, and Canadian institutions have deployed to integrate alumni into student career exploration.