Blending Academic Advising and Career Coaching (feat. Amanda Morgan)

Amanda Morgan, Associate Director of Career Services for the Academic Success and Career Center at Washington State University, shares how WSU blends academic advising and career coaching.

In the episode, Amanda talks about:

• Why (and how) WSU’s Academic Success and Career Center office is set up to blend academic advising and career coaching
• How they’ve created an optional University 100 course for students that’s all about career exploration
• How they train academic advisors across campus on how to have career conversations with students
• How they use uConnect’s Labor Market Insights module to help students with career exploration (and how they train academic advisors on how to use it in advising appointments)
• What advice she has for other career leaders who want to work more closely with academic advising
• And more 

“Naturally, these two conversations (academic advising and career readiness) go hand-in-hand. I was just looking at a NACE report, and it said 50% of career centers really see academic advising and career services as two different entities,” Amanda said. “I can see why, depending on university structure. But here at Washington State University, we really see those two conversations going hand-in-hand.”

Resources from the episode:

• Amanda’s LinkedIn profile
• Amanda’s email: [email protected] 
• WSU’s virtual career center (powered by uConnect)
• WSU’s labor market insights tool

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