How Career Services Can Support Retention (feat. Chris Entringer)

Chris Entringer, Career Services Coordinator and Enrollment Advisor at Northeast Iowa Community College, shares how he and his team work to support retention.

He emphasizes the importance of building relationships, collaborating with other departments, and being proactive in reaching out to at-risk students.

In this episode, Chris also shares:

• At a high level, how career services can support retention (and why their role is so critical)
• What career services (and retention) looks like in a community college
• What his team’s integrated model looks like and how it supports their efforts to improve retention at NICC
• Several specific strategies his career center uses to improve retention
• And more

“It’s so important to get those referrals and really be a part of all the processes that you do for retention. I think career services should have a piece in that puzzle,” Entringer said. 

Resources from the episode:

• Chris’ LinkedIn profile
• NICC career services email (checked by the team): [email protected]
• NICC Career Hub website

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