Why Career Must Be Everywhere (feat. Mike Summers)

Mike Summers, Associate Vice President of the Gateway Career Center at Lafayette College, shares why he thinks career must be everywhere.

“Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. So we have to increase the social capital and access to all students,” Mike said.

In this episode, Mike talks about:

• How he and his team have implemented the Career Everywhere approach to career services
• Why it’s so important for career services to lead the charge
• What results his team has seen since implementing Career Everywhere—particularly in terms of improving equity and access
• And more  

Mike said that since talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not, he and his team focus on making sure opportunities for Lafayette’s students are more equitable. For example, this fall, his team is hosting what they call a modern mentorship networking event where they’ll teach students about what social capital is, how to build it, how to use it, and more.

“I’m really excited about that and it’s something I feel very strongly about, that we make things as equitable as we can. And that's one of the centerpieces of why it is so important that career is everywhere across this campus,” Mike said.

Resources from the episode:

• Mike’s LinkedIn profile
• Mike’s Twitter profile
• Mike’s email: [email protected] 
• Lafayette’s career center website (powered by uConnect)

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