The average student to professional staff level is 1,889 students to each career services professional, according to the 2012-13 Career Services Benchmark Survey....more

Two obstacles to innovation in the career services office, expressed by our survey respondents, were budget constraints and lack of time....more

Eighty-five percent of the career centers that responded to NACE’s 2012 13 Career Services Benchmark Survey report having centralized offices. Here are other survey highlights....more

Salaries and experience levels for professional positions in career centers did not change significantly over the past year, according to results of NACE’s 2012 13 Career Services Benchmark Survey. ...more

Potential for innovation in the career center is more prevalent where budget and time are available to explore ideas, systems capture ideas, and stakeholders serve as sources of information and inspiration....more

Analytics are important when optimizing websites for mobile. It's important to be aware of the hardware and software visitors use to access the system....more

An examination of the characteristics and approaches to innovation in the career center. Part three of five articles in the Innovating in Times of Change series....more

There are three primary factors that affect an organization’s potential for innovation—climate, leadership, and process. When the center incorporates several key elements of an innovative climate, it can be one of the principal drivers of innovation....more

To provide effective staff training and development, career services offices should assess the knowledge and talents they have in-house and devise ways that are compatible with their culture to share those resources....more

Results of a national survey on innovation in career services show that there are three primary factors—climate, leadership, and process—that effect how innovative an organization can be. Part 1 of 5....more