NACE- A Great Resource for All Professionals in the Field of Campus Recruitment and Career Services

Recently I was elected to the Board of Directors for the National Association for Colleges and Employers (NACE). I have just completed a year of service as the Chair of NACE's Diversity Advancement Committee and initiatives, and have been involved with the organization the last 4 years in other efforts including magazine interviews, the 2006 conference planning committee, and several years of service in the Diversity Advancement Committee. As Chair of the DAC we had great success this past year which included a successful virtual seminar on diversity recruitment on college campuses, a best practices panel on HBCU recruitment at the national conference, an HBCU recruitment discussion forum in Atlanta, and overall excellent success in inspiring a national dialogue around issues of diversity recruitment on college and university campuses.

I look forward to serving on the NACE Board and hope to provide a new voice that will assist in the development of career opportunities for all students, development of diversity recruitment practices, technologies, and resources that will assist employers and campus career professionals. I am also very interested in being an advocate to promote and inspire more diversity in the ranks of campus career centers, diversity amongst vendors within the career development industry, and increased diversity among employer recruitment teams and management.

I suggest that all students and college professionals who are interested in learning more about the issues and strategies that drive the national and global campus recruitment industry take a moment and check out the NACE website (listed below). Quite frankly, some of you at HBCU career centers and smaller colleges should definitely consider being more involved to have access to the networks, resources and other tools NACE can provide you to give you and your center a professional edge! NACE networks and information have played a vital role for us at Howard in elevating the effectiveness, quality of service, and overall branding of our career services to a whole new level of national leadership and prominence. It could help your center and personal career as well!

Check out NACE's website at www.naceweb.org/

Kim R. Wells

Please write me through this blog or at kwells@howard.edu if you have any ideas or comments about NACE or other subjects you may have in mind.