Episode 58 - Career Readiness through Leadership Education

NASPA Leadership Podcast

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Sabrena O’Keefe and Dr. Carolyn Meeker. Dr. Sabrena O’Keefe has over 10 years of higher education experience and currently serves as the Director for Student Involvement at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Carolyn Meeker serves as the Chair-Elect for NASPA’s Student Career Development Knowledge Community and as the Assistant Director for Career and Talent Development at Florida International University in Miami. Sabrena and Carolyn share their insights on the connection of career readiness and leadership development with students. They then provide practices for helping students connect their leadership competencies to career competencies and how to enhance this work on your campus. 00:00 - 02:30: Introduction 02:30 - 08:00: Student Affairs Journey 08:00 - 13:00: Currently Reading 13:00 - 17:00: Define Career Readiness 17:00 - 22:00: Leadership Development and Career Readiness 22:00 - 25:00: Mapping Competencies 25:00 - 32:00: Live Career Readiness Instrument 32:00 - 35:00: Institutional and Colleague Support 35:00 - 39:00: Successes and Challenges of Implementation 38:00 - 42:00: Bring This Work to Your Campus 42:00 - 47:30: Next Question About Leadership 47:30 - 49:00: Outro