There’s truth to "practice makes perfect," and you can see it in action at Johnson & Wales. Academics call it experiential education — or taking skills beyond the classroom — and 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果 has been doing it for more than 100 years.
But what does it look like in action? At 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果, where you learn by doing, it means a team of students presenting their research on improving customer experience to top industry executives like TD Garden. Or accelerating plant-based product innovation at the North Carolina Innovation Lab.
It could mean competing in cybersecurity games designed to help employers find vetted talent, or speaking to filmmakers about their process while helping to run a film festival. It could even mean building a financial portfolio by investing real money through 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果’s Wildcat Investment Value Fund.
Johnson & Wales' consistent result of taking skills beyond the classroom is our students’ success. An impressive 77.6% of Wildcats who complete paid internships receive job offers from their internships employers! Dedicated staff at 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果's help empower Wildcats to identify and pursue internships, secure employment and navigate lifelong career direction.
Wildcats can benefit from internship opportunities, directed experiential education, one-on-one advising and workshops from career professionals, a career management course for juniors, career planning tools and resources, online job postings and networking opportunities with employers and industry professionals.
If experiential education opportunities are the recipe, then student success is the result. Just about every college is talking about experiential education; that’s because it works. Each year the and the release popular reports showing the national averages for student surveys of experiential education and career services, and those are compared to 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果’s own Student Assessment Internship Survey. Here are the latest results:
97.3% of Wildcats indicated that their experiential education & career advisor was readily available throughout their internship experience.
92.1% of 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果 students were satisfied with their internship experience, compared to 75.6% of national students.
95.4% of 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果 graduates secure full or part-time employment, are enrolled/accepted in a program of study to continue their education, are performing voluntary service or enlist in military service within six months of graduation. This stat, called the Career Outcomes Rate, is 11.3% higher than the national average.
89.2% of 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果 students completing their Career Management course showed improved confidence in their career planning skills.
75.8% of 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果's Class of 2021 were employed within six months of graduation – a hefty 15.6% higher than the national average at the same point during the pandemic.
95.3% of 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果 students indicated that they felt more prepared for their career as a result of internship, compared to 4 out of 5 students on the NSCI report stating career confidence as a result of their internship.
74.7% of 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果 students participated in a paid internship in 2021-2022. This number compares to 60.2% nationally according to the NSCI 2021 Report, and to 60% as reported by NACE.
74.5% of Providence and Charlotte undergraduate students, based on Fall 2021 enrollment, engaged with EE&CS through one-on-one and small group advising sessions, workshops, employer visits, career fairs and more.
While not a direct comparison, the NACE report indicates that 58% of recent graduates visited their career center at some point during their undergraduate experience.
澳门彩历史开奖记录结果 students slipped below the national average in just one area — by a mere 1.6%. 20% of Wildcats planned on continuing their education compared to 21.6% nationwide. This rate is because 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果’s employment rate is so much higher than the national average — students are already at their dream jobs!
Wildcats who did continue their education tended to enroll in prestigious schools, from Cornell University and Columbia University to University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Boston University. And they will always be held in 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果’s heart, able to network with our 125,000+ alumni across the globe.
The office is continuing to evolve along with the industries around us. Tomorrow’s jobs may not even exist yet, so 澳门彩历史开奖记录结果 continues to build partnerships and connections that will strengthen future students’ success in emerging fields.
Contact Providence Campus Career Services at careerservices.pvd@jwu.edu or Charlotte Career Services at careerservices.clt@jwu.edu to see how they can help you plan for success.