Career Services Collaborative: Promoting Chicago’s Talent Pipeline​

In 2018, America's Urban Campus created its Career Services Collaborative, bringing together the Career Services Directors of our member institutions to share best practices, identify opportunities for our students through partnerships with civic and business groups, and to participate in professional development through period panel discussions

Our Co-Chairs are:

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Brenda Williams

Managing Director, Career Center, DePaul University

Director of Career Development, Kennedy-King College, CCC

Ingrid Prioleau-Byrd, Ph.D.

Director of Career Development, Kennedy-King College, CCC

Click here for our roster of Career Services Executives

Our monthly Zoom calls started during the pandemic as a way to share experiences and ideas for operating career services programs and conducting career fairs on a remote basis.

The calls have continued as a time efficient mechanism for sharing best practices, matching notes on trends in employment and student engagement, and for development of hybrid models for work with employers.

Professional development panels using Zoom

The collaborative also launched a series of professional development panels using Zoom, focusing on issues identified by members. These panels are open to the staff of all the career services offices.



2024 Panel topics include:

Supporting Students’ Mental Health Team


To check out full profiles of our panelists, CLICK HERE!

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