18 [ Oakwood Magazine ] SPRING 2018 DIVISION UPDATE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION Sabrina Cotton, C.P.A., MAcc., Vice President T he Oakwood University Career Connections Center (OUCCC), scheduled to open later this year, will create a compre- hensive, holistic, integrated pathway leading students to successful entry into graduate school and careers that will enable them to serve God and humanity. The goal is to ensure that students who complete matriculation at Oakwood will be able to enter into graduate or professional school, can be employed as an entrepreneur or as an employee, or can be profitably engaged in community service in their desired career field within 12 months of graduation. > Implementing N Strengthening I Monitoring The three main areas of the OUCCC’s focus are: implementing a process designed to actively engage every student in developing and using their individualized “Career Map” and Career Transcript; strengthening employer relationships designed to increase shadowing, internships and post-exit placement; and monitoring placement and job retention rates. The desired outcomes of partici- pation is gainful employment for all students within 12 months of gradu- ation. Gainful employment includes industry jobs, community service engagement, entrepreneurship, grad- uate and professional schools. By Fall of 2022 100% of students will be career technology literate). Reinventing Career Services Oakwood University Opens Career Connections Center Supporting Career technology literate is defined as students who are fluent in using technology to find and use accurate and up-to-date information regarding: a. Employers b. Market trends c. Posting resumes d. Searching and apply- ing for target jobs that align with your past work experiences and skill set e. Generic job hunting websites such as: Monster, askalo or Indeed f. Government websites such as usajobs.gov g. Signing up networking site/apps i.e. LinkedIn & GemConnect h. Remove or bury neg- ative social media or search engine hits i. Creating your own pro- fessional blog or web- site j. Watching out for hiring scams This new and exciting initiative will allow students to create a “Career Transcript” and a “Career Map” Plan. The Career Transcript will include evidences of a student’s awards, skills, quantifiable accomplishments using numbers/data, education, work expe- rience, professional development, Four Major Initiatives Ensure every 1st year student develops an individualized Career Map/Portfolio & Resumé.* *Plan is updated in 3rd year. Ensure an 8+ hour - shadowing experience for every 2nd year student based on the individual Career Map. Conduct Pre & Post interview and employment readiness assessment for every 1st and 3rd year student. Conduct industry themed Career Fairs for each school & one annual multi-focused Fair to include permanent placement, internships and summer job opportunities.
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18 [ Oakwood Magazine ] S P R I N G 2018
D I V I S I O N U P D A T E
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIONSabrina Cotton, C.P.A., MAcc., Vice President
The Oakwood University Career Connections Center (OUCCC), scheduled to open later this year, will create a compre-
hensive, holistic, integrated pathway leading students to successful entry into graduate school and careers that will enable them to serve God and humanity. The goal is to ensure that students who complete matriculation at Oakwood will be able to enter into graduate or professional school, can be employed as an entrepreneur or as an employee, or can be profitably engaged in community service in their desired career field within 12 months of graduation.
> Implementing
N Strengthening
I Monitoring
The three main areas of the OUCCC’s focus are: implementing a process designed to actively engage every student in developing and using their individualized “Career Map” and Career Transcript; strengthening employer relationships designed to increase shadowing, internships and post-exit placement; and monitoring placement and job retention rates. The desired outcomes of partici-pation is gainful employment for all students within 12 months of gradu-ation. Gainful employment includes industry jobs, community service engagement, entrepreneurship, grad-uate and professional schools. By Fall of 2022 100% of students will be career technology literate).
Reinventing Career Services Oakwood University Opens Career Connections Center Supporting Career Pathways to Gainful Employment for Minorities (CP-GEM)
Career technology literate is defined as students who are fluent in using technology to find and use accurate and up-to-date information regarding:
a. Employers b. Market trends c. Posting resumes d. Searching and apply-
ing for target jobs that align with your past work experiences and skill set
e. Generic job hunting websites such as: Monster, askalo or Indeed
f. Government websites such as usajobs.gov
g. Signing up networking site/apps i.e. LinkedIn & GemConnect
h. Remove or bury neg-ative social media or search engine hits
i. Creating your own pro-fessional blog or web-site
j. Watching out for hiring scams
This new and exciting initiative will allow students to create a “Career Transcript” and a “Career Map” Plan. The Career Transcript will include evidences of a student’s awards, skills, quantifiable accomplishments using numbers/data, education, work expe-rience, professional development,
Four Major Initiatives
Ensure every 1st year student develops an individualized
Career Map/Portfolio & Resumé.*
*Plan is updated in 3rd year.
Ensure an 8+ hour - shadowing experience for every 2nd year student based on the
individual Career Map.
Conduct Pre & Post interview and employment readiness
assessment for every 1st and 3rd year student.
Conduct industry themed Career Fairs for
each school & one annual multi-focused Fair to include
permanent placement, internships and summer job
opportunities.
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Reinventing Career Services Oakwood University Opens Career Connections Center Supporting Career Pathways to Gainful Employment for Minorities (CP-GEM)
leadership activities and special rec-ognition from teachers and employers. The Career Map consists of com-prehensive assessments outlining each student’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis and a skill development plan. These, along with GEMConnect a cus-tom application (which was introduced in Fall 2017), allow students to take
career assessments, build a digital career portfolio, communicate with their advisors, and be linked to a men-tor. All of these strategies will help to ensure that our students reach their career goal. This initiative constitutes a sig-nificant change in the functioning of Career Services. A Career Connection Team is being introduced, consisting
of a Center Coordinator, two Career Development Specialists, and one Office Assistant who are motivated to ensure a successful outcome. Each team member is tasked with ensu-ing that each student is assigned to their own career specialist and with enhancing all career related- activities. Our students’ success is our success!
Sample Student Career Map
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Spring is here, and everything at Oakwood Farms awaken-ing from its winter slumber. Can you believe a whole year
has rolled by since Oakwood Farms first harvested crops of delicious fruits and vegetables? Regardless of season-al changes, God’s hands of blessing remains on Oakwood Farms. During this past December, tem-peratures dipped to first 13°, then to 5°, and then down to 0° several times a week. The vegetables drooped in a frozen state, burned brown by the frost. By all standards, all the vegeta-ble plants should not have survived. But this was not the case -- God’s hand was upon them, and the vegetables are alive and well! Looking at the rows of greens arranged in the middle of the garden, not one of the plants speak
Come, See and Taste – Oakwood Farms is Flourishing
of hardship. The vibrant color of the green leaves speak clearly, beckoning us to come and taste of blessing of God. If you drove through the main gate about one month ago, and looked to the right, it would have appeared as though nothing was happening. However, a lot is going on: the pecan trees are scheduled to grow 40 feet tall. The 1800 blueberry plants pro-duced hundreds of gallons of plump, delicious blueberries in their first year. The blackberry plants which lay dormant not too long ago now show green lush shoots off the ground. There are also 150 raspberry plants also bursting forth with green shoots. These same plants produced plump, sweet blackberries and raspberries last season, and are preparing to do
the same this year. Our Farmers’ Market customers speak volumes, of how delicious the homegrown tomatoes were and how they loved the succulent blueberries. They are especially pleased about being able to take freshly harvested Oakwood Farms produce straight from our garden to their kitchen. At Oakwood Farms, we are just as excited as the customers are about the jade green snap beans, tender pole beans, collard greens, kale, red tomatoes, yellow squash and tender okra that grace our bushel baskets. The plants continue to speak of the coming bountiful harvest. “The ground is blessed,” they say. We agree. I would venture to say God agrees too. We at Oakwood Farms invite you this season. Come, taste and see… you’ll agree.
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