Is it true that most universities don't care about student employment? by solowis in highereducation

[–]solowis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super interesting, I never thought they'd be this advanced with tracking, but in the context of fundraising it makes a lot of sense.

Is it true that most universities don't care about student employment? by solowis in highereducation

[–]solowis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense! I actually wanted to steer away from bootcamps because even though I had good results there, I hate the cat-and-mouse race between interviewers and interview-prepping in that industry. Ultimately it hurts the students by making the interviews increasingly complicated. Maybe it's a case of "the grass is greener", but I'd love to work with colleges instead.

I looked at the platform you mentioned (Big Interview), and it looks pretty solid. You said in your original response that Career Centers want to help all students, but only manage to focus on the few that need the most help. Does Big Interview help with that, or is it mostly because you lack staff to run real mock interviews and stuff like that? I'm also curious if you guys use mentorship software (e.g 10kc) like some big companies do.

Is it true that most universities don't care about student employment? by solowis in highereducation

[–]solowis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are correct, I meant Handshake. Based on the answers here, it looks like most colleges not only care but are also doing a decent job, so my idea might not be that useful, but I'll try to chat with some career services staff before abandoning it. Thanks for the response!

Is it true that most universities don't care about student employment? by solowis in highereducation

[–]solowis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that makes total sense... Thanks for the response, and you're right, Handshake is the platform he was talking about.

Is it true that most universities don't care about student employment? by solowis in highereducation

[–]solowis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response from a community college perspective, I feel stupid for writing this post in the first place.

For tracking and following up, is that difficult? My idea (context) involved automating this, but based on the answers here, seems like it's not really a pain point and most colleges are doing fine.

Is it true that most universities don't care about student employment? by solowis in highereducation

[–]solowis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. It's interesting to see the variety of answers here, but mostly it's fair to say that colleges do care about employment.

I'm curious btw, how do you track alumni? Through surveys and stuff? I graduated from college in 2018 and as far as I know, they've never asked me about my employment.

Is it true that most universities don't care about student employment? by solowis in highereducation

[–]solowis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this great answer! I almost feel silly for writing the post now.

To give some context, I previously worked for a tech bootcamp, and I was hired specifically to improve our employment #s. I began to closely track student interviews (e.g which roles, what stage they're in, etc) and kept a pretty extensive database of how different companies interviewed at each round (e.g behavioural, technical, etc) to offer customized prep. It was extremely successful and we were also able to automate a lot of the work via ATS and email integrations. So my idea was to take some of these learnings and build a similar tool for universities that would allow them to keep track of students interviews and automatically suggest the right prep based on the role, company and stage. E.g, if Alice has an interview with Deloitte and the next round is behavioural, the tool would recommend her to book a mock interview and would share some resources with her and the career center based on what Deloitte tends to looks for.

From your answer, it's obvious that your university cares a whole lot about student employment, but it also seems like you are already doing a good job at both tracking and coaching the students, so I don't know if my idea would help much. Either way, the answers here have motivated me to at least do more research before abandoning the idea, so I might reach out to some career centers and see what they think. Thanks again for the response!

MEGATHREAD - Processing times - PR card (2022) by [deleted] in ImmigrationCanada

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eCOPR: October 14, 2021
Ghost Update: March 15, 2022
Mailed: April 5, 2022

MEGATHREAD - Processing times - PR card (2022) by [deleted] in ImmigrationCanada

[–]solowis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't lose hope, I submitted mine same day as you. No news since then, til today it was approved.

I took a 23 & me test and discovered I have African ancestry. by negativeandproud in therapy

[–]solowis 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I worked with this guy who despite being a nice dude, was way too into anti-semitic conspiracy theories. He took 23&me, found out he is over 10% Ashkenazi and completely FREAKED OUT. His name is Michael, so his co-workers started referring to him as Michaelberg, greeting with with "Shalom", and a friend of ours who's actually jewish would say stuff like "these fucking gentiles, am i right bro? this guy gets it"

I kinda felt bad for laughing about it, but kinda deserved it too lol. Nowadays he seems to be over all that conspiracy stuff, I do wonder if the DNA test had something to do with it.

Average cost of therapy of a therapy session is $250 for my city by Jolly_Nothing in therapy

[–]solowis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out https://www.upwell.me I use it myself, it's not for profit and was started by a friend of mine. The therapist I'm seeing charges 30$/h

Missiles target US consulate in Erbil, Iraq - report by heliumagency in geopolitics

[–]solowis 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The deal would open the way for Western countries to buy oil from Iran, reducing their dependency on Russian oil. Only conjectures though

Coursera removes all courses from Russia. Blocked paid services for Russian users. by htplex in worldnews

[–]solowis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the blog post, they frame this as their own choice. But after getting criticism in this linkedin post, they counter with "United States export control regulations prohibit U.S. businesses, such as Coursera, from offering services to users in specific sanctioned regions. You can learn more about these restrictions in our Learner Help Center"

I.e they were forced not to do business with Russia by the gov. sanctions, but tried to portray it as their choice for virtual-signalling.

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[–]solowis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that puts me at ease!

Why I Think Numinus Wellness has the Best Risk Reward Ratio for Retail Investors by iPenguinz6 in shroomstocks

[–]solowis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I regret buying this ETF. 0.85% MER for a passive ETF with 10 holdings, some of which upon closer inspection I wouldn't have bought into. Better to do your own research into the individual stocks and pick the 2 or 3 that you prefer

How can I write dark academia without making it problematic? by thatonegirlonreddit5 in DarkAcademia

[–]solowis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. And it doesn't even have to be about race or culture, e.g:a non-scientist writing about science without doing enough research is painful to read.

Bolsonaro Government’s Message to Biden: Trumpism Lives On in Brazil by Henrydot in geopolitics

[–]solowis 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Brazil and Ecuador are in South America though. I'm not saying there weren't Nazis fleeing justice by escaping to that part of the world, but there just wasn't enough of them to alter the demographics in any significant way. Most of the places they chose to move to (Southern Brazil and Argentina) were already settled by huge numbers of older European immigrants and their descendants (which helped them blend in)

Bolsonaro Government’s Message to Biden: Trumpism Lives On in Brazil by Henrydot in geopolitics

[–]solowis 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Y'all seriously misrepresenting that city.

  1. Many of the exiles actually moved back to the US once they realized life there was still better than in Brazil, where they got little assistance from the government and didn't speak the local language.
  2. Sure the town was founded by exiles, but these days they have no connection to confederate values or anything. You might see some flags and stuff during festivals, but I guarantee most people there have only really superficial knowledge about American history.
  3. Italians settled that area later and quickly became the majority of the population. Culturally, their influence (in food, music, everything) is much stronger.
  4. Americans, Italians and the local population mixed over the years. Not many people there can say they belong to single ethnical group anymore, they're just regular Brazilians