CS202 - Best Practices in Graduate Employment Verification & Documentation

Accurate representation of graduate outcomes is critical to upholding institutional integrity. All involved in employment reporting must continuously identify ways to strengthen their system for tracking, collecting, and verifying employment data. When documentation is both a quality and a compliance matter, staff must understand the verification program as a whole, the role they play in continuously improving it, and how to use professional principles and best practices in documentation. This course is designed to encourage participants to critically analyze their own employment reporting practices while sharing ideas and best practices that can help lead to the highest level of data integrity.


 

Course Reviews


Course Rating
"This was an excellent course. It confirms policy, procedure and definitions are applicable at our institution."
"The information presented provided me with clear directives, areas of opportunity, assessment of my current processes and ways to improve. It also enlightened me about how critical the job I perform is to the financial and economical outcomes of society, and why my job must be performed continuously with integrity, knowledge and skill. I have greatly benefited!"
"This course was full of important information that I will use in my job."
"This course opened my eyes to a number of daily activities I may have not realized how significant they were. It already has me being more aware of how I document notes for Graduates and students alike. "
"I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It let me see where my organization needs to improve and where we excel."
"I feel that the course is a very interesting learning tool and it truly made me aware of the importance of graduates employment verification and proper documentation. "
"I really think this course is an exceptional learning tool for both newcomers and experienced career services personnel. Excellently designed. Thanks for the fruitful experience and information."
"I learned so much about placement and I am very excited to start making changes in my department."
"This course is invaluable and excellent. We are scheduled to have a site visit in the next few days and this course was helpful going forward, as well as helping us better prepare for the visit. "
"This course provided me with a greater understanding of the verification process."
"I liked the sample forms and the examples were helpful in formulating what I have to do internally with job placement to help us be compliant."
"This course was very relevant to the type of work I do in Career Services. The information shared, the materials and resources that were shared that we could download have been extremely helpful for me in my role. I would highly recommend this course to any Career Services or workforce development professional."
"Great information and good practices for the future. "
"This course was a great help in understanding the importance of correct documentation, verification, and the reasons that the Career Service role is of much importance."
"Information was direct and clear and had great real world examples that enhanced understanding. "
"I enjoyed this course. It was very easy to follow and really laid out good practices."
"This course helped me to understand the importance of employment reporting, verification, and documentation. "

Course Structure


Course Format

  • Can Start Anytime
  • Self-paced (within course enrollment timeframe)
  • 4 Hours of Activities

Completion Requirements

  • Study Course Content
  • Pass ALL Required Quizzes

Certificate of Completion

  • 4 Hours of Continuing Education
  • Available for download at the end of the course

Technology Requirements

  • A Web browser with JavaScript and cookies enabled
  • Adobe Flash Player
  • Speakers or headphones

Course Objectives


Module 1: The Importance of Employment Reporting

  • Examine the importance of employment reporting from various stakeholder perspectives
  • Articulate the influence graduate employment reporting has on higher education policy, national economic development, and accreditation integrity
  • Describe multiple benefits of employment reporting for an institution
  • Identify factors that have contributed to governments' approaching higher education policy as an investment strategy
  • Examine multiple perspectives that shape the definition of gainful employment

Module 2: Employment Verification Program Components

  • Identify terms necessary to define for an employment verification program
  • Recognize variables important to consider to strengthen the definition of "placement"
  • Describe the benefits and challenges of various data collection methods
  • Examine employment rate calculation methods used by various regulatory agencies
  • Identify potential partnerships that may strengthen an employment verification program

Module 3: Employment Verification Program Implementation

  • Use benefit-focused communication with stakeholders to convey why employment data is collected
  • Identify opportunities to manage student expectations and establish student accountability for placement assistance
  • Implement a workflow and use best practices in records management
  • Identify considerations for compliance monitoring
  • Identify common documentation mistakes and interventions to reduce errors

Module 4: Best Practices in Documentation

  • Explain the benefits of using case notes to document student interactions
  • Use professional principles of documentation when recording case notes
  • Use best practices when fixing errors, and making edits to hardcopy student case notes
  • Use a case note model for documenting student interactions consistently
  • Write strong job descriptions when submitting employment information for verification that clearly indicate graduate's use of skills from program of study

Module 5: Community TV

  • NA

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