National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

Overview:

Profession(s): College career services & college recruiting and relations
Member Type(s): Career services professionals & college recruiting and relations professionals
Scope: National - United States
Formed: 1956
Members: 8,200
Address: 62 Highland Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, 18017, USA
Phone: 800/544-5272
Website: www.naceweb.org

Description:

Established in 1956, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is the leading source of information on the employment of the college educated. The professional association connects more than 5,200 college career services professionals at nearly 2,000 college and universities nationwide, and more than 3,000 HR/staffing professionals focused on college relations and recruiting.

Mission/Aims:

NACE's mission to facilitate the employment of the college educated.

Principal Activities:

NACE forecasts trends in the job market, tracks legal issues in employment, the job search, and hiring practices and provides college and employer professionals with benchmarks for their work.

Member Benefits:

NACE provides research and information to its professional members through NACEWeb, quarterly surveys of starting salary offers to new college graduates, a quarterly journal, a biweekly newsletter, and surveys of employer and college members. NACE provides members with primary tools for reaching and educating college students through our Job Choices publications—the most recommended job-search and career guides for today's graduates and alumni—and JobWeb, the online complement to Job Choices.

Training/Licensing/Certification:

Annual conference
Virtual seminars
Workshops