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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist

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3 Reasons to Consider Using the MBTI for Career Guidance

Preface

The NACE discussion boards recently posted a question about what career assessment you would use instead of the MBTI personality test. Understand that it's a trick question, because MBTI does...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Jul 18, 2023

The Budget Game. You Could Be A Winner...

An old English proverb is “waste not, want not” but a modern maxim of college administrators is “Use it or lose it.” Leaders in colleges and student services understand that if they don’t spend all...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Jun 26, 2023

Outcomes for Students AND Your Institution

We love to get client feedback, not only because it informs continuous development of our career decision platform, but also because we discover new ways PathwayU schools are employing our software.

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Mar 06, 2023

Connect Your Students to Employers Earlier

One of the central functions of a strong career services center is to connect students and employers. Not only do students want to find employers for internship and post-graduation job...
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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Feb 09, 2023

Let's Democratize Access To Career Services

In the 2005 trend-defining The World is Flat, futurist Thomas Friedman touted one of the primary benefits of technology – democratizing access to services. While college students attending college on...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Dec 13, 2022

Discover Your Major Day, Brings Happy Times

One of my favorite days of the academic year is Discover Your Major (DYM) Day. Undeclared freshmen, sophomores, and transfer students attend an all-day event to meet college and program...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Oct 27, 2022

Strategies for College Recruiting in Rural Communities Using PathwayU

As colleges and universities grapple with the ripple effects of declining numbers of high school graduates, increased doubt about the financial value of a college degree, and general uncertainty...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Oct 04, 2022

How PathwayU Is More Than A Career Assessment

PathwayU schools understand that the PathwayU platform is not just an assessment for students, but an educational support tool for career development professionals, faculty, academic advisors, and...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Sep 20, 2022

Creative Ideas for Learning Materials in Your 12-Week Session

It's summer and that means not only longer days but shorter semesters!

The class material we believe we need 15 weeks to cover, must now be addressed in 12 weeks or less. This not only forces us to...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Jun 14, 2022

It’s Time to Expand the Vision for What Career Services Can Do

There’s never been a more challenging time to be in Career Services – unless it was last year, or maybe next year.  If you work in Career Services, you understand this. 

  • What’s the challenge?
  • How...
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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Apr 20, 2022

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