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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist

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My Experience Using PathwayU As A Mentoring Tool

Career services professionals not only desire to help the students at their institution, but they also want to support the professional development of their staff. They can’t help it; helping others...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Feb 10, 2022

Is Your Career Services Platform Fair and Inclusive?

Like many social institutions, American colleges and universities are lookinginward and asking important questions about the extent to which they arefairly meeting the needs of all students who may...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Jan 18, 2022

How Career Assessments can Instantly Improve Fit-to-Job Hiring

The Why Behind PathwayU

PathwayU was built to help students find their purpose in life. Our platform is based in science and academia. Our mission is to help students and universities create pathways...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Sep 07, 2021

The Role of Assessments in Evolving Career Services

The Why Behind PathwayU

PathwayU was built to help students find their purpose in life. Our platform is based in science and academia. Our mission is to help students and universities create pathways...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Jul 29, 2021

Why Purposeful Work is Essential to a Changing Workforce

The Why Behind PathwayU

PathwayU was built to help students find their purpose in life. Our platform is based in science and academia. Our mission is to help students and universities create pathways...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Jul 02, 2021

What is the Role of Career Services in Keeping College Affordable?

Keeping college affordable is a problem for anyone connected with higher education career services. We know that the cost of college tuition is rising. It's rising faster than wages in the United...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Mar 04, 2021

Should You Use Online Personality Tests to Help Students Choose Majors?

We recently came upon a blog post that raises the question of whether or not college career counselors should use online personality tests to help students choose their major. The author comes down...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Feb 16, 2021

3 Proven Strategies To Strengthen Postsecondary Enrollment

The coronavirus pandemic has upended higher education in multiple ways. It's accelerated the shift to online learning, and it's undermined the financial resources of students who hope to attend...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Jan 21, 2021

The Last Lesson: Are Research Papers the Best Final Takeaway?

Have you heard of theLast Lecture? College professors are asked to think about what matters deeply to them and give a hypothetical “last talk” – what final words of wisdom do they want to share?

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Dec 01, 2020

The Power of Two: Knowing Yourself is the Beginning of all Wisdom

In prior blogs, we’ve talked about the importance of grounding yourcareer planningon reflecting what has already driven you and engaging inself-explorationto guide your planning. You may have...

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Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D. Principal Psychologist Nov 02, 2020

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