From reflection to resumes: Alumni perceptions of a multi-term public service program’s connection to career

Authors

  • Ryan Nilsen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Alanna Gillis St. Lawrence University
  • Bryant Hutson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Lynn Blanchard University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Keywords:

Undergraduate, Career Development, Service Professions, Professional Paths

Abstract

This paper explores how alumni of a multi-term public service program understand the connection between the program and their career development. While career and professional development is not an explicit goal of the program, our semi-inductive qualitative analysis suggests that alumni see the program as connecting or having the potential to connect to career reflection, boosting their resume, and guiding them down a path toward a public service career or, less frequently, specific jobs.

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Published

12/31/2020

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2020)

Section

Research and Theory

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