Cas Standards

In this paper, I will talk about the CAS standard for University of Northern Colorado (UNCO) Career Services. At first, I thought that there was not CAS standard for UNCO Career Services and I was wrong after asking the director of Career Services. Career Services follows the CAS Standard and their values in order improve the program and the institution. In this paper, I will evaluate the program, how CAS fits within the Career Services, and recommendation.
Evaluate the program
One of the things I notice right away with UNCO Career Services is that the mission statement does not really match well with the institution mission. I feel like that UNCO as an institution and Career Services are going two different directions when it comes to mission …show more content…
I will discuss which components were more visible in my short time with Career Services. From experience, Career Service goes beyond program and the scope of career advising by creation meaningful relationship with the students. Career service also does outreach, presentation, and works with UNCO Orientation program. Organization and leadership are really great as well because everyone is on the same page and the director believes in work-life balance. Everyone knows the goal at hand and the team chemistry flows easily throughout the …show more content…
Speaking from experience, this is really a hard recommendation because the institution mission is out of date and not really flows well with other programs or centers. What I mean by this, is that UNCO mission talks only about what degrees we offer and really missing the purpose of the institution as a whole. Is the same thing for the vision statement as well it simply does not match at all. I recommendation is that the Career Services should have a sit with whoever made or wrote the institution mission and collaborate. I really do not have any more recommendation for Career Service, besides keep up the good work for the student and this