NC State Career Champions are university staff, faculty, and graduate students who have an invested interest in facilitating an innovative culture and environment of career awareness in their college, unit, or department. Career Champions communicate career exploration and readiness tools and techniques to students. They will encourage ongoing career development through their deployment of cutting-edge career information.

What to Expect from Career Champion Training

• Explore Career Resources: Gain hands-on experience with NC State career development tools, including ePACK, Focus 2 and Career Development Center resources.
• Build Confidence in Career Conversations: Learn practical strategies for engaging students in meaningful career conversations and connecting them with appropriate resources.
• Expand Your Campus Network: Connect with faculty and staff across NC State who share a commitment to student success.

What Participants Are Saying

Feedback from the Fall 2026 Career Champions training highlights the program’s impact:

• 100% rated the training as Good or Excellent, with 87.5% rating it Excellent.
• 100% would recommend Career Champions training to a colleague.
• 100% felt prepared to apply what they learned to support students in their career development.
• 100% expressed interest in continuing their professional development through future workshops and learning opportunities.

Spring 2027 Career Champion Training

• Wednesday, March 10
• 9:00am-3:30pm (lunch provided)
• Witherspoon Student Center room 201

Register here. Space is limited, so if your availability changes, please notify us at least two weeks in advance.

Career Champion Requirements

To be eligible to attend the NC State Career Champion training, employees must meet the following criteria:

• SHRA, EHRA, EHRA-Faculty or a graduate student.
• be able to attend and complete the mandatory Career Champion training.

Please contact Rebekah Dunstan at [email protected] with questions.