This module has highlighted the importance of leaving behind the "one size fits all" job search support approach. It emphasizes the importance of our role as coaches in managing mindsets and attitudes to help our job seekers engage in the job search - which is the only real way they will truly be successful

As a career services advisor, I need to find a way to alter the approach many students tend to take. The idea that they are getting a degree and are suitable for "whatever role they can get with their degree" won't be a particularly fast or successful job search. While I cannot give them answers, I can build them up and help them develop a strategy that will better suit them

After comleting this FERPA module, I would say the biggest takeaway is to treat any record as an Educational Record when it comes to disclosing/sharing the information while also familiarizing myself with the importance of protecting sole possession notes. While these can be helpful to the person making the notes, they can be damaging to an institution and students, and should not be shared or should be destroyed in the event of changing roles before another staff or faculty comes into possession of them.

It's also really important for all staff and faculty with access to student education records to… >>>