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A dynamic space celebrating and supporting the students, employers, and career services professionals driving the early talent network campuses worldwide.

Pros and Cons of Relying on Recruiting Technology to Match Students with Jobs

Since it’s recruiting season, let’s talk about college- or university-based career services teams using recruiting software to...


By Dave Nicol, PhD • February 12, 2024

Tags: career services, recruiting, career forge,

What You’re Missing if You’re Not Using the Original ERM

You’re busy, so here are the answers you clicked over for…

We’re continuously upgrading Career Forge | ERM, which means the...


By Dave Nicol, PhD • January 29, 2024

Tags: employer relations, employer relationship management, career services,

No, Ryan Craig, We Do Not Need To Abolish Career Services

In his call toAbolish Career Services, Ryan Craig tells us the rise of career services management systems (CSMs), especially...


By Dave Nicol, PhD • January 29, 2024

Tags: career services, recruiting, career forge

How the Technology Adoption Curve Can Positively Impact Your Employer Relationship Management

Are you one of the hundreds of people lined up to buyThe Firstanything or the last in your circle to use a technology everyone...


By Dave Nicol, PhD • January 29, 2024

Tags: employer relations, employer relationship management, employer relations software,

The long-overdue solution to Cumbersome CRMs for Career Services

"Career Forge | ERMchanges everything! The platform's long-overdue features directly match what career services professionals...


By Dave Nicol, PhD • January 25, 2024

Tags: employer relations, employer relationship management, employer relations software,

Tomorrow’s Campus-Based Career Services are Personal, not Transactional

My conversations with career services professionals across the country confirm what David Kozhuk shares in his recently published


By Dave Nicol, PhD • January 25, 2024

Tags: employer relations software, career services, recruiting,

Why Job Boards Aren’t Matchmakers

TL:DR: In dating apps and on big job boards, algorithms produce roadmaps but not automatic connections. The core of recruiting is...


By Dave Nicol, PhD • January 17, 2024

Tags: career services, career fair registration, recruiting,

Price vs. Implementation Costs: Don’t Get Fooled

If you’ve had it trying to force spreadsheets and sales-based software to work for career services, you’ll like what you read...


By Dave Nicol, PhD • December 5, 2023

Tags: employer relations, employer relationship management, employer relations software,