What Is Career Readiness?

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), “Career readiness is a foundation from which to demonstrate requisite core competencies that broadly prepare the college educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management.”

Reprinted courtesy of the National Association of Colleges and Employers

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