Beverly Walker, VCU Human Resources, presenting at NACUBO
July 19, 2023
VCU’s career communities are unique among institutions of higher education. Beverly Walker, program manager for career development, developed VCU’s career community model in 2017 based on her research into similar types of employee engagement groups such as affinity groups, communities of practice and employee resource groups. Now, she is sharing with higher education colleagues who aspire to create similarly collaborative career development structures at their universities.
Career communities serve as the learning hub of each VCU job family, connecting staff across campuses and departments for networking and professional development opportunities. Each career community follows a similar structure set by VCU Human Resources, but is run by an executive board composed of members nominated and elected by their peers.
Bev first presented on this topic at the virtual CUPA-HR conference in April 2022, and will reprise the presentation at NACUBO’s annual conference in July 2023. Please join us in celebrating Bev’s efforts to share the success of VCU’s Career Communities with higher education colleagues across the nation.
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