IBM OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNIVERSITIES

Bring industry-backed skills and career-building experiences to your students.

Through our work with IBM, your campus can give students access to free learning, recognized credentials and leadership experiences. Your Big Year® makes it easy to deliver these opportunities across campus.

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OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE

Three ways your students can engage right now:

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WHY THIS MATTERS

Universities are bringing these opportunities to students to:

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PATHWAY OPTIONS

Choose how deeply you want to engage:

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Step three in a process to build career outcomes at scale, connecting learning with career pathways using Big Year and CareerReady Connect.

FROM OPPORTUNITIES TO BROADER CAREER READINESS

Connect learning to career outcomes,
and engage more students at scale.

CareerReady Connect helps universities create stronger connections between what students are learning, the experiences and credentials they are earning, and the skills they will need to communicate to employers.

Combining Your Big Year’s career-readiness programming with an interactive mobile platform, CareerReady Connect gives Career Services, faculty and campus teams a structured way to engage students, reinforce skill development and make career readiness part of the broader student experience.

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SCHEDULE A DEMO

TESTIMONIALS

This program is supported by the full ecosystem:

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Let’s make an impact on your campus.

Whether you want to share opportunities, recruit student leaders, or explore a proven pathway to connect learning to career outcomes at scale, we can help you determine the right model.

Discuss Your Campus Priorities

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