OCPA Careers Conference Details

2020 OCPA Careers in Student Affairs Conference

With the Careers Conference just around the (virtual) corner, this year’s conference planning team wanted to provide you some additional tips & information make the most of your conference experience:

Our virtual platform is Microsoft Teams—the conference, hosted in conjunction with Ohio University, will occur fully virtually. You will soon receive an invitation to join the conference Team. If you do not see it, please try logging out and logging back in. (This is especially important for those who use Teams at their current institution.) Additionally, see these Virtual Conference Tips on how to use Microsoft Teams with details about closed captioning and more.

Consider virtual conference etiquette. We encourage all attendees to tune into our virtual space ready to engage actively. Unless otherwise requested by the presenter we suggest turning your video on and muting your microphone as you are able. Consider what is visible behind you and use a virtual background if you’d prefer. Work-from-home casual attire is encouraged.

Review the schedule of bridges to your future and map out which you’d like to attend. As with any conference, there is likely more to see and do than you have time for. Make the most of this choose your own adventure experience by being strategic in your program selection. You can view the full schedule at-a-glance at this link.

The Graduate School/ Career Fair is a great opportunity to connect with graduate programs and potential employers. We’ll be utilizing Handshake for this portion of the conference—attendees can sign up to participate at this link. For more information about how to navigate the virtual fair, check out this video. The following institutions will be participating in this event: Bowling Green State University, The University of Dayton, Ohio University, The University of Pittsburgh, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
 

If you expressed interest in the mentoring program, you’ll receive additional information about your match the morning of the conference! Folks that requested additional information should receive a separate communication about this component of the conference shortly.

The Ohio University Event Services team will offer live technical assistance throughout the conference—connect with them in the “general” channel in Teams or by emailing conferences@ohio.edu.

Follow along on the backchannel with #OCPAcareers20 and be sure to connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter!

Till then,

Jenny Pietch, Sam Marcum, Megan Zech, Mary Kate Gallagher, Mikey Anderson, Carol Bejarano Eyl, Tori Rehr, and Jivanto van Hemert

The 2020 OCPA Careers Conference Planning Team