Aligning Purpose: The Secrets to Supporting Students and Alumni in Building a Career and Life Vision

Join Hassan Akmal, author of How to be a Career Mastermind™, to learn how to help your students and alumni master their career and life visions so they are better positioned to craft their way forward. The presenter will offer actionable advice for career and life mastery based on the highly successful "YOU Matter-Design Your Career" program at Columbia University that has helped thousands of students redefine their purpose and impact lens. Don't miss this thought-provoking and inspiring webinar! 

This NSPA webinar is brought to you by Strada Education Network. Strada Education Network is a new kind of social impact organization. Combining research, philanthropy, investments, and practical solutions, Strada works to help more Americans secure a purposeful education that leads to a good job. Putting learners at the center, Strada collaborates with educators, employers, and policymakers to improve lives by building more equitable education-to-employment pathways. Learn more at stradaeducation.org/improvinglives.

Presenter

Hassan Akmal
Executive Director
UCLA Career Center

Presenter Bio

Hassan Akmal is an American career and life mastery consultant, author, professor, thought leader, philanthropist, and former professional tennis player and athlete ambassador to the United States. He is best known for his Amazon best-selling book—How to be a Career Mastermind™: Discover 7 “YOU Matter” Lenses for a Life of Purpose, Impact, and Meaningful Work and humanitarian work dedicated to Forced Migration and Health.
 
After over a decade as a senior leader in career services, he became the inaugural executive director of industry relations and career strategies at Columbia University in 2017 and founded the Career Design Lab. In 2018, he served on the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) “Future of We” — Advisory Think Tank Committee and served as a senior advisor to Graduway, a prominent and top 10 global EdTech startup. In April 2019, he delivered the keynote address on the “Future of Career Services” at the Global Leaders Summit hosted by Graduway at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He also serves on several other prominent boards internationally.
 
In December of 2019, he was selected as a speaker for Columbia University’s TEDx RE-VISION, RE-FOCUS-themed event that took place on March 27, 2021. His talk will be released in May 2021.

Akmal began a new role as the executive director of the UCLA Career Center in February 2020 and is currently helping lead an ambitious re-imagination of career services.