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Career and Life Mastery

Helping Students Design their Future with AI-powered Career and Life Design
Early in his career, Hassan Akmal realized career exploration wasn’t about choosing a job; it’s about designing a meaningful, evolving, and purpose-driven life. In response to this revelation, he created “Career and Life Design,” a theoretical framework that reimagines how individuals navigate the ever-evolving journey of their professional and personal lives.

Beyond Work-Life Balance: The Future of Career Services Lies in Career and Life Integration
Career centers must evolve into hubs of lifelong guidance, personal development and future readiness, writes Hassan Akmal of UC San Diego. College leaders must embrace five strategic imperatives to lead this transformation.

Imagining a New World of Work
From the rise of AI to the growing reach of social media, inaugural Future of Work Conference prepares participants for “the landscape of tomorrow”

Reimagining Student Employment
Picture this: The traditional campus, once defined by ivy-clad walls and impressive lecture halls, is now a living ecosystem pulsating with the rhythm of innovation. The ivory tower is giving way to an open expanse where the frontier between learning and real-world application blurs into a focal point of experiential education. Welcome to higher education, where the rhythms of change are not just heard but felt—where student employment is not a footnote but is transformative.

Designing the Future of Career Services

Q&A: Head of UCLA Career Services on finding your ‘career and life vision’
Hassan Akmal says the best way to predict the future is to create it.

UC San Diego Passport Program Helps Students Create Their Own Career and Life Roadmap
The University of California, San Diego Career Center developed the Triton Career Readiness Passport to help students launch a personal career journey by answering a simple question: Why?