The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is a nonprofit professional association established in 1956 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...

 for college career services and recruiting practitioners and others interested in the employment of the college educated.

Currently, more than 5,200 college career services practitioners at nearly 2,000 colleges and universities and more than 3,000 HR

Human resources

Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...

professionals focused on college relations and recruiting hold membership in NACE.

Ethics and professional standards

NACE members operate under the association's Principles for Professional Conduct, its code of ethics. The association also provides its career services members with guidelines for their operations through the Professional Standards for College & University Career Services.

Research

NACE conducts research into four main areas: 1) benchmarks for members on their operations and professional practices; 2) the hiring outlook for new college graduates; 3) starting salary offers to new college graduates; and 4) student attitudes about careers, the job search, and employers.

Publications and events

NACE publishes a quarterly journal and biweekly newsletter for its members. It also publishes the annual Job Choices magazine series for college students and new graduates.

NACE hosts an annual conference, a five-day training management program for career services professionals (the Management Leadership Institute), workshops, and virtual seminars.