Equipping supervisors with the tools to empower working learners with essential skills today, ensuring their lasting success in the careers of tomorrow.
UCF Work+ is an innovative, university-driven initiative designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and hands-on, career-focused work experience. It equips supervisors of student employees with the tools and resources to create enriching, career-oriented opportunities for their students.
Work+ is specifically aimed at supervisors of working learners—students who are balancing academic responsibilities with part-time employment at UCF. Through the Work+ framework, supervisors play a pivotal role in helping students connect their day-to-day tasks with their broader career goals, ensuring that their student employment experiences become more than just jobs. Instead, these experiences transform into valuable opportunities for professional growth and development.
Work+ Resources for Supervisors
Below, you will find resources organized by category to support the development of your working learners.
Knight’s Career Quest
Designed for your working learners, Knight’s Career Quest is a self-paced course that provides an introduction to the eight NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) career readiness competencies—skills employers value most.
Work+ Supervisor Foundations – Resource Preview
Resource Description: Supervisors can use this resource to assess and enhance NACE competencies in their supervisory role through actionable ideas.
Resource Description: This onboarding resource provides strategies and actionable steps to support working learners.
Resource Description: This resource summarizes the eight NACE career readiness core competencies.
Resource Description: This resource helps Work+ Supervisors create an actionable plan for integrating mentoring and NACE competencies into the working learner experience.
Job Posting Resource
Resource Description: This resource will provide an example of a job description before, and after, it was further aligned with the NACE career competencies.
Working Learner Recognition Resource
Resource Instructions: Share pages 2 and 3 of the document with your working learners to help understand their preferences for recognition and appreciation, ensuring it aligns with their specific accomplishments and is timely and meaningful.
NACE Career Readiness Mentoring Tools
NACE Conversation Starters and Discussion Topics
The Work+ Supervisor Hub offers conversation starters and discussion topics to guide your mentoring of working learners on the eight NACE Career Readiness Competencies:
- Career and Self-Development
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Leadership
- Perspective Awareness
- Professionalism
- Teamwork
- Technology
2025-2026 Work+ Advisory Board
Kevin Bonilla
Marketing Coordinator II
Office of Student Involvement
Nathalie Coburn
Employer Relations Coordinator
Career Services
Kelsie Johnson
Coordinator, Arboretum Programs
Arboretum and Sustainability Initiatives
Julie Kephart
Assistant Director
Academic Advocacy
Taylor Torres-Griffin
Marketing Coordinator
Housing and Residence Life
Shanna Xayarangsy
Administrative Assistant III
Recreation and Wellness Center