Educational Connections, Inc.

Job recruiters are seeing the same application mistakes over and over again. Most candidates have no idea they’re making them. Three free sessions this week are about to change that.

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If your college student or recent grad has been applying and applying and hearing nothing back, there is a reason for that.

And it is probably not what either of you thinks it is.

The job market has shifted significantly in the last two years. AI is now screening resumes before a single human ever sees them. Recruiters are seeing the same application mistakes repeat across thousands of submissions. And the kind of real-world experience and identity that makes a candidate actually stand out is something most young adults were never taught how to build.

Nobody covered any of this at graduation.

That is exactly why Educational Connections put together Career Week. A free three-day virtual event running June 23 through 25, 2026, every day from 12 to 12:45 PM ET, live on Zoom. Built specifically for parents of college students and recent grads who want to give their young adult a real advantage in today's job market.

Here is what each day covers.

📌Monday, June 23, AI Is Changing Hiring: Here is What Your College Student or New Grad Needs to Know. This session breaks down how AI is reshaping the hiring process right now and how your young adult can use it strategically without becoming invisible in a sea of identical applications.

📌Tuesday, June 24, Common Application Mistakes Recruiters See and How to Avoid Them. A career expert pulls back the curtain on exactly what sends applications straight to the trash and what to do instead before your young adult submits another one.

📌Wednesday, June 25, Building Experience and Identity Capital: How to Stand Out Before Graduation. This session covers how to build the kind of real-world credibility and presence that makes employers take notice, even before your young adult has a full resume to show for it.

Register once at tinyurl.com/EcCareerWeek to access every live session and replays if you cannot make it live. And bring your young adult. This one is built for them, too.

Three days. Three free sessions.
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Everything a parent needs to know to help their college student or recent grad stop spinning their wheels and actually start getting noticed by employers.⬇️

You did everything right. You supported them through school. You cheered them on at graduation. You watched them put themselves together and step into the world ready to build something.

And now you are watching them send application after application into what feels like a black hole. Weeks go by. Sometimes months. The silence on the other end is louder than anything they expected and it is starting to wear on both of you.

Here is what most families do not realize: The job market has changed faster and no one warned your young adult about it. The rules are different. The technology is different. What gets a resume noticed and what sends it straight to the trash is different. And nobody hands out a guide to any of it at graduation.

That is exactly why Educational Connections put together Career Week.

It is a free three day virtual event running June 23 through 25, 2026, designed specifically for parents who want to give their college student or recent grad the insider knowledge that actually moves the needle in today's job market.

Here is what gets covered across the three days.

📌How AI is changing the hiring landscape right now and how your young adult can use it strategically without blending in with the thousands of other candidates doing the exact same thing.
📌The most common resume and application mistakes that are sending submissions straight to the trash before a single human ever reads them.
📌And how to build the kind of real world experience and identity capital that makes employers genuinely take notice before the interview even begins.

Our career experts will pull back the curtain on what recruiters are actually seeing and give your family the concrete doable steps that translate the unwritten rules of job searching into something your young adult can actually act on.

Register now before spots fill up: https://tinyurl.com/EcCareerWeek

This is your last chance to get in before today's session begins.

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Rising Senior Week is a free four day virtual event built specifically for parents of rising 12th graders who want to walk into application season with a real plan instead of a knot in their stomach. It starts TODAY June 8 at 12 PM ET and runs through Thursday June 11, every day from 12 to 12:45 PM ET, live on Zoom.

Here is everything that is covered this week.

Today Monday June 8, college consultant Jen Foldvary, M.Ed. walks you through building a balanced college list. How to find schools that actually fit your teen academically, socially, and in terms of real chances of admission. Not just a list of reach schools and wishful thinking.

Tomorrow Tuesday June 9, college consultant Renee Minnich breaks down the college essay. Why most teen essays blend in, how to find your teen's real story, and how to build a narrative that makes an admissions officer stop and pay attention.

Wednesday June 10, SAT and ACT expert Pete Pecoraro demystifies everything parents need to know about testing in 2026. What test-optional really means, how to choose between the SAT and ACT, and how to build a testing plan that actually moves the score.

Thursday June 11, Renee Minnich, Jen Foldvary and Pete Pecoraro come together for a live Ask the Experts session. You bring your biggest questions about admissions and testing and they answer them directly. No scripts. No generic advice. Real answers for your real situation.

You register once and get access to every live session plus every recording. So even if you cannot make every session live this week, nothing gets missed.

This is the kind of expert guidance most families pay for. This week it is completely FREE and it starts in a matter of hours.

Register now before we close doors! https://ectutoring.com/rising-senior-week/

This is the session most parents have been waiting for all week.
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Monday, you will learn how to build a college list that actually fits your teen, not just a list of names that sound impressive, but a real balanced strategy built around who your child is and where they genuinely have a chance to thrive.

Tuesday, you will learn how the college essay works, why most teen essays disappear into the pile, and what it actually takes to build a narrative that makes an admissions officer stop and remember your child.

On Wednesday, you will finally get clarity on the testing piece. What test-optional really means in 2026. How to choose between the SAT and ACT. How to build a testing plan that moves the needle instead of just adding more stress to an already overwhelming process.

And on Thursday, everything comes together.

Day 4 of Rising Senior Week is Ask the Experts: Real Answers to Your Biggest College Admissions and Testing Questions. This Thursday, June 11 at 12 PM ET, college consultants Jen Foldvary and Renee Minnich and SAT and ACT expert Pete Pecoraro are sitting down together for a live open session built entirely around your questions.

Just three of the most experienced people in this space giving you direct, honest answers to the questions that are actually keeping you up at night.

The ones that feel too specific to Google. The ones where every answer you find online seems to contradict the last one. The ones about your teen's actual situation that a generic article could never address.

Renee and Jen bring more than three decades of college admissions experience and a parent's perspective to everything they do. Pete brings years of testing expertise and the kind of practical insight that comes from working with real students in real prep situations every single week.

This is one session inside Rising Senior Week, a free four-day event that has been running from June 8 through 11. If you missed any of the earlier sessions, register now and you'll receive all recordings.

Register free before Thursday's session begins. https://ectutoring.com/rising-senior-week/

Testing is the part of the college process that stresses most families out the most.

And a big reason for that is that parents are trying to make decisions about something that has genuinely changed, using information that is no longer accurate:

What does test-optional actually mean today? Which is a better fit for your teen? When to test, how many times, and what to do when the scores are not where they need to be? These are not simple questions, and the answers have shifted more in the last few years than most people realize.

That is exactly what Day 3 of Rising Senior Week is built to clear up.
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This Wednesday June 10 at 12 PM ET, SAT and ACT expert Pete Pecoraro leads a free live session called Testing Demystified: What Parents Need to Know About the SAT and ACT in 2026.

Pete is a former high school teacher who has spent his career inside test prep. He understands not just the content of these exams but the strategy behind them and exactly what separates students who improve their scores from students who keep hitting the same ceiling.

In this session, you will get clarity on SAT and ACT landscape, including timelines, score ranges, and how testing fits into your teen's overall college application. You will understand what test-optional admissions actually means and how to decide whether submitting scores helps or hurts your teen's chances at specific schools. You will learn the key differences between the ACT and SAT so you can make an informed decision about which one fits your child. And you will walk away knowing how to strategically build a testing plan that works right now.

This is one session inside Rising Senior Week, a free four-day event running June 8 through 11. Register once and get access to every session, plus the recordings if you cannot make it live.

If your rising senior has not locked in a testing plan yet or you are not sure whether the plan you have is the right one, Wednesday is where that changes.

Register for FREE before the session fills up: https://ectutoring.com/rising-senior-week/

Here is something most parents do not realize until it is too late in the process.⬇️

The college essay is not about writing. It is about a story. And the families who understand that distinction early are the ones whose teens walk into application season with something no grade or test score can give them…

✨ An edge ✨

Most teens sit down to write their college essay and end up producing something that sounds like every other college essay. Safe. Generic. Technically fine. The kind of essay an admissions officer reads, nods at, and moves on from without remembering a single thing about the person who wrote it.

That is not because the teen is not interesting. It is because nobody taught them how to find their real story, shape it into a narrative that actually lands, and write it in a voice that sounds like them and nobody else.

That is exactly what Day 2 of Rising Senior Week is about.

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This Tuesday, June 9, at 12 PM ET, college consultant Marybeth Lybrand leads a free live session called Standout Stories: Helping Your Teen Build a Compelling Essay and College Narrative.

Marybeth is a college consultant at Educational Connections and a former admissions reviewer at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She knows what officers are actually looking for when they read an essay, and she knows the exact patterns that make most teen essays disappear into the pile.

In this session, you will learn how to help your teen write with authenticity and find the moments that reveal who they actually are. You will understand how to develop a meaningful topic that goes beyond the surface. You will learn how to build and structure a narrative that connects and holds attention. And you will walk away knowing how to weave a consistent, compelling story across the entire application, not just the main essay.

This is one session inside Rising Senior Week, a free four-day event running June 8 through 11. Register once and get access to every session plus the recordings.

Register free before spots fill up: https://ectutoring.com/rising-senior-week/