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Portfolio of Accomplishments
- 1. Applying creativity, vision, strategy, partnerships, technology, and spirit to work for social benefit
- 2. Assistant Director, Arts & Sciences 2007-Present Assistant Director, Vocation Discernment 2003-2007 Santa Clara University’s Career Center
- 3. Branding & Marketing Develop marketing campaigns and supervise student web assistant and media assistant to build Career Center branding and relevancy to students and faculty; establish measurements to track success Mom knows you’re A WESOME! … ... but how do you convince EMPLOYERS? WINNER VIDEO CONTEST! employe spotligh r t + ! 90 seconds to convince employers why they should hire you for a job or internship! For contest details, see: http://www.scu.edu/careercenter/video_contest.cfm
- 4. Branding & Marketing Developed all content for industry topics, and oversaw copy editing, design, and distribution
- 5. Branding & Marketing Oversaw development and marketing of content for faculty use in the classroom on the following topics: - Vocation Discernment - Biotech/Pharma - Accounting & Finance - Public Health - Government - Marketing - Sustainability Branded as “Career Consultants” for faculty
- 6. Assessment Co-authored “Assessing the Effectiveness of a Program to Explore Meaning, Purpose, and Calling With the Millennial Generation” The Journal of Employment Counseling. Fall 2009
- 7. Assessment Apply “Student Assessment of Learning Gains” to assess success of “Careers for the Common Good” course learning objectives Implemented data tracking system for department, using...
- 8. Social Media & Technology Launched and administer Industry Network groups on LinkedIn; target audiences through lunch presentations and direct invitations, resulting in 200 student members within 5 weeks of launch SET UP YOUR PROFILE AND SET UP YOUR PROFILE AND JOIN OUR GROUP ON JOIN OUR GROUP ON SCU Jobs & Career Network SCU Jobs & Career Network GREEN CAREERS BIOTECH/PHARMA Access internships and jobs with environmentally Access internships and jobs with biotech, pharma, and responsible companies medical device companies Network with green employers recruiting SCU Network with biotech/pharma employers recruiting SCU students students Stay up to date on industry news and trends Stay up to date on industry news and trends Develop a professional online presence Develop a professional online presence Set up your LinkedIn.com account and then join: Set up your LinkedIn.com account and then join: http://linkd.in/SCUGreenJobsNetwork http://linkd.in/SCUBiotechPharmaJobsNetwork ! !
- 9. Social Media & Technology Launched and administer Career Center Facebook page for 1750 fans, among the top 5 largest Facebook pages at the University.
- 10. Social Media & Technology Implemented text messaging system for targeted marketing
- 11. Social Media & Technology Oversee content development and design for Career Center website, among the top 10 most visited Santa Clara University websites, with more than 615,000 yearly visitors; supervise student web assistant www.scu.edu/careercenter
- 12. Social Media & Technology Developed online workshops following instructional design best practices
- 13. Presentations Present on vocation discernment and career topics to University Board of Regents, Advisory Boards, parents, and students for up to 500 people Feedback from Presentation to University Board of Regents
- 14. Presentations Present on vocation discernment and career topics to University Board of Regents, Advisory Boards, parents, and students for up to 500 people Feedback from Class Presentations
- 15. Curriculum Design & Teaching Designed curriculum for Careers for the Common Good and integrated class into the University's Experiential Learning for Social Justice (ELSJ) requirement that all students Explore careers must complete that allow you to Apply Kolb’s model of make a make a make a Experiential Learning to life living difference teach a course involving a placement in the community working with marginalized populations E n r o l l i n ELSJ 23 S P R I N G Q U A R T E R Engage employers with students to explore social CAREERS for the entrepreneurship, corporate COMMON GOOD social responsibility, international Thursdays 4:00-6:00 pm development, healthcare, and O p e n t o Sophomores & Juniors (others considered upon request) “green careers” F u fi l l s E L S J R e q u i r e m e n t & Vo c a t i o n Pa t h w ay
- 16. Curriculum Design andTeaching Program Development & Teaching Developed and launched the Let Your Life Speak program with an emphasis on social justice and vocation discernment Taught courses to integrate students’ experiences with social injustices through the application of their interests and talents to the world’s realities Managed $20K yearly budget for the Let Your Life Speak program Through advocacy and publicity Vocation Discernment position expanded from part-time to full- time in one year
- 17. Wendy Winter-Searcy, the needs,L says Heck. When Russ Coughenour joined the ca- CCD career counselor who KRather, Compass offers students a reer services staff at the University of Ten- Publicity leads the program. chance to view the three categories and the “The students motivate nessee-Knoxville back in 2005, he noticed and learn from each other, programs grouped therein and select which Kthat we served two fairly distinct types of and they often have good ones are best for them based on where they ideas and suggestions,” recruiters.L are in the process.L she says. On the one hand were the major players During campus orientation several weeks from national corporations, who had both ago, more than 300 incoming freshmen the experience and the resources to make visited the career center to learn more the most of on-campus recruiting. They about Compass, Heck notes. could largely take care of themselves. Then there were the recruiters from local OOD IDEAS Course Blends Career with companies, many of whom were human Civic Engagement Activities resource professionals who had to handle on-campus recruiting on top of their al- Among other things, Santa Clara ready full professional plates. University9s (CA) new core curriculum K[These employers] often don9t have the “Careers requires students to take part in KExperien- tial Learning for Social Justice.L “Let Your Life same campus recruiting skillsets as the nationally focused recruiters do, because Career Program Targets for the The campus career center is helping Speak” men and Sophomores 4 students meet that goalNand then someN Campus Career Counselor/September 2011 Common s you might, it just isn9t easy to through its two-credit course entitled program *Careers for the Common Good.4 Good” e freshmen and sophomores to start on career issues sooner vs. later. The class, which is made up of 20 sopho- featured in highlighted e career center at the College of mores and juniors, meets once a week for two hours and mixes career exploration Santa Clara and Mary (VA) is making a dent truggle with its the Fall in new Compass with civic engagement, according to Eliza- University’s beth Thompson, assistant director of the m, which offers a smorgasbord 2011 issue r-related activities geared specifi- university9s career center. Fall 2007 issue The first hour of each class features a of “Campus first- and second-year students. guest speaker who discusses not only his/ of the “Alumni rogram Kis essentially a big menu Career r development opportunitiesL di- her own vocational journey, but also a social problem his/her field addresses. The Magazine” to three critical categories, accord- Counselor” shleigh Heck, coordinator of fresh- second hour, meanwhile, introduces stu- dents to various resources to help them d sophomore initiatives for the move forward in their pursuit of intern- s Cohen Career Center. ships, jobs, networking opportunities, and e categoriesNchoosing a major, the like. g career options, and developing Students in the class also take part in a ools (think resumes and cover let- epresent common roadblocks un- Kcommunity-based learningL activity for men face related to career develop- two hours each week. KThe placement provides students with Heck says. an experience of some of the realities and ass is set up not as a linear pro- needs in the world, as well as an opportu- at students follow but, rather, as a nity to learn more about their interests and initiative that maximizes choice. didn9t want to require students to talents,L Thompson notes. p by step through a structured , forcing them to potentially en- Career Center Offers Special
- 18. Career Counseling Provide career counseling with the use of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and the Strong Interest Inventory
- 19. Program Development Co-developed Discernment Training Program; set training goals, sought 200 student nominations, prepared staff facilitators, developed program content, facilitated small group discussions, and assessed outcomes
- 20. Program Development Received $5K grant to co-implement “Inspiring Our Work, Renewing Our Spirit” luncheon speaker series to bring nationally renowned speakers to campus to address faculty and staff
- 21. Program Development Initiated and developed the first Alumni Shadowing Program; identified 150 alumni participants; oversaw program assessment, policy development, and co- designed online automation
- 22. Acknowledgments In gratitude to my colleagues for their support, brainstorms, and enthusiasm for the work we do. In gratitude for a University that has allowed my vocation to flourish. And thank you to Elysia Chu, our student graphic designer for her flyers used in this presentation.
- 23. “The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.” - James Michener