Amanda Olson Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

• Develop tailored data dashboard to analyze student engagement metrics, enabling effective communication with MBA program staff and leadership• Navigate employment focused trends and needs to design career education workshops for 90 full-time MBA students and 100 MS Analytics students• Establish in-market student and employer engagement by creating two relationship building events through strategic connections and developing personalized event schedules for over 500 unique touch points • Update 40 hours of content scheduling for student residency week focused on tying academic readiness to job search and interview readiness • Build website of current and graduating student populations to highlight personal branding and encourage outreach • Oversee advising for Aggie Women in Business

• Collaborated with MBA program market leads to review and revamp 11 career curriculum workshops• Mentored three new market leads on institutional knowledge and best practices for coaching and advising working professional student populations initiating regular touchpoints and training sessions • Designed coach training course to educate over 15 career coaches across eight programs tailored to elevate knowledge of the student veteran experience and transition • Partnered with graduate business council prior to events to foster career champions and ensure additional communications are sent out• Transformed Career Mentoring for over 600 working professional, executive, and full time MBA students and over 200 Alumni mentors• Conducted over 200 student appointments and 10 employer touch points• Established data and accountability metrics and dashboard for monthly appointment reporting for five departments

• Oversaw career education for three graduating MBA classes while maintaining relationships with MSTC stakeholders • Created and updated new and existing curriculum expanding the career offerings by an additional 20%• Trained 30 business school leaders and staff on virtual collaboration tools including Zoom and MS Teams• Mentored new MSTC market lead on institutional knowledge and best practices for coaching and advising

• Established first career curriculum and career development courses targeted towards technology commercialization students coming from diverse backgrounds of talent and years of experience• Partnered across McCombs developing relationships with employer relations, business development, and other career teams• Conducted over 313 student appointments and 82 employer appointments bringing career engagement to an all time high in the programs 20 years• Presented six curriculum workshops and eight employer networking events

Killeen/Temple, Texas Area

Guide students in resume creation, cover letter, professional development, and interview preparationPresent on numerous professional development topics including CPD overview, resume writing, interview preparation, and career assessments through workshops, academic classes, and student organizationsCoach students in career decisions utilizing the Strong Interest Inventory, and other assessmentsSupervise CPD student workers and collaborate to create marketing materials and strategies for events and servicesCollaborate with students, faculty members, and employers to set up and manage internship opportunitiesGuide active duty and prior service members in translating their military skills and training into language that will be clearly understood and appreciated by private sector employersCo-lead in the implementation and transitioning of students, staff, and faculty from Gradleaders to Handshake Lead the university in collaborative efforts to create Fort Hood’s Academic Internship Placement Program and Copperas Cove Independent School District’s Vision 2021 Strategic PlanDevelop and implement Gap analysis strategies to connect students in the career exploration process to resources and development opportunities Overhauled the student success story marketing process to include video creations, and posters highlighting students who have had career successesDevelop strategic employer partnerships with notable employers including Disney, PDI, and Soldier for Life

Fort. Hood Soldier For Life

The SFL-TAP Career Counselor is the SFL-TAP Center's principal provider of services to transitioning Service Members and their Family Members. Conduct Pre-Separation Briefings, Transition Overview Courses, MOS Crosswalk Courses and Preseparation counseling.Assist clients as needed in preparing Individual Transition Plans (ITPs) and monitoring progress by notifying/encouraging completion of products (resume, gap analysis, etc.)Provide Initial Transition Counseling.Conduct and/or offer additive workshops that increase knowledge on skills learned during the Department of Labor Employment workshop via JKO and Virtual means.Provide instruction to clients on automated tools to include: TAPXXI and resume writerAssist clients in translating their military skills and training into language that will be clearly understood and appreciated by private sector employers.Facilitate the client’s transition from the military environment to the civilian environment

Texarkana, Texas Area

Provide career advice and assistance to students and alumni including editing cover letters and resumes, job search strategies, and interview skills. Provide student support services and activities including organizing workshop materials, marketing of departmental activities, and researching and creating/redesigning informational resources. Contact, and establish collaborative partnerships with recruiters and hiring managers. Produce Career Services publications and communications targeted to employer, corporate and organizational partners. Supervise student workers.

Responsible for developing and facilitating continuous process improvement within Ferguson’s pricing structure to achieve target levels ofprofitability, and productivity. Identified margin enhancement strategies for business units within the company. Worked independently and managed multiple, ongoing programs. Performed complex data manipulation, process analysis, documented existing practices and recommendsbest practices.Translated strategies and concepts into actionable tools and executable processes, and in many cases saw to it approved projects were executed tocompletion. Saw to the training and development of programs once in place. Hosted on-site and web-based training sessions for new programs.Responsible for analyzing and pricing over 2 million dollars’ worth of products for various Strategic National Accounts.

Performed data input, extraction, analysis and development. Prepared, collected and analyzed trainee data. Coordinated departmental schedules and activities. Monitored and controlled usage of training budget charge numbers. Justified and effectively utilized the funds allocated to the SteelDept. Assisted with recruitment events and job fairs. Reviewed resumes and selected incoming trainees.

Honolulu, Hawaii

Attended Department of Labor Employment Workshop and Navy career transition programs; becoming well versed in incorporating military skills, experiences and training's into language appropriate for a civilian resume, resume writing, and interviewing. Assisted other sailors in theirtransitioning process.

Master Of Science - Ms, Adult And Higher Education

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Marketing