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Houston, Tx, Us

Prairie View, Tx, Us

• Program Manager for Career Development and Corporate Engagement for the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering.• Promotions twice in under 4 years (to Program Coordinator II and then to Program Manager).• Introduce new AI career development technologies including resume review, mock interview, and elevator pitch platforms. • Lead a team of up to 3, including direct reports and indirect reports.• Shepherd in over $1 million in new funding (including discretionary funding, grants, scholarships, research support, Summer Bridge program funding, and equipment donations) through strong engagement programs and relationship building.• Create new Tiered Engagement program for corporate engagement generating over $200,000 in new funding in first 2 years.• Provide insights and collaborative support for other colleges in replicating Tiered Engagement model across campus including conducting stakeholder surveys and focus groups to ensure alignment of program with each college’s unique needs.• Recruit additional employers for various Senior Design course projects in departments such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science.• Develop new unique events with student attendance of 300+ to improve employer engagement and interest in Tier model, in some cases doubling individual employers’ recruitment numbers in a single year.• Interface with 300+ employers (including over 200 meetings/calls per year) including Fortune 100 companies to develop stronger engagement, generate more opportunities for students, increase donations, and make faculty-industry connections.• Advise employers on how to increase recruitment numbers using a variety of methods (ex: rotating engagement).• Streamline and improve event planning, execution, attendance, and logistics by creating new event planning processes.• Advise non-profit organizations on ways to enhance and improve career training programs for college and K-12 students.

Prairie View, Tx, Us

• Instructor for Professionalism and Career Development courses in the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering.• Achieve development and launch of Career Development and Professionalism course in under 12 months (GNEG 1010).• Design and teach GNEG 1010: resumes, cover letters, networking, career planning/development, career exploration, personality types, personal branding, job/internship searches, interviews, professional emails, LinkedIn and more.• Integrate a new mandatory mentoring program into GNEG 1010 providing mentors to over 200 students per academic year. • Support Mentoring Program Director by recruiting over 150 mentors to serve in mentoring program. • Develop and launch Advanced Professionalism (GNEG 2117), a one credit hour follow-up course to GNEG 1010.• Design and teach GNEG 2117: emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, negotiating, public speaking, presentations, graduate school, benefits packages, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and outside speakers (Fortune 500 and government).

Prairie View, Tx, Us

• Career Development Advisor for the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering.• Conduct needs assessment on career readiness. Developing, testing, and launching surveys to stakeholders (students, faculty, employers), analysis of data, literature review of relevant articles, and presenting of solutions to Dean and Department Heads.• Improve accessibility/awareness of career options by creating consolidated weekly newsletter with 400+ opportunities/year.• Conduct 600-700 career advising sessions per year for students (undergraduate to PhD) and alumni on resumes, navigating ATS (applicant tracking systems), cover letters, networking, branding, negotiating, internship/job searches and more.• Provide insights as initial career development expert on steering committee for $1 million Bank of America Grant initiative.• Advise a broad range of students including veterans, international students, first generation college students, neurodiverse students, and adult/returning education students.• Provide in-depth mock interviews (1.5 hours minimum) that provide customized feedback on strengths, weaknesses, and various ways to improve (speed of speech, word choice, energy, confidence levels, fear, being prepared, attire, and more).• Expand career advising to alumni including recent graduates all the way up to alumni with 20+ years of experience. • Work with long term unemployed/underemployed alumni to get them back into their field.• Meet with parents to discuss career concerns, solutions, and provide more insights on career resources available for students.• Offer career advising meeting hours during evenings to support students and alumni who work during normal business hours.• Present career preparation workshops for organizations including SWE (Society of Women Engineers), NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers), SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers), Honors Societies, and many others.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Promoted from Technical Recruiter to Lead Technical Recruiter within 18 months of starting.• Provided leadership, coaching, mentoring, training, and advice for Account Managers and Recruiters. • Consistently won employee sales and productivity competitions.• Achieved ongoing leadership award in recognition of expanded role in providing insights, training, and leadership. • Generated over $8 million in revenue, placed over 100 Engineering staff, and added over 1,500 candidates to database.• Ran a full desk (managed client relationships and recruit for their positions).• Advised current employees and candidates on career options, long term growth, employment offers, and long-term retention.• Increased rehire rates of former contractors by running sales competitions for specific candidates. • Recruited for client companies ranging from local start-ups to top Fortune 100 companies across a variety of engineering and IT disciplines and industries, sometimes stretching to include business roles (supply chain, logistics, buyers, etc.).• Recruited and advised candidates ranging from new graduates to senior level Engineers, Managers, Directors, VPs, and GMs.• Advised client managers (including HR Managers, Project Management, Program Managers, Directors, VPs, and CEOs) on recruitment and staffing strategies to improve hiring and retention rates.• Handled delicate candidate and client conversations when Account Managers and Recruiters were unable to address concerns (lay-offs, retracted offers, failed background checks/drug tests, pulled candidates, candidate illness/death, rate increases, etc.).• Negotiated offers including pay, duration, duties, location, time off, benefits, relocation, and more for candidates. • Proposed and tested new recruitment tools and techniques to improve recruitment processes.• Reviewed, negotiated, and edited employment contracts, sales contracts, and long-term business contracts.

• Created and implemented a new marketing and sales strategy for the Chamber revolving around renewed and increased online and technology initiatives and building/acquiring new product benefits. • More than doubled membership recruitment from predecessor within 5 months.• Engaged in the planning, operation, and execution of Chamber networking events and programs, and worked to expand the Chamber’s membership base.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Trained, coached, and mentored employees on the Sales Leads team leading to career advancement and promotions. • Catalyst to the creation and implementation of a highly successful marketing campaign for family tours.• Exceeded weekly quotas on a consistent basis, with frequent bonus achievements. • Generated and qualified customer leads through outbound calls (on average 100 or more per day) and emails.

Olean, Ny, Us

Master Of Science - Ms, Human Resource Development

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Business Administration; Marketing, Management Information Systems