•Function as part of the career specialist team to assist students in career exploration, salary negotiation, mock interviews, career counseling, and job search strategies.•Administer and assess both on-line and printed career assessments. •Develop employer relations within the community to bring quality job opportunities to campus.•Responsible for overseeing events focusing on increasing employer visibility on campus and building a presence within the community.•Design an electronic employer newsletter distributed to over 5,000 employers quarterly to connect students and alums to the best jobs in Orange County.•Conduct career presentations on life planning, business and dining etiquette, resume and cover letter preparation and career workshops to a variety of student groups.•Distribute career leads and opportunities.•Provide walk-in counseling for students and alums and deliver assistance with on-line career tools.

•Represented the university in the community and fostered alumni relationships to benefit the current student population. •Established and maintained communication with a growing alumni population while building a reciprocal relationship between the university and alumni.•Recruited and involved an increasingly effective and active Alumni Board of Directors and served as liaison between staff, trustees, students and alums.•Significantly increased on-line communication with alums by building a clean, previously non-existent electronic alumni data base and sent alums a quarterly e-newsletter with responsibilities to report, write and edit. •Created and oversaw the implementation of a new alumni website offering career advancement information, an on-line alumni directory, a calendar of events as well as annual alumni of distinction awards.

•Instructed the Career and Life Planning Class which guided students through the process of self exploration by identifying personal values, interests and skills.•Organized and hosted the annual Career Expo, Graduate School Fair and Volunteer Fair showcasing the strongest organizations in the community offering opportunities to college students and graduates.•Designed and implemented the Behavioral Science Internship Program which generated quality sites for students. Acted as liaison between the university and the internship site through phone calls and on-site visits.•Lead class discussions and workshops on career planning, graduate school applications, resume writing and career exploration and preparation.Conducted career testing and interpreted results. Designed and implemented individualized plans for students which included both short and long term goals. •Assisted students in effectively transitioning into their careers or post graduate work.•Oversaw the campus job opportunities delivery system, as well as study abroad, internship and community service opportunities which took students into the community at large.