Ellen Pate Email & Phone Number

Pendleton, SC, US

Role: Correspondence Officer

Role: Career Services Peer Group Recorder

Pendleton, South Carolina, United States

• Lead a team of five professionals and up to three student workers to build positive culture and cohesiveness
• Maximized technology such as Symplicity and Salesforce to connect graduating students to workforce opportunities
• Developed new systems for office coverage and reporting services of Career and Employability Resources including career counseling, resume critiques, mock interviews, job searching, and work-based learning
• Introduced new career assessment tools and piloted efforts in the classroom and out of the classroom to build students' career readiness--presenting results at multiple state conferences
• Develop structures for gathering student data, work-based learning opportunities, and positive career outcomes for reporting

Central, South Carolina

• Gave oversight for Counseling and Health Services while providing all Career Services for on-campus and online students/alumni
• Navigated planning and coordinated technology strategies to track and report campus health and safety measures during the pandemic
• Supported efforts and staffing structures to launch wellness initiatives including mental health apps and peer support groups

Central, SC

• Created new systems of scalable services to a campus of 1,800+ students with a diverse student body of on-campus and online students
• Developed and communicated processes for internships for students, faculty and employers
• Updated technology resources and career management systems to incorporate job and internship postings and import enrolled students
• Visited local employers and campus locations to build rapport and establish job and internship connections
• Facilitated demonstrations and establish a method of outcomes survey and reporting
• Brainstormed new ideas related to marketing pieces and website design to deliver career services to all students, alumni, faculty, staff and employers

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Created and launched a new, Online Only course for freshman and sophomore students at The University of Alabama seeking to choose a major and build career/leadership skills.

• Trained and guided students in career development impacting more than 3,000 individuals
• Coordinated assessment efforts and program evaluation for the UA Career Center
• Trained and motivated staff toward achievement of assessment goals
• Researched and developed new tools to measure students'​ professionalism skills
• Consistently modeled as a "best practice" for work done with the university assessment team
• Facilitated multiple meetings with over 17 partners and coordinated all operations of a campus wide leadership training event including reservations, scheduling, and fundraising, and ticketing

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Approached by Honors College to develop a "Life Calling and Leadership Development" course
• Merged multiple career and leadership development texts to build a targeted curriculum for honors students including national-merit scholars
• Integrated new technology and portfolios to increase experiential learning

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States

• Built and launched a new, Online Only course for freshman and sophomore students at The University of Alabama seeking to choose a major and build career/leadership skills
• Created a new course entitled, "Life Calling and Leadership for Student Athletes” to teach leadership principles to NCAA Division I student-athletes. Met the needs of diverse student population including 75+.

• Increased individual student appointments and programs consistently each semester
• Created new programs to market career services for over 4,700 incoming freshmen
• Collaborated with Career Center staff to construct a program evaluation plan
• Spearheaded the assessment plan for the office to increase the efficiency of Career Center programming and activities
• Coordinated campus-wide programs which hosted international speakers to speak about the field of career development and planning
• Managed more than $14,000 of programming budget funds

• Advised over 1,100 college students individually with issues related to job searchstrategies, resume writing and career/major exploration
• Presented more than 170 tailored workshops to more than 16,000 participants based on requests gathered from faculty, students, and other university staff members
• Developed multiple freshmen programs handling a budget of over $3,000 each year
• Supervised the logistics, support staff, and college relationships for the Career Center Satellite for the College of Engineering during interim absence of a Sr. CareerConsultant

One year internship for the School Counseling CACREP accredited program.

Pate, E. (2005). Emotional intelligence and its relationship to maladaptive behavior andpeer relationships in adolescents. Masters Thesis

• Supervised and managed over 30 at-risk children at summer day camp
• Provided individual, marital, group and family counseling services to adults and children
• Facilitated individual counseling sessions with clients ranging from age 5 to 48 years old

Master Of Arts (Cacrep Accredited), School Counseling & Community Counseling

Activities and Societies: Residence Life Employee (Resident Adviser, Assistant Resident Director); International Mission Team Member.

Bachelor Of Science, Psychology 2002

Education record