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Easton, PA, US

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

• Devise account strategies and develop opportunities for employer partners to successfully achieve their recruitment, branding, and programmatic goals for student engagement
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage workflows for each employer based on their needs
• Proactively engage with employer partners to analyze their needs, goals, and challenges and apply a design thinking approach to problem solve and develop obtainable ways to address their needs
• Increase employer partner affinity for the organization by bringing engagement strategies to fruition
• Mentor and train a team of student leaders who act as peer ambassadors for the office and provide feedback to the office about the experience of our internal stakeholder’s specific needs and attitudes
• Spearheaded a committee to evaluate and restructure goal-setting and strategic planning processes

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

• Steward long standing strategic partnerships while cultivating new employer partner connections
• Project manager for multiple weekly panels, programs, and events that maximize the value of employer partnerships by meeting their needs and exceeding employer goals through customized recruitment events
• Founded a Task Force to combat ghosting for professional development events - Crafted a marketing campaign with language to educate students and create accountability around this practice
• Act as the Office Liaison for Sustainability Certification and ongoing partnerships, educating colleagues on best practices in collaboration with campus sustainability team

Hackettstown, NJ

• Engaged employers and community partners to create student experiential learning opportunities
• Created an experiential learning track for streamlined development of student’s career skills
• Merged Career Development, Community Engagement, and Study Abroad departments into Office of Experiential Learning
• Maintain all responsibilities from Director of Career Development role

Hackettstown, NJ

• Highlights:*Doubled internship participation in first two years while dramatically increasing employer partners*Revitalized career fair model to increase student participation by 400% in the past 18 months*Supported.
• Designed and managed employer outreach strategy, soliciting new employers and stewarded existing relations electronically, over the phone, and in-person based on specific employer needs
• Created relevant and accessible recruitment opportunities to meet employer and student needs
• Developed pipeline strategy for engaging new employer partnerships for educational workshops, mentoring opportunities, branding opportunities, that eventually led to employment connections
• Cultivated alumni relationships within companies to enhance professional development practices and identify additional recruitment opportunities for internships and full-time opportunities
• Assisted employers with effective recruitment strategies to meet their specific needs, assisting with the enhancement of their recruitment marketing and on-campus presence through events

Hackettstown, NJ

BUS 2020: Management Information Systems (Spring 2016)BUS 1002: Business Applications and Presentations (Fall 2015)BUS 1050: Social Responsibility in Business (Spring 2015)BUS 1002: Business Applications and Presentations (Fall 2014)BUS 3130: Individual and Team Management (Spring 2014)

Hackettstown, NJ

• Managed team of professional and peer leaders to assist student transitions in their first two years
• Developed Second-Year Experience program to augment existing student transition support
• Responsible for recruiting student leaders to mentor and support first and second year students
• Support academic and co-curricular needs of freshmen, sophomores, and student leaders
• Steward programming for all first year students; linking academic and co-curricular experiences
• Coordinated all orientation and move-in events with a team of up to 200 student/staff volunteers

Hackettstown, NJ

• Stewarded first year students through their transition from high school to college
• Collaborated with staff and faculty to provide cooperative support services to first year students
• Coordinated programming for all first year students with a tie-in to their academic endeavors
• Returned the program to full staff capacity within the first six months, restoring program viability
• Increased recruitment class by 81% within two months, providing deeper candidate pool

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Concentration: Management

Ma In History, Atlantic History

Acquired 18 graduate credits

Bachelor'S Degree, History/Education