Karen Rinehart Email and Phone Number

Support prospective and admitted students within the Marquette University Graduate School of Management.

Career Services Leadership• Proactively build and maintain relationships with faculty, program leads, center staff and campus colleagues. Sustain relationships through outreach, service orientation, innovation and accountability.• Strategically anticipate and respond to student and employer needs.• Selected by Dean to serve on the 5-member team leading College-contributions to the design process for the new College of Business Administration facility ($60M project, expected to open in winter 2023). • Directly supervise 2 professional staff and support supervision for Office Associate.• Developed Employer Partnership Program, generating funds to support a Graduate Assistant and $10K in technology resources annually. Data Collection, Analysis & Reporting • Enhanced internship information data collection by revising academic advising preparation survey. • Created employer relations dashboards in Excel and Tableau, providing insights for the College of Business Dean’s Office and Business Career Center employer relations strategy.• Created first destination reporting processes for the College of Business Administration. Survey and outreach approaches served as best practices when developing university-level first destination systems.• Apply and understanding of database structures to Handshake feature maximization, especially with regard to major groups, job postings, events and reporting. Student & Employer Service• Collaborate with Associate Dean and BCC colleagues to coordinate LEAD career course content for 1,200 students annually. Taught LEAD 2000 (5 years), LEAD 3000 (Jan. 2020-present). • Serve students and build relationships through caring demeanor, empathy, accuracy, trust and prompt responses to questions. • Oversee public accounting internship recruitment program. • Created BCC employer relations strategies including engagement “menus,” employer conferences and major-specific relationship tracking.

Teach LEAD 2000 career course to 230+ sophomore and junior students each semester. Lead planning group for content covered in LEAD 1000, 2000 and 3000 courses. Serve as employer relations lead to organizations hiring Accounting and International Business majors. Support accounting internship "matching program" interview process for 14 organizations and 100+ students each spring. Lead College of Business Administration internship data collection, collecting internship information for 1,000+ students each year. Selected to serve on the faculty search committee for the College of Business Administration Dean search (2014-2015). Provide career development appointments through the Business Career Center. Advise undergraduate International Business majors in course selection and study abroad planning.

Provide appointment-based and email assistance to College of Business Administration undergraduate and graduate students as well as alumni in career decision-making and self-marketing. Support administration of the for-credit internship program, serving approximately 150 undergraduate students annually. Track undergraduate job outcomes and provide reports to the college and academic departments.Organize on-campus interviews for accounting internship program. Provide program and administrative support to the Mentor Program (300+ students/mentors annually) and college networking events. Supervise graduate and undergraduate student staff. Provide employer relations assistance to the Director.

Provide part-time contract-based event planning support to WIPCCC WorkForce Committee and the 2015 WorkForce Career & Internship Fair. Collaborated with Chair and Co-Chair to develop career fair employer policies and plan for the 2015 fair. Oversee online registration system, support employer communication and invitation processes, track payments and fees.

Provided career counseling services to students and alumni through individual appointments, presentations and outreach.Counseling: Assisted students and alumni with career decision-making (choosing a major, assessing career options and navigating career change) and self-marketing (job and internship strategies, networking, resume and cover letter writing as well as interview and negotiation skills). Presentations: Provided career-related presentations to undergraduate and graduate students. Outreach: Led outreach activities for traditionally-aged undergraduate students including building relationships with student organizations and leaders, publicizing events and services and developing new programs. Communications & Website: Developed office communications to faculty, alumni, students and staff. Asssited in developing written content and distributing a newsletter series for each Stritch college. Lead staff person for website development and updates. Co-developed LinkedIn training for students seeking access to the Cardinal Stritch University LinkedIn group. Served as Men's and Women's Cross Country Head Coach (fall 2009-spring 2010), and Assistant Coach (2009).

Provide instruction for Pathways to a New Career, an online career decision-making and exploration course through the UWM School of Continuing Education. Provide individualized feedback through blackboard website and a phone consultation for the Strong Interest Inventory. Provide group facilitation through online chats and group meetings.

Provided individual counseling and class presentations for the Marquette University Career Services Center (CSC). Counseling appointments primarily focused on job and internship strategies, resume writing and interview skills. Assisted with CSC programs including outreach events including the CSC Open House, Job Search Boot Camp and prospective student campus visit days.

Administered Wisconsin Dislocated Worker Program services to a caseload of 60-100 students and job seekers. Program benefits could include retraining or job search assistance. Worked with each client to: explore career options; apply for training funding if appropriate; prepare job search materials; apply for positionsl and collect employment information per state performance requirements. Program administration required up-to-date knowledge about training options and n-demand occupations. Position also required empathy, persistance and understanding for a client population experiencing a major life transition.

Recruited, trained and assisted students in running campus-based, local and national campaigns advocating the public interest. Campaigns included voter registration, raising funds and awareness for hunger and homelessness issues and campus energy efficiency. Also served as the advisor for organization-based internshp program, supervising 20 interns over the academic year.Since my employment, WISPIRG has created two organizations to address the environmental (Wisconsin Environment) and public interest (WISPIRG) foci of the original group.

Researched model legislation and creating talking points for policy clearinghouse website (ALICE), on issues including predatory lending and financial aid. Evaluated foundations and potential funders for policy clearinghouse. Provided administrative and research support to the director.