Jose E. Lopez, Shrm-Cp Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Ky, Us

Des Moines Metropolitan Area

Offering homeschool families coaching services to guide students in their career pursuits. Provide God-centered consultation, career development services, and a lifelong mindset that can be applied at every stage of one’s career journey.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

•Collaborate and coordinate with six DMPS high school counseling teams to facilitate student postsecondaryeducation plans.•Coordinate DMACC-DMPS multicultural events, aiding 125 high school seniors in exploring DMACCand attending an in-person orientation, which led to enrollment in Fall 2023 courses.•Keep accurate records of high school students by inputting, tracking, and updating student data inDMACC software applications including Banner, SharePoint, CRM Recruit, and CRM Advise.•Establish the first DMACC ELL Summer Bridge Program to assist six students with enrolling in ELLfor-credit courses over the summer to prepare for the fall 2023 semester.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

•Led a team of two Apprenticeship Project Coordinators who supported the college’s apprenticeship styleprograms by recruiting employers and apprentices and by providing student support.•Served the Greater Louisville-KY FAME (Advance Manufacturing) and bit502 (IT) employer-ledboards as the college’s liaison while reviewing employer’s HR recruitment/retention practices andstudent success guidelines to increase workforce pipelines that would retain participants as studentsand employees.•Collaborated with employers, secondary schools, and community organizations to develop aneffective talent acquisition plan and build a strong candidate pool.•Created concurrent enrollment maps for high school seniors to understand how their concurrentenrollment courses fit in the apprenticeship program of interest.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

•Oversaw JCTC’s Department of Labor workforce development MAPS grant by developing apprenticeship programs in the IT, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare fields.•Recruited 10 IT employers to participate in an IT apprenticeship program and assisted in the recruitment and employment of 17 IT apprentices for the Fall 2021 academic cohort. •Developed employer standards handbook, and apprenticeship success guidelines to assist employers in selecting the best apprentices and providing successful apprenticeship programs.

Louisville, Kentucky

•Provide program assistance and career counseling to students participating in an employee tuition benefit program that partners with JCTC, UofL, UPS, and Louisville Metro. •Coordinate and provide all JCTC CREW career services including career assessments, resume writing, job search strategies, mock interviews, labor market review, and networking strategies.•Connect Metro College students to healthcare career pathways by collaborating with UPS and Norton Healthcare to develop programs, market events to students, and collect, analyze, and track participant data. •Partner with JCTC Nursing Faculty to coordinate career readiness programs for over 140 students per year, including recruiting over ten employers to participate in mock interview events.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

•Instructed a First Year Experience course to new Metro College students and provided best practices on how to successfully navigate college while being a productive UPS employee.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

•Guide high school students through the dual credit process including student recruitment, scheduling course placement exams, and registering students in dual credit courses. •Serve as an academic liaison between JCTC faculty, high school administrators, and the Kentucky Office of Career and Technical Education administrators to determine the appropriate JCTC technical education courses to offer as dual credit. •Conduct JCTC Dual Credit Information sessions for prospective students, parents, and high school counselors. •Create and edit dual credit marketing communications to students regarding the JCTC dual credit program. •Input and edit student data into PeopleSoft to accurately reflect students’ information and financial accounts.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

•Counsel students about career options, career decision making, professional development, networking, job search strategies, resume review, and interviewing skills.•Assist with coordination of career fairs through logistics planning, implementation, and marketing.•Connect students to employers through Cardinal Career Trek program, including on-site visits and job shadowing experiences.•Review and approve employer and job postings on Symplicity CSM system.•Conduct career-related workshops for student groups, classes, organization, and campus partners.

Louisville, Ky

•Advised three student committees by providing guidance on program planning and implementation, event promotion, risk management, and compliance with University policies and procedures.•Networked and developed relationships with multiple U of L departments such as First Year Initiatives, LGBT center, Cultural Center, Housing and Residence Life, and student organizations to program for a variety of student populations.•Implemented assessment outcomes and compiled evaluation data for all event programs.

Louisville, Ky

•Develop all aspects of school’s inaugural job shadow event.•Contact and recruit over twenty employers and sixty students to participate in event.•Create marketing communications to both employers and students regarding event logistics and expectations.•Utilize internal computer software programs to create online forms and update website with event information.•Create, execute, and analyze post-program assessment to measure effectiveness of career field exploration.

New Albany, In

•Conducted career coaching sessions with students on resume writing/critiques and mock interview preparation.•Designed and edited internship handbook to educate employers and students on the IU Southeast internship process.•Assisted Career Development staff in coordination and execution of special events and programs.•Assessed the special event titled the “Career Olympics” by leading a student focus group to discover students’ career readiness and educational knowledge gained after the event.•Developed and marketed a new program titled Resume Brew Review which utilized social media to promote a mobile resume review table located near the IU Southeast coffee shop.

Louisville, Ky

•Communicated with prospective students regarding Sullivan online programs, policies, and school culture.•Procured and followed up on prospective student questions, concerns, and paperwork needed to enroll.•Conducted interviews and developed relationships with prospective students and advised students regarding appropriate programs and course recommendations.•Facilitated student enrollment and registration process to ensure Sullivan procedures were properly followed.•Collaborated with Academic Advising and Financial Aid departments to support prospective students and ensure that they obtained the optimum enrollment package.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

•Conducted sales calls to ensure accounts meet company standards, determined product needs, and placed appropriate orders.•Executed and closed sales calls for assigned sales route while providing quality customer service.•Communicated ongoing operations and recommended future account activities to management.

Louisville, Ky

Food service sales in the Kentucky and Southern, IN market. •Presented product portfolio to groups of food service directors in the college and university, K-12, healthcare, and lodging industries. •Completed 150 in-person sales calls per quarter and executing extensive follow up. •Completed training for food service directors regarding USDA regulations. •Represented company at food trade shows to conduct product surveys to ensure customer satisfaction.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

•Collected, analyzed, and organized bid award data to create market overview for senior leadership while providing up-to-date volume data to the sales team.•Collaborated with bid team to provide competitive analysis and evaluations.•Trained marketing department on the company’s bid process.•Created communication strategy for new software implementation including e-mails, videos, and multi-media.•Developed training module for sales team.

Orlando, Florida

• Monitored five major grocery outlets to ensure proper inventory levels.• Advised store management regarding product displays and placement. • Tracked product rotation to assist management with sales and coordinated storage of excess inventory.

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), College Student Counseling And Personnel Services

Activities and Societies: Kentucky Career Development Association, Graduate Student Representative, National Career Development.

Bachelor Of Science, Hospitality Management

Activities and Societies: National Society for Minorities in Hospitality, Vice President; UCF College Ambassador

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), General Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa, Vice-President, 2006–2007