Joy-filled Prosperity is possible! You are Enough! You can and will begin to create an Epic Life that you want to live when you are ready to embrace, celebrate and nurture your Divine Uniqueness!

Plan and implement an innovative marketing strategy for identifying a diverse group of potential employers. Provide employer outreach for development of student professional experience and full-time opportunities. Analyze and interpret job placement, salary offerings, industry trends, and prepare data and commentary for external requests. Attend career fairs, business expos, conferences and seminars to learn current and emerging trends in career education. Attend community, statewide, and regional networking events, present career service knowledge and techniqueis in classroms and academic in-services. Monitor and analyze office effectiveness in program policy implementation and application. Oversee all aspects of the Career Services Office • Represents Career Services at campus-wide events and on committees• Sets priorities for office functions and oversees strategic planning efforts• Supervises staff and ensures compliance with applicable federal and state laws/guidelines• Develop and implement initiatives and marketing strategies to assist graduates in meeting employment goals• Provides career coaching, including seminars and workshops on interviewing techniques and other job search skills training to students and alumni• Ensures the up-to-date maintenance of the Career Services database, documentation, reports and students records in accordance with company policies, government regulations and accreditation standards• Create and deliver quarterly and annual employee evaluations• Provide coaching to students and alumni in resume writing, salary negotiation, job interviewing techniques, job skills training, networking, and other job seeker skills• Compile and report placement statistics as required by accrediting agencies

Collaborate with program administrators and other staff to initiate, coordinate and schedule career services activities and individual program objectives. Track and report weekly statistics, organize, retrieve, manage and present large amounts of informational details about the college and career opportunities to a variety of audiences. Support the goals and objectives of the Career Services Center and the College. Conduct on-going assessment of employer relation's for accreditation requirements and provide feedback as to the effectiveness of such efforts. Manage departmental goals. Enforce all policies and procedures of the organization. Assist all departments and associates to create skilled professionals.

Originate and maintain community connections in order to organize and facilitate career fairs and program specific tables. Facilitate the intern/externship process, work extensively with all graduates to assist with placement. Cultivate and strengthen corporate relations with and between employers, students, graduates and faculty. Provide leadership for the external relationships with the college; represent the college with both potential and current participants, develop new employer contacts, and provide ongoing contact and support for active employers. Participate in on-site employer visits to develop relationships and better promote opportunities for graduates.Advise students how to integrate their personal, occupational, and academic information to ensure their comprehension of effective decision-making. Encourage and mentor students in the process of goal setting and career exploration.

Served as a Financial Aid Officer to ensure a positive cash flow into student accounts. Met with new enrollments and parents to process the federal application for financial aid. Provided a tuition planning worksheet outlining the estimated funding available for the program.

Held two positions (AFS trainer and Court Advocate) with this non-profit agency, both of which required: strong written and verbal communication skills, an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, prioritize my own workload, create, organize and facilitate training modules for Law enforcement, Judicial personnel, Probation/Parole officers, Adult and Family Case Workers, Child Support Workers, Staff, and various other social service providers. The team was responsible for assisting in the coordination, design and implementation of client services. Attended weekly educational trainings, served as a liaison between my employer and the community.Collected and compiled quarterly statistics and assisted with budget development. Co-created new policy and procedures for the outreach team participated in the hiring process of new team members and sat on several task force teams and local committees. Created curriculum and conducted two weekly educational classes for clients. Co-created and conducted two weekly classes for community partners (Dept of Corrections and Dept of Workforce Services), one of these classes was taught in jail for individuals arrested and charged with domestic violence. Instructed the class required when requesting a restraining order be removed. Attended monthly staff meetings and consulted with several committees to ensure productive services where continuously available to clients and community partners.

The Nest Project was created to ensure “wrap around service” (additional educational training and job opportunities available to clients in transition from one phase of life to another). As a function of my project management, several months were spent networking with local hospitals, social service providers, and state agencies to assess the need for this next step. Once the project was funded I joined RCC as an adjunct faculty member.As the instructor, developed and presented the curriculum. The curriculum developed for the project included, yet was not limited to: cognitive reconstruction, behavior modification, releasing negative patterns and creating achievable goals. Presented the materials, facilitated group work and discussion, compiled attendance logs and ensured continued collaboration with community partners, which provided an avenue for participants to travel toward life changing opportunities.