Mitch Parker, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Jasper, Tx, Us

Clarendon, Tx, Us

Texarkana, Tx, Us

Oversee office operations for a team of career services professional. Charged with implementing a comprehensive career center that provides career counseling services and job search assistance for undergraduate, graduate and alumni populations of the university. Also collaborated regularly with university faculty and administrators to provide integrated services to alumni, employers, students and prospective students. Responsibilities include leading office through comprehensive process of developing and implementing strategic plans, developing new initiatives and programs and assessing overall outcomes success of university graduates.

Amarillo, Tx, Us

Oversaw and managed a comprehensive career center and its staff, providing services to over 10,000 undergraduate students. Specific responsibilities included representing the college’s career center to local employers, internship sponsors, college alumni, board of trustees, parents and business bureaus to promote on-campus recruitment initiatives; oversaw logistics for and production of the college’s annual career and internship fairs/ partnering with key employers, helping develop internship and college recruitment programs for business units in multiple industries; directing an on-campus interview programs for both local and national employers; implementation of full conversion of multiple web-based career management systems, unifying college job postings for multiple program populations of the college; supervising a strong team of professional and support staff charged with implementing a comprehensive career center providing career counseling services and job search assistance for the undergraduate andalumni populations of the college; development of and provide instruction for multiple independent career exploration courses; managing department budgets and overseeing procurement of a diverse array of online and hard copy resources

Huntsville, Tx, Us

• Increased attendance for both students and employers for all career fairs• Collaborated with faculty and staff to create four new Career Fairs• Created flyers, brochures, and marketing materials centered around career fairs, workshops, on-campus interviews, and professional training events• Tracked and maintained the budget for Career Fairs – both in terms of monies generated and in terms of itemized budget expenditures• Worked with Career Services Online – CSO, to manage career fair registrations and communicate with students and employers by sending system emails• Managed and updated the departmental website using Adobe Contribute and WebCMS• Supervised and mentored both a graduate level marketing and management student as well as a public relations intern and assisted them in honing their skills• Helped veterans develop resumes that showcased their military experiences using corporate friendly verbiage

Kingsville, Tx, Us

• Coordinated and managed regular reports regarding the budget. Advised director of unusual expenditures and assisted the director in preparing financial and statistical reports using Microsoft Office products• Maintained office process records and assisted with all internal evaluations and assessments including NACE and CAS standards reviews• Developed and maintained resume and job bank site, departmental website, and all other database and office technology solutions, including monitoring and approving positions and internships through Career Services Online (CSO)• Maintained inventory of all office equipment. Established schedules for purging old and unused equipment, files and furniture, oversaw maintenance of office supply inventories and resources, and managed all office purchases• Managed and supervised student workers and mentored counselors

Little Rock, Ar, Us

• Interpreted career assessments to help advise students in selecting a major that aligned with their assessment interpretation • Created institutional reports that included: 5-Year Plan and Annual Reports• Assisted students with the creation of professional resumes and cover letters• Created and presented career services workshops. Topics included: career services overview, resume and cover letter creation action plans, and interviewing strategies• Managed and supervised student workers and a graduate level counseling intern• Distributed annual post-graduation alumni survey and tabulated the results • Executed the universities career fairs and was responsible for exponential growth• Managed Symplicity (i.e.g, new contacts, jobs, career fair registrations)

Arkadelphia, Ar, Us

• Assisted nontraditional students in completion of collegiate applications• Interpreted Holland’s Self Directed Search (career assessment) to aid in helping the student find a degree choice that aligns with their personality• Counseled individuals in a drug and alcohol treatment facility on the benefits to changing their way of life and most importantly how college can help with that change

• Introduced, installed, configured, and administered Blackboard course management system for multiple professors within the College of Education• Developed, installed, and configured multiple academic related websites for faculty• Monitored online classrooms and resolved student and faculty technical problems/complaints across all courses within the College of Education• Developed and conducted high quality training programs, orientation demonstrations, and self-guided tutorials to support optimal online learning experiences

Doctor Of Education (Edd), Higher Education Leadership

M.S., Counseling

B.A., Psychology