Claire Ward is a Manager, Career Development at Swinburne University of Technology. She possess expertise in career counseling, resume writing, recruiting, graduate recruitment, talent acquisition and 21 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "I have had the pleasure to have Claire as my Manager for approximately 18 months, and have had her as a colleague for 5 years. Claire is a strategic, innovative, and transparent leader, who has the strong ability to instil confidence in her team and communicate to staff on all levels. Claire has strong talent retention, careers development, and project management experience. Her ability to understand business needs, adapt to changes, and continually find ways to improve services, whilst providing a clear vision, is certainly one of her many strengths. " and "As Claire’s direct Manager for 5 years at RMIT University I was incredibly impressed with her capabilities. Claire is able to take a project brief from scratch, conceptualise what needs to be done, ensure it is strategically aligned and meet the deliverables in a timely way. Claire was also open to new ideas and strategies to deliver on projects and to facilitate the necessary skill development of her team members. As a natural leader Claire had the unique ability to bring a new team together, build the trust and enthusiasm so they could work together towards a common goal. Claire is also very skilled at building networks, she forged valuable relationships across the university and the wider professional field to ensure she had an understanding of the bigger picture and the necessary stakeholder engagement to enable her to deliver on projects. Apart from her strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills, Claire has a grounding in career development/counselling, the delivery of workshops and in-class programs for the higher education and vocational education sector and, through a micro-credentialling project, the development and delivery of online modules."