Director of Experiential Learning & Student Employment, Career Success, UC Santa Cruz                                                        April 2021 - Present

• Oversee experiential learning and student employment teams to support all students in obtaining meaningful experiences.

• Supervise professional staff and provide leadership for the Career Success office.

• Developing the five-year strategic plan and collaboratively re-envisioning the role and goals of the office to best serve UCSC students.

• Creating policies, resources, and toolkits for on and off-campus employers interested in hosting interns and student employees incorporating high-impact practices and career readiness competencies.

• Stewarding a new system integrating all experiential learning opportunities to streamline the process for students and employers.

• Transforming student employment from a transactional to a transformational process for all students.

Experiential Learning Coordinator, University Leadership Network (ULN), The University of Texas at Austin                 January 2019 - April 2021

• Lead experiential learning team coordinating all aspects of career services support for 2,000 ULN students.

• Supervise professional and graduate student staff, training them in career coaching/advising techniques.

• Foster and maintain relationships with over 500 on and off-campus employers of ULN students.

• Collaborate with development to create opportunities like employer site visits to increase funding opportunities for ULN program and internship and job opportunities for ULN students.

• Oversee large-scale events like 500-person mock interview event, targeted networking events with employers, etiquette dinners, and internship fairs managing budgets and guiding staff in planning process.

• Creating new policies, toolkits, and resources for employers interested in developing internship programs.

• Implementing new expectations and definition of high-impact, meaningful internships, educating employers on how to create high-impact experiential learning opportunities for diverse students.

• Developed new four-year career curriculum for ULN student focused on professionalism, job search strategies, and career exploration and trained variety of staff to deliver curriculum.

• Support current and prospective ULN employers in developing meaningful, high impact internships.

• Developed new NACE competency-based self and supervisor evaluations for students and their supervisors.

• Managing transition from Symplicity to Handshake platform and developing new structure and policies for tracking employer and student engagement to improve employer and student experience.

• Coordinate first destination surveys and building new database to track ULN alumni and increase their engagement with the program after graduation.  

• Led redesign of website to create more focused information for employers and students.

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Career Counselor, Vick Center for Strategic Advising & Career Counseling, The University of Texas at Austin                   June 2014 - January 2019

• Promoted to Career Counselor II with focus on coordinating practicum program and assessment for center as well as providing guidance and support for new career counselors. 

• Oversaw practicum program, recruiting, training, and supervising 1-3 practicum students yearly. 

• Developed yearly assessment reports for key stakeholders demonstrating utility and purpose of the center. 

• Built significant network of relationships on and off-campus to better serve undergraduate, graduate, and international students in finding meaningful, satisfying jobs. 

• Recruited employers and moderate career panels on topics like sustainability and social media careers. 

• Led committee to create new learning outcomes, mission, and vision after rebranding the center. 

• Created and implemented yearly alumni survey to measure student learning and impact of services. 

• Developed four-year assessment plan including new goals, learning outcomes, methods, and targets. 

• Provided one-on-one career counseling for undergraduate and graduate students focusing on career and major exploration, career assessments, job search skills, and internship and graduate school planning. 

• Developed and taught semester-long career exploration course with focus on reflective, engaging activities. 

• Coordinated career assessments; schedule workshops, research new assessments, and facilitated training. 

• Developed successful proposal and secured funding to provide CliftonStrengths to students at no cost. 

• Redesigned marketing and outreach materials to improve readability utilizing Adobe InDesign. 

Career Counseling Intern, Cal Poly Career Services                                                                                                                           Sept. 2012 - June 2014

• Provided one-on-one career counseling for students from all majors focusing on personal development, career exploration, changing majors, resume and cover letter review, job search, graduate and professional schools, and interview skills.

• Delivered innovative workshops on topics including planned happenstance, etiquette, interviewing, and job search skills.

• Utilized assessment tools like Strong Interest Inventory, StrengthsQuest, and Self-Directed Search with students.

• Supervised and trained ten graduate interns who provide drop-in resume and cover letter review.

• Assisted with check-in process of over 200 employers at quarterly large-scale career fairs.

• Collaborated with career counselor to develop a Diversity in the Workplace interactive presentation.

• Created and implemented a targeted six-week group career intervention for LGBTQIA students focusing on personal interests, values clarification, career self-efficacy, and development of individualized career plans.

• Recruited employees and moderate an LGBTQIA employee panel kick-off event for the career intervention.

• Led weekly “Queer Career” Drop-in for LGBTQIA students and their allies.​