Career Specialist

• Aug 2022 - Present

Career Specialist, GCDF

• Feb 2017 - Jun 2022

Assist students explore post secondary options by giving and interpreting career assessments, develop employability skills, facilitate real world experiences through job shadowing, as well as serve as the teacher of record for honors level internship and co-op courses. Provides college, military, and career related workshops, field studies, classroom presentations, and individual support. As a member of the School Counseling team, supports counselors through planning events, organizing speakers, creating presentations and promotional materials, and completes state required reports. Crew Leader as a part of GHS's Experiential Learning (EL) instructional program. Provide stakeholders with career development information and services. Partner with community leaders and businesses for career related student development. Attend trainings, conferences, and professional development seminars to provide optimal resources for targeted audiences. Show less

• 2013 - 2017

Trained new hires and student workers for Admissions duties. Advised Admissions Counselors with new procedures, management of student workers, and optimal recruitment strategies. Coordinated campus recruitment and educational events. Served as a faculty liaison for campus event coordination. Collaborate with the Marketing team to update recruitment materials. Organized catalog admissions materials and vendor information and pricing. Maintained an inquiry base of 2,000+ prospective students from 11 states and 6 SC counties. Mentored students with the application/financial aid process and established collaborative relationships with high school counselors. Show less

• 2009 - 2013

Counseled prospective students through the admissions and financial aid process. Met communication, applicant, accept, deposit, and enrollment goals. Generated inquiries through college fairs, lunch room visits, meetings with school counselors, and referrals. Organized recruitment events such as Student for a Day programs. Supervised and managed up to four student workers workload by scheduling calls, emails, and mail to students. Optimized DiSC Behavioral Model for recruitment of students and attended bi-yearly training about DiSC, supervisor strategies, and relational recruiting. Show less

• 2009 - 2011

Responsible for bulk of Admissions Office travel to recruitment events through CACRAO in South Carolina and North Carolina, and PROBE to Georgia. Attended College Application Days and organized high school visits. Recruited high school juniors to visit campus and to begin the college application process.