Experience

Boston College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Director / Career Coach

  • Feb 2006 - Present

  - Chair Career Center's first Assessment Committee, assess major events and workshops.- Created and annually run K-12 Education Career Fair, attracting 55+ employers and 300+ candidates.- Created Career Center's first online workshops, co-created first webinars.- Write and present workshops on a variety of career-related topics.- Provide empathetic, nuanced counseling to a diverse range of students and alumni.

• Career Information Services Manager

  • Jul 1996 - Feb 2006

  - Re-designed and re-built major website twice.- Researched and wrote several hundred pages for site.- Served as Network Manager for office of fifteen people: oversaw implementation of new computer applications; diagnosed and fixed software and system problems; researched and purchased new technology; kept staff informed and happy.- Wrote career-related articles for the student newspaper, several of which have been based on in-depth interviews with Boston College alumni.- Created and taught numerous workshops on career topics. - Managed student staff of two and one professional staff person- Research and purchased all online subscriptions, books, and magazines for career resource library. Show less

• Web Project Manager

  • Nov 2001 - Aug 2002

  - Received substantial bonus at end of project as acknowledgment for exceptional results.- Collaborated with staff and faculty from various university divisions to create new website for $2 million program established to assist undergraduates with vocational discernment.- Designed complete site structure, page layouts, and graphics; oversaw content development.- Created two web-linked Filemaker databases for program registration and online display of user comments; wrote content for some pages. Show less



WebStir

• Waltham, MA

• Technical Consultant

  • 1997 - 2001

  - Designed and created website for Bryant College Office of Career Services: met with clients, suggested organizing and content strategies, wrote copy for some of the pages, created all page layouts and HTML. - Modified self-designed scheduling software to suit needs of the Tufts University Career Services office. - Designed and created website for Bryant College Office of Career Services: met with clients, suggested organizing and content strategies, wrote copy for some of the pages, created all page layouts and HTML. - Modified self-designed scheduling software to suit needs of the Tufts University Career Services office.



Brown University

• Providence, RI

• Career Resource Manager

  • 1993 - 1996

  - Provided career-related advice to drop-in clients; critiqued resumes and cover letters, up to a dozen per day. - Created and presented workshops; co-presented workshop at Career Resource Managers Assoc. conference. - Assisted in training and management of fifteen volunteer Peer Career Counselors; hired, trained and managed five student library aides. - Identified, purchased and maintained all career library materials. - Served on board of Career Resource Managers Association as Treasurer and Vice-President. Show less



New England Fellowship for Rehabilitation Alternatives

• Providence, RI

• Caseworker

  • 1992 - 1992

  - Counseled, set goals with, and taught basic living skills to schizophrenic residents of group home. - Counseled, set goals with, and taught basic living skills to schizophrenic residents of group home.



Brown University Writing Fellows Program

• Providence, RI

• Writing Fellow / Selection Committee Member

  • 1989 - 1992

  - Served on selection committee: evaluated 140 academic papers submitted by applicants to tutoring program; interviewed candidates; selected new Fellows by group consensus. - Counseled students on style, organization, and argumentation of academic papers, offered revision strategies. - Served on selection committee: evaluated 140 academic papers submitted by applicants to tutoring program; interviewed candidates; selected new Fellows by group consensus. - Counseled students on style, organization, and argumentation of academic papers, offered revision strategies.