Randi Martinez

Career Counseling- Provide career counseling, resume review, job and internship search assistance and other career development assistance to students

Program Development- Implement new programs and update existing program offerings and resource materials for the Career Services Network

Event Planning- Plan and execute career fairs, presentations, workshops, and networking events Developed promotional materials, wrote planning document, and create and manage employer registration.

Employer Relations- Assist employers with event navigation and registration questions, plan site visits, work individually with employers to help build customized recruiting plans for MSU.

Serve on following work groups:
Humanities Partnership (cross college employer relations and student programming collaboration)

Online Learning: Implemented new resource categorization tool, created self-service video series, working on online learning modules and updating website

Peer Advising: Wrote training manual that was adapted for for college wide peer advising program, planned and delivered annual training, supervise peer advising staff in ComArtSci career center.

Technology: Co-led implementation of Handshake, serve on system management team.

•Plan major career events, provide career counseling and manage graduate assistants and undergraduate student workers.

•Career Events- organize multiple large career events hosting over 1,000 recruiters and 2,400 students;manage budget of $300,000

•Management- hire, train and supervise graduate assistant for career events, UPIC intern, and 8 work study student workers

• Marketing- responsible for developing new marketing plan aimed at increasing attendance, revenue and employer participation
o SY 2013-2014 event saw 20% increase in revenue, 17% increase in student attendance and 20% increase in employer attendance and between 85-99% employer satisfaction with events

• Career counseling- provide assistance on resume reviews, cover letters, mock interviews, give career workshops and other career services to over 350 students per year

• Chair, Yield Events Committee—Organized 2 campus-wide visit events designed to secure enrollment for incoming class, including coordinating with academic affairs, student affairs, alumni office, and other on-campus departments; events saw 50% increase in attendance over previous year.
• Lead Member, Visit Committee—Managed $20,000 budget and oversaw 10 campus visit programs for prospective students each academic year
• Coordinator, Tour Guide Program—Hired, trained, supervised, and managed 30 student workers who gave tours to prospective students and families
• Member, Social Media Committee—Developed web-based and print publications to facilitate social-media interaction; implemented new campus-wide social-media platform (SchoolsApp by Inigral)
• Publication Liaison—Work with marketing and communications office to design and update web-based and print advertising materials; develop new communication flow for admitted students and admitted-student web portal
• Manager of Primary and Secondary Recruitment Territory—Developed and fostered relationships with secondary-education institutions and counselors, independent-college counselors, alumni, and other parties involved in student recruitment; generated and completed applications and made admission and scholarship decisions for all applications in assigned territory, had 20% increase in applications in one year and completed 75% of all applications.
• College Representative, Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities—Served on committee that managed statewide college-visit initiative and education programs for high-school and independent-college counselors
• Staff Mentor— Set and evaluate professional and recruitment goals for new staff member
• Traveled approximately 13 weeks per year to represent institution at college fairs, high-school visits, off-campus interviews, and other recruitment events