Director of Career Services Resume Sample

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Director of career services with fourteen years in higher education, the last six leading the careers function at a university in Boston. Owns the bridge between students and the job market — coaching, employer partnerships, internships and the outcomes data that proves it all works. Lifted graduate employment rates and built an employer network that turned campus recruiting into a genuine pipeline. Leads a team of advisors, builds relationships with hundreds of employers, designs career programming, and reports outcomes to leadership and accreditors. Strategic, warm and genuinely invested in where students end up. Looking for a director-level career-services or student-success role with an institution that takes graduate outcomes seriously.

Work Experience

Charles River University - Boston, MA

Director of Career Services July 2018 to Present 8 years & 4 months

Lead the careers function across coaching, employer partnerships, internships and outcomes, owning the bridge between students and employers.
Lifted graduate employment rates and built an employer network that turned campus recruiting into a genuine, reliable talent pipeline.
Lead a team of career advisors, setting the strategy, coaching standards and programming that serve thousands of students each year.
Build and manage relationships with hundreds of employers, growing internships, recruiting events and graduate hiring on campus.
Design career programming from coaching to workshops to fairs, meeting students where they are across every stage and discipline.
Report employment outcomes and trends to leadership and accreditors, turning the data into the case for investment and change.

Bay State College - Boston, MA

Associate Director, Career Services August 2009 to June 2018 8 years & 11 months

Coached students and managed employer relationships at a college careers office, growing internships and graduate placements.
Built programming and ran career fairs while supervising advisors and improving the office's outcomes data and reporting.
Learned career coaching, employer development and program leadership on the job across nearly a decade.
Earned the promotion path that led into a director-of-career-services role at a university.

Education