Experience

• Azusa Pacific University

  Graduate Assistant - Career Services

  • Counseled students with undeclared majors by conducting and interpreting assessments (Focus 2, MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory, Strengths Quest and True Colors), as well as evaluating their skills and interests through interviews and card sorts.
  • Assisted students in their professional development by instructing them on the job search process, interviewing techniques, and tailoring their resume and cover letters to specific job descriptions.
  • Navigated students though career resources (Focus 2, Bls.gov, Career Café, Eureka, O*Net) to assist with career and major exploration and planning
  • Presented workshops on such topics as Resumes, Cover letters, Holland Code, MBTI, Interviewing, Networking, Graduate School, Job and Internship search strategies, and Professionalism to increase career development for students of all cultures, ethnicities, and educational needs.
  • Responsible for the Undergraduate Internship Program, which included the development of student learning objectives, PowerPoint and Prezi presentations, handouts, meetings, and activities designed to promote professional and career development.
  • Coordinated Career Service events, such as the Nursing Career Forum and Night of Networking, to bridge the gap between employers and students and offer networking opportunities.
  

• Citrus College

  Counselor

  • Assess students’ progress toward obtaining a degree, certificate, or transfer by utilizing native general education pattern, IGETC, CSUGE, and Assist.org.
  • Evaluate external transcripts and assessments to determine prerequisite clearance and course equivalencies.
  • Calculate cumulative and transferable GPAs for students by evaluating internal and external transcripts.
  • Create both comprehensive and abbreviated educational plans that combine both career and academic goals, as well as discuss ways to include major preparation courses that can be completed prior to transfer.
  • Counsel students with undeclared majors by utilizing career development resources to identify interests, skills, and values, and clarify how these translate into a potential major or career.
  • Collaborate with faculty, Articulation Officers, STEM, Career Technical Education, Nursing, Veterans, EOPS, and Athletics departments to identify specific strategies for success and available resources for students.
  • Empower students by increasing levels of hope and utilizing goal setting strategies to overcome obstacles.
  • Conduct New Student Orientation to promote academic success and completion, evaluate the need for support services, explain school policies and procedures, and welcome students to the college community.
  • Publicize Early Alert workshops and services, including Basic Skills tutoring, through classroom visits and appointments.
  • Facilitate Transfer Workshops to educate students on transfer, as well as assist students with completing applications for transfer to California State Universities, Universities of California, and Private Schools.

• Victor Valley College

  Student Success and Support (SSSP) Counselor

  Jennifer worked at Victor Valley College as a Student Success and Support (SSSP) Counselor

• Chaffey College

  Counselor Apprentice/At-Risk Program Assistant

  • Met with at-risk students to evaluate their progress toward obtaining a degree, certificate or transfer by utilizing native general education pattern, IGETC, CSUGE, and Assist.org.
  • Utilized career exploration strategies to assist students that are undecided on their major to ensure they are able to choose a major within the unit requirement indicated by SSSP.
  • Presented workshops to educate students on Hope Theory in order to identify pathways to overcome obstacles leading to satisfactory academic progress, as well as create goal setting strategies to maintain success.
  • Instituted a process for student’s to petition the loss of their Board of Governor’s Fee Waiver and prioritized registration, and worked closely with college Administrators and department Directors to identify and recruit eligible students.
  • Collaborated with faculty on identifying students that show early signs of academic struggles and following up with them to provide resources, academic support, and counseling.
  • Conducted orientations for returning students to educate and assist them on ways to successfully transition back to school to increase retention and academic success.
  • Managed the Communications Management system, which was used to communicate with students identified on first or second level academic probation, and analyze progress toward successful completion of program requirements and improved academic success.
  • Oversaw more than three thousand probation students each semester by creating and maintaining several databases used to track their academic success.
  

• Chaffey College

  Career Counselor

  • Co-facilitate Guidance courses on "Essentials of Student Success" and "Career Exploration and Life Planning" to teach students academic success strategies and assist with career development and academic planning.
  • Educate students on how to create dynamic resumes and cover letters by delivering classroom presentations, hosting tables at campus wide events, and conducting individual in-take counseling sessions.
  • Guide students through the interview process by discussing expectations, appropriate attire, successful strategies, the STAR method, and clarifying the difference between behavioral and competency questions.
  • Interpret Career Assessments (MBTI, Strong Interest) to identify potential major and career opportunities
  • Evaluate specific interests and values that may impact students’ career and academic goals through the use of interviews, card sorts, and aptitude assessments.
  • Meet with students to evaluate their progress toward obtaining a degree, certificate or transfer by utilizing native general education pattern, IGETC, CSUGE, and Assist.org.
  • Create educational plans designed to help students complete their academic and career goals.
  • Collaborate with Transcript Evaluators and Program Coordinators to determine course equivalencies for classes taken at other schools.
  

• Azusa Pacific University - Noelle Strengths Academy

  Strengths Coach

  • Counseled students on how to identify and incorporate individual strengths into their lives to improve academic & interpersonal success, as well as reach academic and career goals.
  • Advised students with undeclared majors on how to explore careers and majors that utilized their strengths
  • Developed personal action plans with students to facilitate completion of academic and career goals