Bowling Green State University - Human Services
Mentor | Motivator | Leader | Change Agent | Director of Athlete Career Development
Higher Education
Maurice J.
Washington, MSA
Ann Arbor, Michigan
A highly effective career service professional, mentor, and advisor. Strategically helps students articulate their skills, values, and interests as related to their future careers through the use of Career Assessments (MBTI, Focus2). I also enjoy helping young professionals see the bigger picture of success and service.
Strong passion for encouraging young leaders to incorporate a holistic approach to self and career progression. Professional and personal development are essential to maintaining a balanced life and future growth.
Strategic skills: Leadership, followership, resume writing, cover letter writing, classroom instruction, oral and written presentations, event planning, networking, advising, employer relations career transistion, and spiritual development.
Favorite Quotes:
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase
- Martin L. King
Director, Michigan Athletics Career Center (MACC)
Maurice worked at University of Michigan as a Director, Michigan Athletics Career Center (MACC)
Assistant Director, Student-Athlete Career Counseling and Development
• Manage Career Center’s budget, 3 personnel, and all career- related programs, and policies
• Lead the development, marketing, and implementation of career education programming, career
workshops, career fairs and internship and experiential learning opportunities.
• Develop strategic short and long term program goals; 65% increase in participation from employer
partners, 45% students-athletes, and 50% alumni base
• Serves as the focal point for career/planning awareness by assessing programs to encourage student-athletes self-analysis and planning for current world-of-work
• Provide instructional leadership to the Athletic Department to prepare students for diverse professions within the national and local communities
• Conduct one-on-one career counseling sessions to more than 900 student-athletes to assist in discovering and preparing for a meaningful career outcome following athletics
• Participated in unprecedented growth of Michigan Athletic career counseling by over 76% during 2016 and 2018 academic year; 43% of student-athletes received post-graduate job offers
• Administer professional coaching to more than 450 student-athletes annually on developing resumes, cover letters and interviewing/networking skills
• Assist coaches with recruiting events for Michigan Athletics 31 varsity sports
• Develop standard operating procedures for career center programs for student-athletes
Employer Relations and Interactions Coordinator, Career Counselor
* Dedicate point of contact approx. 7,000 employers; ensures quality recruiting
* Establish and maintain relationships with hiring managers/recruiters; abreast of current and
future needs for cooperative education and internship programs
* Monitor progress regarding employer development/relations activities; collaborates with Career
Center college liaisons and communicates with students to increase applications
* Process student personnel actions transition into their internship programs
* Track all aspects of the internship /co-op reporting process based on NACE standards
* Liaison to career software vendors; consults with software representatives to evaluate technical
specifications and features of new systems
* Develop evaluations, assessments, and focus groups for students and employers
* Conduct satisfaction surveys of constituents opinions regarding usability of services
* Coordinate outreach activities for job placement; increased student participating in cooperative
education and internship experiences
Student-Athlete Career Advisor
* Responsible for individual and group career counseling to assist
students-athletes in developing
the competencies required for career options, and informed
decisions
* Developed monthly career exploration workshops related to resume writing techniques
* Created a “HotSpot” workshop on interviewing skills and the interviewing process
* Analyze student athlete retention percentage and assist in selection of learning outcomes
* Arrange job search workshops to identify current search platforms and classifications
* Coordinate immersion trips to local employers to identify workplace operations
Adjunct Instructor, Career and Life Planning
* Adjunct Career and Life Planning Instructor; students on career progression and planning
* Assess students personality, interest, and abilities through personality assessments
* Generate occupational and academic options via career focus and management tools
* Create research methods to help students structure their educational and career plans
* Evaluate the interrelationship between students self-knowledge and occupational decisions;
encouraged students on the value of transferrable skills and career achievement
* Facilitate college action plans based on the integration of students self-awareness, strengths, and
decision-making models
* Divested suitable time-management and study techniques for greater classroom success
Education Center Manager, Career Counselor, Academic and Drill Instructor, First Sergeant
Maurice worked at United States Air Force as a Education Center Manager, Career Counselor, Academic and Drill Instructor, First Sergeant
Master of Science (M.S.)
Business Administration and Management
High School
Go Bulldogs!
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Social Psychology
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