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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Awards
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Christine Federspiel

Plant City,USA

Summary

Experienced Career Service Department Leader who has a track record of success in designing and implementing innovative career development presentations. Expertise in utilizing technology to enhance student outcomes, including experience with CRM and AI-driven career exploration tools and successfully led a mentorship program that helped new hires grow and be ready to start their career as a career advisor.

Knowledgeable with background in guiding students and alumni toward career success. Extensive history in providing strategic career advice and developing personalized career plans for student and graduate placement.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Career Advisor

Ultimate Medical Academy
11.2022 - Current
  • Managing the graduate facing process of career services including graduate engagement, graduate career readiness, career coaching and partnering with the Business Development and Corporate Alliance teams for placement opportunities.
  • Consistent highest producer for hires in our department of over 450 grad facing advisors, 5-time trophy winner for directors club and awarded multiple volume awards.
  • Consistently maintaining metric requirements including talk time, call volume, resume writing, interview prep, set interviews and hires and all activity for the placement of grads in the allied health care field.
  • Working with a diverse population of student and graduates to give them guidance on interview techniques including the STAR method, workplace expectations and best practices.
  • Career coaching including working on how graduates dress and present themselves. Working on their confidence, perseverance, and filling in the gaps of what is preventing them from getting the opportunity in their career that they desire and requesting resources to help with their success.
  • Chosen to be the subject matter expert for shadowing, training and coaching new hire groups.

Career Associate

Ultimate Medical Academy
06.2021 - 11.2022
  • Calling existing students to match them with job partners.

Alumni Business Development Representative

Ultimate Medical Academy
06.2020 - 06.2021
  • Cold call doctors, clinics and hospitals to create interviews, hires, and ultimately placements.
  • Worked to develop partnerships within healthcare and recruitment agencies to proactively discover future job opportunities for the graduates, creating a long-term partnership with a NY billing company that led to many successful placements.
  • Sourced employment opportunities through job boards, social media, and lead tool management software.

Alumni Career Specialist Team Lead

Ultimate Medical Academy
03.2020 - 06.2020
  • Provided customer service for the alumni students by updating resumes, interview prepping and follow up coaching after interviews.
  • Became a team lead and oversaw a team of 5 new hires in a pod.

Career Service Associate

Ultimate Medical Academy
02.2020 - 03.2020
  • Called a population of over 1000 Alumni graduates and provided them customer service while assisting them in their career growth and development.

Admissions Officer

Florida Career College
01.2013 - 12.2013
  • Called a high volume of potential students to recruit new students for admissions by setting appointments and giving tours of the school and programs and then signing.
  • Used active listening skills and documented all call info in CMR software system.
  • Handled all paperwork with attention to detail on admission applications and getting the financial aid forms in hand from the potential candidate.

Retail Account Manager

T-Mobile
01.2000 - 12.2003
  • Trained Sam’s club, Staples, Best Buy, Circuit City and Comp USA sales associates in the Northeast region how to sell and upsell T-Mobile wireless packages, options and messaging add ons.
  • Organized & delivered all marketing material in each of my assigned 50 stores.
  • Reported sales results daily from each associate while I was present including how many add on packages and texting packages were sold. Handled all customer returns and grievances at each location.
  • Weekly prioritized what stores to visit and when based on current sales trends and staff present.
  • Worked with district managers to create tent events to market T-Mobile sales during new store openings, weekend busy times and holiday rushes. Worked alongside sales associates helping them to sell our products. Delivered and set up all marketing materials and promotional giveaways at each event.

National Sales Account Executive

T-Mobile
01.2000 - 12.2000
  • Cold called corporations and set up vendor days at large corporate events to promote T-Mobile.
  • Promoted to be a part of the managing team for the exclusive larger corporate accounts such as Coca Cola.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design

Rhode Island College
Providence, RI
01.1991

Associate of Arts - Dance

Dean College
Franklin, MA
01.1988

Skills

  • Zoho CRM
  • Salesforce CRM
  • Microsoft Suite
  • Career engagement and advising
  • Career development and counseling
  • Goal setting guidance for students and alumni
  • Team leadership
  • Sales presentations
  • Public speaking
  • Job sourcing techniques mastery
  • Data analysis
  • Mock interviews coaching proficiency
  • Multicultural competence
  • Resume updates and development
  • Collaboration
  • Relationship building
  • Customer service
  • Strong communication skills
  • Event management

Awards

  • Culture of Accountability Award, Voted by 2 team members from the business development team.
  • Triathlon Award, First and second quarter of 2024 for highest number of placements.
  • Top Career Member Awards, 5 Awards for high production hitting 30 placements in a quarter.
  • Direct Club Award, 5-time trophy winner for highest number of placements.

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancement

Timeline

Senior Career Advisor

Ultimate Medical Academy
11.2022 - Current

Career Associate

Ultimate Medical Academy
06.2021 - 11.2022

Alumni Business Development Representative

Ultimate Medical Academy
06.2020 - 06.2021

Alumni Career Specialist Team Lead

Ultimate Medical Academy
03.2020 - 06.2020

Career Service Associate

Ultimate Medical Academy
02.2020 - 03.2020

Admissions Officer

Florida Career College
01.2013 - 12.2013

Retail Account Manager

T-Mobile
01.2000 - 12.2003

National Sales Account Executive

T-Mobile
01.2000 - 12.2000

Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design

Rhode Island College

Associate of Arts - Dance

Dean College

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