Career development professional with 12+ years of experience providing career advise to college students and recent graduates. Grace has also combined her passion for career counseling with her technical acumen to manage a career library, create and maintain multiple websites, engage clients using social media, and utilize Web 2.0 to bring career development to Gens X and Y.
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Video Tutorials
Passion in Practice - Evidence of Passion in Interview Question Responses
Discussing the evidence of passion in interview question responses.
Using Twitter for Job Search and Networking
Brief video demonstrating how college students and recent grads can utilize Twitter for job search and networking.
Cover Letters for College Students and Recent Grads (Part 1)
Part 1 of a video detailing for college students and recent grads how to create effective cover letters.
Cover Letters for College Students and Recent Grads (Part 2)
Part 2 of a video detailing for college students and recent grads how to create effective cover letters.
Contact Information
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Summary
Media Mentions
Entry Level Careers Examiner Interview
Interview about the challenges that international students face when navigating the U.S. job market. Conducted by Heather Huhman.
@SweetCareers mentioned on Mashable.com
In this David Spinks list of 10 Social Media sites for college students to try, @sweetcareers is mentioned under Twitter
Interviewed by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about social media and job search
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel explores benefits and challenges of using social media for job search, referencing interview with Grace Kutney.
Campus Career Counselor - March 2011
This interview in the Tools & Techniques section discusses the use of screencasting for at-a-distance resume reviews.
Experience
Appleton, WI
Aug 2007 - Present
Career Technology Specialist
- Maintain Career Center's website and helped department transition to Web 2.0
- Oversaw re-design of "Career Center to Go" blog
- Write original blog content; edit articles submitted by student career assistants
- Launched LUCareerCenter on Twitter; tweet regularly with tips, updates and career information
- Record and edit podcast productions, including interviews and audio ads
- Create video tutorials, such as Resume Writing and Application Letter
- Perform voice-overs for video and audio productions
- Provide database technical support
- Offer technical training and assistance to staff and student workers
- Provide career counseling to students and alumni
- Facilitate workshops on a variety of career development topics
WI, United States
Mar 2007 - Present
Career Advisor/Blogger
- Provide career tips and advice through blog articles to help job seekers find meaningful careers
- Create video tutorials and reviews using variety of Web 2.0 tools, such as YouTube, Jing, and ScreenToaster
- Career expert for T.A.P. (Twitter Advice Project) into Careerealism
- Utilize both traditional and electronic tools to provide free resume and cover letter assistance to college students and recent grads
- Recognized as well-trusted, thoughtful, experienced career advisor
WI
Nov 2008 - Present
Website Administrator (independent contractor)
- Re-designed organization website
- Update and maintain website for professional association whose mission is "to share career service resources and ideas which support development of career practitioners and services to students, alumni and employers."
Appleton, WI
Aug 2008 - Present
Website Administrator (independent contractor)
- Maintain events calendar
- Research merchandise; update e-commerce site
Appleton, WI
Jun 2001 - Jul 2007
Career Information Specialist
- Provide career advising to undergraduates.
- Deliver presentations on topics such as job search, resume writing, interviewing, applying to graduate school, and finding an internship
- Actively collaborate with university staff and faculty
- Maintain professional relationships through association involvements at local and national level
- Aassist in training and supervision of student para-professional staff
- Manage career resource library
- Provide technical support to department and division
- Write original content for department blog
- Maintain website and electronic databases
Burnaby, BC, Canada
Sep 2000 - Jun 2001
Career Advisor (Temporary position)
- Developed and facilitated specialized employability skills workshops for university students and alumni
- Provided individual consultations on resume, cover letter, interviewing, and other work search related topics
- Familiarized students, alumni and staff with Self-Help Resource office by providing tours and individual service
- Created and implemented procedures for gathering statistical data on resource usage and job postings
- Assisted students through career decision making, goal setting and action planning
- Marketed SFU Career Services to a student body of approximately 22 000 undergraduates and 2200 graduates
- Established and implemented policies to uphold ethical standards and to achieve departmental goals
- Managed E-mail correspondence with students and alumni
- Provided computer and network support for Career Services
- Trained 8 new staff members
- Attended weekly team meetings
- Presented on three-member panel to address career concerns of Applied Sciences graduate students
- Adopted innovative techniques, such as the use of Task Analysis, for educating students about career development issues
- Wrote and published a twice-weekly career services newsletter for a mailing list of over 1500 readers
- Ensured consistent, professional services were provided during major departmental transition to Campus Worklink
- Provided personal stability and flexibility to ensure comfortable work environment for staff members during significant changes to department
- Maintained professionalism throughout office’s highest volume period
- Recruited and trained new student volunteers
Burnaby, BC, Canada
Jan 2000 - Sep 2000
Employment/Outreach Assistant (maternity leave coverage)
- Established new operating procedures to make it easier for employers to communicate with the department and access information
- Updated resources for Student Career Resource Centre, including books, calendars, magazines and multimedia
- Liaised between employers, students, and the SFU community
- Maintained and troubleshot extensive job-posting database and website
- Encouraged students to recognize and use a process approach to career development
- Educated students about the Career Development Process
- Informed students about, and assisted students with print and multi-media career resources, such as: Career
- Cruising, Career Explorer, DISCOVER, Work Futures, and the National Occupational Classification
- Discussed sources of Labour Market Information with visitors of the Student Resource Centre
- Developed marketing brochures and hand-outs for University-wide distribution
Burnaby, BC, Canada
Sep 1998 - Sep 2000
Career Peer Educator
- Conducted employability skills drop-in sessions on resume and cover letter development, interviewing and networking strategies, Labour Market Information and job search techniques
- Encouraged students to recognize their own expertise in their career development, and to use career resources as tools to increase their expertise
- Provided individual consultations to students and alumni to address the work search process and career development needs
- Remained up to date on Labour Market Information and best practices for career service delivery
- Served as member of Resource Review Committee to review print and promotional materials for the department
Education
New Westminster, BC, Canada
2000 - 2001
Post Graduate Certificate, Career Development Practitioner
- Focused on developing programs and workshop that assist university and college students transition into the workforce
- Researched various sources of Labour Market Information
- Created lesson plans geared at the career development needs of university students
- Facilitated group discussions for 15-25 Career Practitioners
- Researched effective strategies for individual and group employment counselling
- Studied use of assessment tools
- Studied current career counselling theories and application, particularly those of Amundson, Peavy, Super, Perry, and Holland
Burnaby, BC, Canada
1997 - 1999
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, English
- Researched the relationship between education and underemployment among immigrant populations for a course on Multiculturalism in the classroom
- Examined the effect of employment barriers on the mental health of immigration on mental health
Douglas College
1992 - 1996
Associates Degree, Liberal Arts
Interests
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