The Office of Career Services provides career advisement and professional development
services to all Queensborough Community College undergraduate students and recent
alumni. Services are
tailored to meet the educational needs of each individual in a supportive and
learning-centered environment utilizing one-to-one, group, and electronic modalities.
Core Activities and Performance
Core Activity
Key PI
Indicators
Assist students with creating a specific career Volume of FOCUS -2 users.
plan.
Yes
Promote student/alumni construction of an
impressive resume.
Volume of approved resumes on College Central Network.
Yes
Promote increased self-knowledge and
insight into career paths and associated
majors
Pre and post career advisement and FOCUS 2 assessment
surveys.
Yes
Promote, advertise and recruit students for
internship opportunities.
Volume of students participating in Internships/Cooperative
Education classes.
Yes
Pursue organizations and secure worthwhile
internships for QCC students.
Volume of companies actively recruiting QCC student interns.
Yes
Promote student satisfaction with services
provided by the Office of Career Services
Student Satisfaction Survey.
Yes
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
5 Classroom Presentations
3/14/2012
125
6 Classroom Presentations
3/1/2011
150
6 Classroom Presentations
3/2/2011
150
4 Classroom Presentations
3/4/2011
100
QCC Job Fair
3/16/2011
375
Focus Lab
3/23/2011
11
Optimal Resume Lab
3/23/2011
10
Focus Lab
4/13/2011
10
Optimal Resume Lab
4/13/2011
10
Etiquette In Action
4/28/2011
60
College Discovery ST100 Presentation
8/17/2011
38
Retail Job Fair
9/21/2011
350
Internship/Cooperative Education Forum
11/15/2011
350
NYNY Presentation to Students
2/8/2012
85
5 Classroom Presentations
3/5/2012
125
5 Classroom Presentations
3/6/2012
125
5 Classroom Presentations
3/7/2012
125
both
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
5 Classroom Presentations
3/8/2012
125
4 Classroom Presentations
3/9/2012
100
6 Classroom Presentations
3/12/2012
150
5 Classroom Presentations
3/13/2012
125
5 Classroom Presentations
3/15/2012
125
5 Classroom Presentations
3/16/2012
125
Job Fair
3/21/2012
400
Big Apple Job Fair
4/27/2012
1000
Nursing Workshop
1/5/2011
25
Nursing Workshop
1/7/2011
25
Nursing Workshop
2/2/2011
25
Nursing Workshop
2/9/2011
25
ST100 Classroom Presentation
2/22/2011
25
Optimal Resume Classroom Presentation
4/18/2011
25
Nursing Workshop
6/9/2011
15
Presented to Freshman Orientation/Welcome
6/20/2011
350
Freshman First Liberal Arts Sciences Academy Welcome - Overview of Career
Services
8/24/2011
250
Presentation to Professor Dubraiv's Class
8/26/2011
25
Nursing Workshop
8/30/2011
15
Club Fair
8/31/2011
300
Nursing Workshop
9/1/2011
15
Focus Presentation
10/3/2011
25
5 Classroom Visits
10/3/2011
125
5 Classroom Visits
10/4/2011
125
Focus Presentation
10/4/2011
25
Focus Presentation
10/12/2011
25
Focus Presentation
10/13/2011
25
6 Classroom Visits
10/24/2011
150
6 Classroom Visits
10/25/2011
150
6 Classroom Visits
10/26/2011
150
6 Classroom Visits
10/27/2011
150
6 Classroom Visits
10/28/2011
150
5 Classroom Visits
10/31/2011
125
5 Classroom Visits
11/1/2011
125
5 Classroom Visits
11/2/2011
125
3 - ST100 Class Presentations
1/6/2012
75
Club Fair
2/1/2012
300
Nursing Workshop
2/1/2012
9
Nursing Workshop
2/2/2012
9
Presentation to Prof. Wieder's Class
3/1/2012
25
ST100 Classroom Presentation
3/29/2012
25
Nursing Workshop
5/30/2012
11
gave presentations
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
Big Apple Job Fair
4/8/2011
organized
1000
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the 2011 Annual National
Summer 2011
Association of Colleges and
Employers Conference . Met with
corporate representatives to garner
new worthwhile internship
opportunities for our students in all
fields of endeavors. Attended several
workshops dealing specifically with
legal issues governing internship
opportunities. Attended other
workshops dealing with issues
directly related to students seeking
and participating in internships, e.g.
helicopter parents. Met with other
Career Services representatives’ not
only from CUNY but other colleges
from across the United States to
discuss best practices in promoting
Career Services.
Susanne
Grossman
Learned to use the content
management system.
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the Spring MNYCCPOA
Summer 2011
Conference at BMCC about creating
and evolving useful assessment tools.
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the Queensborough
Community College CUNY
Department of Business, Business
Advisory Dinner regarding the topic,
"Social Networking and Generation
'Y'."
Susanne
Grossman
Attended a training here on campus Spring 2012
of the Content Management System.
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the MNYCPOA conference Spring 2011
on creating meaningful assessments.
Constance
Peluso
Attended annual NACE Conference
Summer 2011
and met with corporate
representatives as well as
representatives from colleges and
universities across the country who
work in career services to discuss and
explore issues about job trends,
networking opportunities, etc.
Constance
Peluso
Attended CSAC meetings to support
CUNY endeavors in Student Affairs.
Conference, workshop,
training attended
Summer 2011
Spring 2011
Spring 2012
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Constance
Peluso
Met with CUNY officials regarding Poll Fall 2011
Worker initiative, kicked off on
campus and secured student poll
workers.
Constance
Peluso
Attended CSAC meetings to support
CUNY endeavors in Student Affairs.
Fall 2011
Constance
Peluso
Managed the New York Needs You
recruitment from start up to
completion resulting in the highest
number of applicants throughout
CUNY.
Spring 2012
Constance
Peluso
Attended MNYCCPOA meeting with
staff for professional development.
Fall 2011
Constance
Peluso
Attended CSAC meetings to support
CUNY endeavors in Student Affairs.
Spring 2012
Constance
Peluso
Attended MNYCCPOA Conference
Spring 2011
Constance
Peluso
Trained in QCC Records Management Fall 2011
and instituted process for handling
and disposing of student records, etc.
Sandra
Strauss
Certificate of Completion,
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Certification Program
Summer 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Attended QCC Academic Computing
Camtasia workshop.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Delivered interview & cover letter
portion of Nursing Workshop.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Attended MNYCCPOA ( Metropolitan
New York Career College Planning
Officer's Association) Grant Writing
workshop.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Attended CSAC sponsored
Assessment workshop.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Attended QCC College Convocation.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Attended Optimal Resume webinar.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Began CPP Myers-Briggs certification Spring 2011
study.
Sandra
Strauss
Attended MYNYCCPOA (Metropolitan Spring 2011
New York College Career Planning
Officers Association) workshops.
Sandra
Strauss
Attended the WCS (Wildlife
Conservation Society) Seasonal
Recruitment Program.
Spring 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Worked diligently to promote through Fall 2011
various avenues the Internship
Forum: Coordinated all aspects of
the Forum, including but not limited
to student invitations and
advertisements in the student
newspaper, catering, audio-visual
equipment, PowerPoint presentation,
Faculty Cooperative Education
Coordinators participation,
dissemination of information to the
Academies of the companies coming
representing their majors, physical
layout of the Student Union for the
day of the event, written
communications to all of the
participants, students, faculty, and
employers inviting them to attend
and thanking them for coming.
Susanne
Grossman
Presented the one day annual
Fall 2011
Internship Forum: An on-campus
event offering the students and
faculty Cooperative Presented the
annual Internship Forum: An
on-campus event offering the
students and faculty Cooperative
Education Class Coordinators the
opportunity to connect with corporate
and business representatives from
thirty- seven companies, representing
all of our curricula, who were actively
recruiting for interns. Over three
hundred and fifty students attended.
Susanne
Grossman
Developed an in depth
Spring 2011
comprehensive workshop about the
Optimal Resume Software program,
provided by CUNY in order to
facilitate our students ability to
produce outstanding job search
documents. The workshop was
geared to teach the students to
utilize the seven individual platforms
within the program: There are
components to produce and store
multiple resumes, cover letters,
portfolios, assessments, video
resumes, limited access limited
duration professional websites as well
as a separate component to practice
interviewing skills in a computer
interactive fashion.
Sandra
Strauss
Presented Career Labs featuring
Optimal Resume & FOCUS-2 with
Mrs. Susanne Grossman.
Curriculum or laboratory
development, workshop
conducted
Spring 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Sandra
Strauss
Created, prepared content and
presented FOCUS-2 labs for ST-100
classes.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Created, prepared content and
conducted FOCUS-2 & Career
Services Overview for ST-100 FNET
class.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Created, prepared and delivered
Spring 2011
Career Services overview to Health
Related Sciences Academy Freshman
Orientation.
Sandra
Strauss
Developed and presented FOCUS-2 & Spring 2012
Career Services overviews to ST-100
classes.
Sandra
Strauss
Created & presented FOCUS-2 lab to Spring 2012
ST-100 students.
Sandra
Strauss
Created and delivered
theme-oriented Resume Workshops
for Prof. Franca Ferrari's speech
classes.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Created and delivered
theme-oriented Resume Workshops
for Prof. Franca Ferrari's speech
classes.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Prepared for & delivered FOCUS-2 lab Fall 2011
to ST-100 class.
Sandra
Strauss
Created, prepared for and delivered
Overview of Career Services
presentations to ST-100 classes.
Sandra
Strauss
Created, prepared for and conducted Fall 2011
Career Services portion of "How to
Brand Yourself" workshop for CSTEP.
Sandra
Strauss
Prepared and delivered Introduction
to Career Services Workshop for ST100/College Discovery.
Summer 2011
Constance
Peluso
ST100 Presentations regarding
Internship Forum.
Spring 2011
Constance
Peluso
ST100 Presentations regarding
Internship Forum.
Spring 2012
Constance
Peluso
Career development presentation to
all senior nursing students
culminating in the creation of
resumes and cover letters for each
student and fulfillment of Writing
Intensive requirements.
Spring 2012
Constance
Peluso
Career development presentation to
all senior nursing students
culminating in the creation of
resumes and cover letters for each
student and fulfillment of Writing
Intensive requirements.
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Lecture (Invited)
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Constance
Peluso
Career development presentation to
all senior nursing students
culminating in the creation of
resumes and cover letters for each
student and fulfillment of Writing
Intensive requirements.
Summer 2011
Constance
Peluso
Career development presentation to
all senior nursing students
culminating in the creation of
resumes and cover letters for each
student and fulfillment of Writing
Intensive requirements.
Spring 2011
Constance
Peluso
ST100 Presentations regarding
Internship Forum.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Began to work on the production of
the various materials necessary to
present at the fall 2012
Internship/Cooperative Education
Forum.
Summer 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Developed all correspondences
Spring 2011
relevant to the Annual Internship
Forum presented here on campus.
Correspondences to Faculty
Cooperative Education Coordinators,
employers, students, faculty,
Freshman Academy faculty, and
Student Coordinators were developed
to announce and invite the specific
contingent of individuals to various
portions of the event.
Susanne
Grossman
Developed all correspondences
Summer 2011
relevant to the Annual Internship
Forum presented here on campus.
Correspondences to Faculty
Cooperative Education Coordinators,
employers, students, faculty,
Freshman Academy faculty, and
Student Coordinators were developed
to announce and invite the specific
contingent of individuals to various
portions of the event.
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to work on various aspects Fall 2011
of the upcoming Fall
Internship/Cooperative Education
Forum: Newspaper Ad, student,
employer and faculty handouts,
poster, PowerPoint, etc.
Susanne
Grossman
Developed new correspondences for
the start of the semester to the
students in an effort to effectively
reach them about upcoming
internship opportunities and
deadlines.
Materials Development
Fall 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Wrote two articles for the online
Spring 2012
Internship Manual. Continued to
develop various components to
create a useful easily accessible
resource for students, employers and
Cooperative Education Coordinators.
Susanne
Grossman
Produced a comprehensive online
Internship Manual for students,
employers, and Cooperative
Education Coordinators, including
wrote two articles for it. It can be
found by linking from various places
on the Career Services website.
Constance
Peluso
Created video used to market to and Spring 2012
instruct students about Optimal
Resume in the P-Net courses.
Constance
Peluso
Created and analyzed Interview
Questions for campus faculty and
staff regarding student technology
resources.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Designed FOCUS-2 information card
Summer 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Continued collaboration with
Counseling to produce FOCUS-2
Career Services presentation.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Continued production of FOCUS-2
Camtasia presentation.
Spring 2012
Constance
Peluso
Sole writer of report generated by
the Technology Task Force.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Trained the Career Services Adjunct Spring 2011
and College Assistant to manage and
update the Internship/Cooperative
Education Forum contact list.
Susanne
Grossman
Trained the Career Services College
Assistant to manage and update the
paperless Internships by majors
folders.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Mentored and trained adjunct in the
procedures and process of finding
internships; issues to be addressed
with employers; placing student
interns and earning credits for doing
an internship.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Mentored and trained adjunct in the
procedures and process of finding
internships; issues to be addressed
with employers; placing student
interns and earning credits for doing
an internship.
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Other (scholarly or
creative achievements
comparable to previous
categories)
Other please describe
below
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Advised and guided the new Math
Spring 2012
and Computer Science Cooperative
Education Coordinator in the policies,
procedures and laws governing
Internships/Cooperative Education
opportunities for our students
majoring in Math and Computer
Science. Gave her the contacts for a
number of companies to reach out
and harvest the internship
opportunities, including some paid
ones, necessary to make the program
a success. We will continue to work
together to make it succeed. I also
informed her of the
Internship/Cooperative Education
Forum as an opportunity for her to
get face-to-face time with the
employers. Recommended that she
speak with the Co-op coordinators in
the Social Science and Business
Departments to get guidance about
content and monitoring hours of
student participants earning credits.
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted in the creation of a
promotional plan for the Career
Services Etiquette event.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Completed classroom visits to
promote QCC Job Fair.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Promoted Office of Career Services'
spring events & services to students
at the Student Activity Club Fair.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Promoted FOCUS-2 program via
Tigermail to QCC students.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Prepared Career Services Adjunct to
conduct one-to-one FOCUS-2 career
advisement appointments.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Promoted FOCUS-2 program to
student and other campus
constitients
Summer 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Promoted Office of Career Services'
fall events & services to students at
Student Activity Club Fair.
Summer 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Trained Counseling Intern in the use Fall 2011
of FOCUS-2.
Sandra
Strauss
Introduced FOCUS-2 to new
International Student Advisor.
Summer 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Completed classroom visits to
promote the Internship &
Cooperative Education Forum.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Began research and writing of
potential Career Services Blog.
Fall 2011
Review/Commentary
(including Blogging)
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Sandra
Strauss
Continued researching social media in Spring 2012
preparation for future Career Services
Blog.
Sandra
Strauss
Participated in FOCUS-2 new product Fall 2011
development survey with Director of
Career Services.
Susanne
Grossman
Processed students and assisted
them with various application
processes for fall 2012 semester
internships.
Summer 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to recruit
companies/employers for new
internship opportunities for our
students to meet the goal of 5%
increase for the year.
Summer 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Offered a beginning of the year
Summer 2011
presentation to the MALES program
members informing them about
internship opportunities, the FOCUS 2
program, Optimal Resume as well as
the other services provided by the
Office of Career Services.
Susanne
Grossman
Communicated with the Student
Summer 2011
Coordinators of the Academies to
inform them of how students receive
information about internships.
Susanne
Grossman
Sent Student Coordinators and
Faculty Coordinators of the
Academies correspondences and
notices of internship opportuniites
and internship fairs relevant to their
areas of interest.
Susanne
Grossman
Assigned by Vice President Hartigan Summer 2011
to be a member of an on campus
Technology Task Force charged with
developing a comprehensive report
about the state of on campus
technology available to all students
and making suggestions for areas of
future growth and development.
Service as a
reviewer/editor/
consultant
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Summer 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the 2011 Annual National
Summer 2011
Association of Colleges and
Employers Conference . Met with
corporate representatives to garner
new worthwhile internship
opportunities for our students in all
fields of endeavors. Attended several
workshops dealing specifically with
legal issues governing student
participation in internship
opportunities. Attended other
workshops dealing with issues
directly related to students seeking
and participating in internships, e.g.
helicopter parents. Met with other
Career Services representatives’ not
only from CUNY but other colleges
from across the United States to
discuss best practices in promoting
Career Services.
Susanne
Grossman
Attended weekly meetings of the
Technology Task Force committee.
Summer 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Began to work on the fall 2012
Internship/Cooperative Education
Forum.
Summer 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Utilizing the content management
Fall 2011
system continued the development of
an online Internship Manual aimed at
providing useful and relevant
information for students, employers
and Cooperative Education
Coordinators. The in depth manual
will be linked to various places on the
Career Services website where
cursory information is already posted.
Susanne
Grossman
Began work on the fall 2011
Summer 2011
Internship/Cooperative Education
Forum. Will bring together company
recruiters seeking interns,
Cooperative Education Coordinators,
and students seeking internships.
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted the Director of Career
Summer 2011
Services, head of the Technology
Task Force, with the development of
a single set of questions to be asked
of all of the interviewees. This
facilitated with the correlation of all
of the answers by the various
interviewees in their respective areas
of expertise.
Susanne
Grossman
Commenced working with the
Summer 2011
Camtasia software to produce a brief
video about internships. Worked on
learning to utilize the software and all
of its utilities.
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Gave rise to the opportunity for
Fall 2011
Professors Svoronos and Gadura to
speak with representatives from Alley
Pond Environmental Center and Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratories to create
internship opportunities for our
students. Alley Pond Environmental
Center would also benefit from the
college level work and research that
our students could perform for them.
Susanne
Grossman
Investigated alternative technology
Spring 2012
options for the difficult to use
Shareware software. Elected to have
a parallel drive installed on each
computer in the office. The entire
office could then use the parallel
drive to organize in-common office
work. The drive enables everyone to
easily access any file or document,
instead of the cumbersome and often
impossible to utilize Shareware
Software.
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to perform interviews of
specific individuals for the
Technology Task Force.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to collate answers to the
surveys for the Technology Task
Force final report.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Visited the sites and met with
Spring 2011
representatives of new and various
companies offering internships to our
students.
Susanne
Grossman
Visited the sites and met with
Summer 2011
representatives of new and various
companies offering internships to our
students.
Susanne
Grossman
Visited the sites and met with
Fall 2011
representatives of new and various
companies offering internships to our
students.
Susanne
Grossman
Visited the sites and met with
Spring 2012
representatives of new and various
companies offering internships to our
students.
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to process students to
earn credits for internships.
Susanne
Grossman
Worked with Student Coordinators of Fall 2011
the Academies to promote internship
opportunities and the
Internship/Cooperative Education
Forum.
Fall 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Worked with various Freshman
Academy student coordinators to
announce internship events around
the city relevant to their student's
fields of major.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Worked with various Freshman
Academy student coordinators to
announce internship events around
the city relevant to their student's
fields of major.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to work on the paperless
system of correlating all of the
internships by major fields of study.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to work on the paperless
system of correlating all of the
internships by major fields of study.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Made classroom visits to promote
various services provided by the
Office of Career Services and the
Internship/Cooperative Education
Forum.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Made classroom visits to promote
Spring 2011
various services provided by the
Office of Career Services and the Job
Fair.
Susanne
Grossman
Worked on compiling information for Summer 2011
the Technology Task Force.
Susanne
Grossman
Worked on compiling information for Fall 2011
the Technology Task Force.
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to recruit and process
Fall 2011
prospective internship candidates for
the fall semester.
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to work on yearlong
Fall 2011
annual goal of producing an on-line
Internship Manual with information
for students, employers and faculty
members about internships. Worked
on coordinating the electronic links to
various portions of the QCC catalog
to enable students to obtain relevant
information. Worked with Dave
Moretti on the electronic component
of posting the manual in order to
enable the users to navigate through
the manual in a useful and
meaningful way.
Susanne
Grossman
Attended scheduled meetings of the
Technology Task Force Committee.
Fall 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Susanne
Grossman
Achievement
Semester
Fall 2011
Attended and helped conduct
interviews of candidates in various
departments to get information about
the technology needs in their
respective areas of concern for the
Technology Task Force.
Susanne
Grossman
In preparation of the writing of the
final report for the Technology Task
Force, began the compilation of the
results from the interviews already
conducted.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted in various aspects with the Summer 2011
implementation of the new Retail Job
Fair for the fall semester.
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted in various aspects with the Fall 2011
implementation of the new Retail Job
Fair for the fall semester.
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the Freshman orientation to Fall 2011
assist with handing out new ID cards.
Susanne
Grossman
Prepared to send out the hold the
Summer 2011
date electronic reminders, and
invitations as well as coordinate the
activities up to the time of the event.
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to communicate with new Summer 2011
and past employers to line up
internships for students who want to
participate in an internship
experience for the fall 2011
semester.
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to communicate with new Fall 2011
and past employers to line up
internships for students who want to
participate in an internship
experience for the fall 2011
semester.
Susanne
Grossman
Worked with IT to glean reliable
Summer 2011
statistics relevant to the 2010-2011
semesters of students who
participated in Cooperative Education
classes. Used the statistics to meet
the 2% increase called for in the
strategic plan.
Susanne
Grossman
Worked with IT to glean reliable
Fall 2011
statistics relevant to the 2010-2011
semesters of students who
participated in Cooperative Education
classes. Used the statistics to meet
the 2% increase called for in the
strategic plan.
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to post internship notices
to students and Cooperative
Education Coordinators to announce
and advertise opportunities.
Spring 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to post internship notices
to students and Cooperative
Education Coordinators to announce
and advertise opportunities.
Summer 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to post internship notices
to students and Cooperative
Education Coordinators to announce
and advertise opportunities.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Continued to post internship notices
to students and Cooperative
Education Coordinators to announce
and advertise opportunities.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Conducted more interviews of
Fall 2011
on-campus personnel relevant to the
concerns of the Technology Task
Force.
Susanne
Grossman
Compiled results from interviews
relevant to the Technology Task
Force concerns.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students at walk-ins and by
appointment with the application
process to compete in and obtain a
Fellowship in the prestigious New
york Needs You program.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Continuted the communication
process with new corporate
representatives to either begin or
continue internship opportunites.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students during
appointments and walk-ins with
resumes, cover letters, job search
strategies and the 3-1-1 application
process.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Created poster published in the
Spring 2011
Communique newspaper and posted
on campus to promote the QCC
Spring Etiquette Event.
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students with understanding Spring 2011
the process of obtaining credits for
their internship and placements in
internships.
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted with the physical set-up of
the Job Fair.
Susanne
Grossman
Finalized details related to staging
Spring 2011
the spring Job Fair: Helped create
the Job Fair booklet with all of the
employers attending, their
descriptions, contact information and
what they were recruiting for.
Susanne
Grossman
Finalized details related to the Job
Fair: Clarified details regarding
catering of the Job Fair luncheon.
Picked up corsages, ordered the
water and delivered to the caterer.
Spring 2011
Spring 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Developed new internship
Spring 2011
opportunities with the New York
College of Podiatric Medicine in areas
related to Biology, Chemistry, Medical
Billing, Medical Assistants, Computer
Information Technology and Health
Sciences.
Susanne
Grossman
Developed new internship
opportunities with Rubies Costume
Company for students studying Art,
Design, Photography, Digital Art &
Design.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students during
appointments and walk-ins with
professional documents; resume,
cover letter and job searches.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Communicate with the Cooperative
Education Coordinators on a regular
basis.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Communicate with the Cooperative
Education Coordinators on a regular
basis.
Summer 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Communicate with the Cooperative
Education Coordinators on a regular
basis.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Communicate with the Cooperative
Education Coordinators on a regular
basis.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Present a comprehensive talk about Spring 2012
internships, Focus-2, and other
services the Office of Career Services
provides to ST-100 classes.
Susanne
Grossman
Invited at the beginning of the
semester by Professor H. Dubrow
and Professor Rose-Marie Aikas to
speak with their classes about
internships and Cooperative
Education classes.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Invited at the beginning of the
semester by Professor H. Dubrow
and Professor Rose-Marie Aikas to
speak with their classes about
internships and Cooperative
Education classes.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Attended a Director's meeting in lieu
of the Director.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Attended an Emergency Director's
meeting in lieu of the Director.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted with the production of a
comprehensive list of employers
attending the spring Job Fair
organized by the majors they would
be interested in recruiting from.
Spring 2012
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted with the production of a
comprehensive list of employers
attending the spring Job Fair
organized by the majors they would
be interested in recruiting from.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Attended and assisted with all
aspects of presenting the Spring Job
Fair.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Attended and assisted with all
aspects of presenting the Spring Job
Fair.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Present a comprehensive talk about Fall 2011
internships, Focus-2, and other
services the Office of Career Services
provides to ST-100 classes.
Susanne
Grossman
Present a comprehensive talk about Spring 2011
internships, Focus-2, and other
services the Office of Career Services
provides to ST-100 classes.
Susanne
Grossman
Communicated on a fairly regular
basis with representatives from
Optimal Resume to customize and
maximize the effectiveness and
student use of Optimal Resume.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Communicated on a fairly regular
basis with representatives from
Optimal Resume to customize and
maximize the effectiveness and
student use of Optimal Resume.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted the Director of Career
Spring 2011
Services with the New York Needs
You Fellowship initiative. Recruited
and prepared as many students as
we could to apply for the prestigious
opportunity.
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted the Director of Career
Spring 2012
Services with the New York Needs
You Fellowship initiative. Recruited
and prepared as many students as
we could to apply for the prestigious
opportunity.
Susanne
Grossman
Correlated statistical data of the
participation of students in
internships, both in and outside of
Cooperative Education Classes, to
keep on target for the goal of
increasing the number of students
participating in internships.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the Club Day Fair, to
represent the Office of Career
Services.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the Club Day Fair, to
represent the Office of Career
Services.
Fall 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the Club Day Fair, to
represent the Office of Career
Services.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Organized the internship
opportunities into a more effective
and comprehensive system. The
students will be able to see the
internships organized according to
their major at the beginning of each
semester. The system will be
implemented for the start of Fall
2012.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the Spring 2012 CUNY Big
Apple Job Fair and assisted as an
Employer Liaison.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Spring 2011
Communicate on a weekly basis with
the student body at large through a
departmental TigerMail newsletter:
Notify students every Monday
morning about new internship
opportunities, how to apply and
impending deadlines for applying for
the internships.
Susanne
Grossman
Summer 2011
Communicate on a weekly basis with
the student body at large through a
departmental TigerMail newsletter:
Notify students every Monday
morning about new internship
opportunities, how to apply and
impending deadlines for applying for
the internships.
Susanne
Grossman
Fall 2011
Communicate on a weekly basis with
the student body at large through a
departmental TigerMail newsletter:
Notify students every Monday
morning about new internship
opportunities, how to apply and
impending deadlines for applying for
the internships.
Susanne
Grossman
Spring 2012
Communicate on a weekly basis with
the student body at large through a
departmental TigerMail newsletter:
Notify students every Monday
morning about new internship
opportunities, how to apply and
impending deadlines for applying for
the internships.
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Worked on producing a Camtasia
video about Internships and earning
credit for doing them.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Finished creating a Camtasia video
about Internships and earning credit
for doing them.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted visually impaired student to
find credit bearing internship
opoportunity.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted visually impaired student to
find credit bearing internship
opportunity.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Met and exceeded the annual goal of Spring 2012
increasing the number of Internship
contacts.
Susanne
Grossman
Met and exceeded the annual goal of Spring 2012
increasing the number of students
participating in internships.
Susanne
Grossman
Completed the annual goal of
producing an online Internship
Manual.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted in the regular operations of
the office: Reviewed students
resumes, cover letters, job search
documents and interview skills.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted in the regular operations of
the office: Reviewed students
resumes, cover letters, job search
documents and interview skills.
Summer 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted in the regular operations of
the office: Reviewed students
resumes, cover letters, job search
documents and interview skills.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted in the regular operations of
the office: Reviewed students
resumes, cover letters, job search
documents and interview skills.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Met with employers at the CUNY Big
Apple Job Fair to recruit internship
opportuniities for QCC students.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Met with employers at the CUNY Big
Apple Job Fair to recruit internship
opportuniities for QCC students.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students with finding
employment opportunities.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students with finding
employment opportunities.
Summer 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students with finding
employment opportunities.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students with finding
employment opportunities.
Spring 2012
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Susanne
Grossman
Utilizing the Content Management
System, check and make changes to
make sure that the information
provided to students on the Career
Services website about internships
and Cooperative Education
Coordinators in the various
departments is correct and the most
up to date available.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Utilizing the Content Management
Spring 2012
System, check to make sure that the
information provided to students on
the Career Services website about
internships and Cooperative
Education Coordinators in the various
departments is correct and the most
up to date available.
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the start of the year
convocation.
Fall 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the start of the semester
convocation.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students with registration in Spring 2011
a computer lab during the
implementation of the CUNY First
system.
Susanne
Grossman
Assisted students at the Bursar's and Spring 2011
Registrar's offices during the start of
the CUNY First program
implementation.
Susanne
Grossman
Attended a meeting with Vice
President Hartigan about the 2012
commencement exercises at QCC to
find out what my assignment was
make sure the proceedings went
smoothly.
Susanne
Grossman
Attended the 2012 graduation to help Spring 2012
the procedures run smoothly and
efficiently: Gave students their
graduation cards, checked to see that
there were no stray graduates in the
rooms and bathrooms, and then
assisted the Golden Jubilee graduates
to meet up with the end of the line of
graduates so the Jubilee’s could
march through the faculty gauntlet
and into the graduation area.
Constance
Peluso
Served as Chairperson on the Task
Force on QCC Student Campus
Technology Resources.
Constance
Peluso
Organized and presented a Retail Job Fall 2011
Fair to coincide with employer
recruitment needs prior to the holiday
season, benefitting QCC students and
recent alumni.
Spring 2012
Fall 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Constance
Peluso
Attended Business Employer Advisory Spring 2011
Board dinner/meeting and
participated in focus groups.
Constance
Peluso
Attended Business Employer Advisory Spring 2012
Board dinner/meeting and
participated in focus groups.
Constance
Peluso
Served on Commencement
Committee and worked at
graduation.
Constance
Peluso
Managed staff and worked in every
Spring 2011
activity undertaken by the Office of
Career Services for all day-to-day and
special operations. Worked with all
stakeholders including students,
faculty and staff, CUNY officials and
employers to bring optimal services
to QCC students and recent alumni.
Constance
Peluso
Managed staff and worked in every
Summer 2011
activity undertaken by the Office of
Career Services for all day-to-day and
special operations. Worked with all
stakeholders including students,
faculty and staff, CUNY officials and
employers to bring optimal services
to QCC students and recent alumni.
Constance
Peluso
Managed staff and worked in every
Fall 2011
activity undertaken by the Office of
Career Services for all day-to-day and
special operations. Worked with all
stakeholders including students,
faculty and staff, CUNY officials and
employers to bring optimal services
to QCC students and recent alumni.
Constance
Peluso
Managed staff and worked in every
Spring 2012
activity undertaken by the Office of
Career Services for all day-to-day and
special operations. Worked with all
stakeholders including students,
faculty and staff, CUNY officials and
employers to bring optimal services
to QCC students and recent alumni.
Constance
Peluso
Chaired the Employer Committee of
the Big Apple Job Fair.
Spring 2012
Constance
Peluso
Chaired the Employer Committee of
the Big Apple Job Fair.
Spring 2011
Constance
Peluso
Managed the entire 2011 QCC Spring Spring 2011
Job Fair recruiting over 50 companies
through one-to-one contact with
employers, marketing to students
through more than 60 classroom
visits. Secured the support of faculty
and staff across the College.
Spring 2012
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Constance
Peluso
Managed the entire 2011 QCC Spring Spring 2012
Job Fair recruiting over 50 companies
through one-to-one contact with
employers, marketing to students
through more than 60 classroom
visits. Secured the support of faculty
and staff across the College.
Constance
Peluso
Managed the New York Needs You
recruitment from start up to
completion resulting in the highest
number of applicants throughout
CUNY.
Constance
Peluso
Presented at Freshman Welcome
Spring 2011
(and similar events) regarding
services provided by Career Services.
Constance
Peluso
Presented at Freshman Welcome
Summer 2011
(and similar events) regarding
services provided by Career Services.
Constance
Peluso
Presented at Freshman Welcome
Fall 2011
(and similar events) regarding
services provided by Career Services.
Constance
Peluso
Presented at Freshman Welcome
Spring 2012
(and similar events) regarding
services provided by Career Services.
Constance
Peluso
Manned table at Club Day.
Spring 2011
Constance
Peluso
Manned table at Club Day.
Fall 2011
Constance
Peluso
Manned table at Club Day.
Spring 2012
Constance
Peluso
Prepared all students, meeting
individually and processed
applications for the CUNY 311
Project.
Spring 2011
Constance
Peluso
Prepared all students, meeting
individually and processed
applications for the CUNY 311
Project.
Summer 2011
Constance
Peluso
Prepared all students, meeting
individually and processed
applications for the CUNY 311
Project.
Fall 2011
Constance
Peluso
Prepared all students, meeting
individually and processed
applications for the CUNY 311
Project.
Spring 2012
Jane
Rodgers
Received MBTI Certification on
8/10/11.
Summer 2011
Jane
Rodgers
Critiqued student resumes and
provide feedback online through
College Central Network, and in
person during walk-in hours and
scheduled appointments.
Summer 2011
Fall 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Jane
Rodgers
Critiqued student resumes and
provide feedback online through
College Central Network, and in
person during walk-in hours and
scheduled appointments.
Fall 2011
Jane
Rodgers
Educated students about our services Summer 2011
and how to leverage all resources
available to assist them with job
search activities and career
exploration.
Jane
Rodgers
Educated students about our services Fall 2011
and how to leverage all resources
available to assist them with job
search activities and career
exploration.
Jane
Rodgers
Educated students about our services Spring 2012
and how to leverage all resources
available to assist them with job
search activities and career
exploration.
Jane
Rodgers
Critiqued student resumes and
provide feedback online through
College Central Network, and in
person during walk-in hours and
scheduled appointments.
Spring 2012
Jane
Rodgers
Educated students about the CUNY
311 Call Center Representative
position by providing an overview of
the program, position and hiring
process. Provided direction on
completion of paperwork and
assisted with resume.
Fall 2011
Jane
Rodgers
Educated students about the CUNY
311 Call Center Representative
position by providing an overview of
the program, position and hiring
process. Provided direction on
completion of paperwork and
assisted with resume.
Spring 2012
Jane
Rodgers
Supported the Retail Job Fair.
Fall 2011
Jane
Rodgers
Performed class visits to promote
various career services events and
activities.
Fall 2011
Jane
Rodgers
Performed class visits to promote
various career services events and
activities.
Spring 2012
Jane
Rodgers
Supported the execution of the
Internship Forum
Fall 2011
Jane
Rodgers
Conducted one-to-one career
Fall 2011
advisement and coaching discussions
with students utilizing the FOCUS-2
program
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Jane
Rodgers
Conducted one-to-one career
Spring 2012
advisement and coaching discussions
with students utilizing the FOCUS-2
program
Jane
Rodgers
Conducted a FOCUS-2 workshop for
an ST-100 class.
Jane
Rodgers
Assisted students during
Fall 2011
appointments and walk-in hours with
resume and cover letter advice, and
interviewing and job search guidance
and tips.
Jane
Rodgers
Assisted students during
Spring 2012
appointments and walk-in hours with
resume and cover letter advice, and
interviewing and job search guidance
and tips.
Jane
Rodgers
Assisted with the validation of the
Fall 2011
Internship master contact list by
contacting employers to confirm or
establish the appropriate contact
person and to determine the specific
types of intern assignments available.
Jane
Rodgers
Attended Camtasia training.
Jane
Rodgers
Continued ongoing validation of
Spring 2012
Internship master contact list by
continuing to reach out to employers
via email, phone, fax and the
internet. Ongoing effort has resulted
in more accurate and complete
contact information, a deeper
understanding of internship
opportunities available and the
addition of some new internship
assignments.
Jane
Rodgers
Supported the Job Fair by directing
Spring 2012
employers to their designated tables,
assisting students, collecting resumes
and surveys and other assistance as
necessary.
Jane
Rodgers
Supported the Job Fair by directing
Spring 2011
employers to their designated tables,
by providing general assistance to
students and collecting surveys as
participants were leaving the event.
Jane
Rodgers
Educate students about the CUNY
311 Call Center Representative
position by providing an overview of
the program, the position and hiring
process. Provide guidance on proper
completion of required paperwork
and assist with resume preparation.
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Spring 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Jane
Rodgers
Assisted students with the New York Spring 2011
Needs You application process.
Reviewed the program requirements,
the necessary documents and
assisted with resume preparation.
Jane
Rodgers
Assisted with the promotion of the
Business Etiquette event.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Communicated with FOCUS-2
representative to update QCC
FOCUS-2 account.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Reviewed student resumes, cover
letters and assisted with job search,
during office walk-in hours and via
email.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Worked with local employers to
promote and provide job
opportunities for QCC students.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted in the preparation of QCC
students for CUNY 3-1-1 application
process.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted with the preparation for and Fall 2011
attended and worked at the Career
Services Retail Job Fair.
Sandra
Strauss
Conducted FOCUS-2 one-to-one
career advisement appointments.
Summer 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Conducted FOCUS-2 one-to-one
career advisement appointments.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Compiled FOCUS-2 statistics
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
FOCUS-2 online calendar
maintenance.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Researched and prepared report on
New Trends in Nursing & Health
Careers.
Summer 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Set-up new FOCUS-2
Fall 2011
sub-administrator accounts for
Counseling & Freshman Academy for
Health Related Sciences.
Sandra
Strauss
Maintained QCC FOCUS-2
sub-administrator accounts.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Collaborated with Health Related
Sciences Freshman Academy in the
development of FOCUS-2 pilot
advisement program.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Forwarded contact information for
possible internships to Career
Services Internship Coordinator.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Reviewed student resumes, cover
letters and assisted with job search,
during office walk-in hours and via
email.
Summer 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Sandra
Strauss
Prepared and presented Career
Services Overview at Freshman First
Liberal Arts & Sciences Academy
Welcome.
Summer 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Attended and worked at Internship & Fall 2011
Cooperative Education Forum.
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted Director of Career Services
with research about NYNY.
Fall 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Maintained QCC FOCUS-2
sub-administrator accounts.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Set-up new FOCUS-2
sub-administrator accounts for
Counseling Dept. and QCC SMART
program.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Maintained FOCUS-2 online calendar. Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Updated FOCUS-2 statistics.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Conducted FOCUS-2 one-to-one
career advisement appointments.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Continued work on updating FOCUS- Spring 2012
2 majors index list.
Sandra
Strauss
Attended FOCUS-2 webinars about
Spring 2012
new program enhancements and new
product development.
Sandra
Strauss
Communicated with FOCUS-2
Spring 2012
representatives regarding on-going
maintenance of QCC FOCUS-2 majors
index list.
Sandra
Strauss
Reviewed student resumes, cover
letters, and assisted with job search
during walk-in hours and via email.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted in the recruitment of
employers for the Job Fair.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Attended and worked at the QCC Job Spring 2012
Fair.
Sandra
Strauss
Attended and worked at the CUNY
Big Apple Job Fair as a member of
the Employee Liaison Committee.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Met with local, national &
international employers at the CUNY
Big Apple Job Fair to research and
promote employment opportunities
for QCC students.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted with the preparation of QCC Spring 2012
students for CUNY 3-1-1 application
process.
Sandra
Strauss
Worked with local and national
employers to promote job
opportunities for QCC students.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Forwarded contact information to
Internship Coordinator for possible
internship opportunities for QCC
students.
Spring 2012
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted with marketing, recruiting & Spring 2012
preparing students for the NYNY
program.
Sandra
Strauss
Marketed and attended Etiquette
event.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted Mrs. Constance Peluso by
providing research for Technology
Project.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Conducted one-to-one FOCUS-2
career advisement appointments.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted with review of CSAC
strategic plan.
Spring 2012
Sandra
Strauss
Attended and worked at CUNY Big
Apple Job Fair as a member of the
Employeed Liaison Committee.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Reviewed student resumes, cover
Spring 2011
letters and assisted with job search,
during Career Services walk-in hours.
Sandra
Strauss
Compiled FOCUS-2 statistics.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted with the recruitment,
promotion and preparation of QCC
students for the NYNY (New York
Needs You) fellowship program.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Assisted in the preparation of QCC
students for the CUNY 3-1-1
application process.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Communicated with students
regarding specific employment
opportuntities.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Communicated with employers
regarding job opportunities for
students.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Helped create the spring semester
departmental marketing plan to
students.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Attended and worked at the Student Spring 2011
Activity Club Fair to promote Career
Services events & NYNY to students.
Sandra
Strauss
Delivered classroom presentations to Spring 2011
promote the QCC Job Fair & Career
Services events.
Sandra
Strauss
Helped with set-up of and worked at Spring 2011
the QCC Job Fair.
Sandra
Strauss
Prepared written report for Career
Services Staff about the WCS
Seasonal Recruitment process.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
FOCUS-2 online calendar
maintenance.
Spring 2011
Sandra
Strauss
Set-up new FOCUS-2
sub-administrator account for
Counseling Dept.
Spring 2011
Professional Achievements and Activities of Individual Staff
Achievement Type
Other
First Name
Last Name
Achievement
Semester
Sandra
Strauss
Helped Bursar & Registrar during
registration period.
Spring 2011
Susanne
Grossman
Produced a comprehensive online
Internship Manual for students,
employers, and Cooperative
Education Coordinators, including
wrote two articles for it. It can be
found by linking from various places
on the Career Services website.
Spring 2012
Susanne
Grossman
Utilizing the content management
Summer 2011
system began the development of an
online Internship Manual aimed at
providing useful and relevant
information for students, employers
and Cooperative Education
Coordinators. The in depth manual
will be linked to various places on the
Career Services website where
cursory information is already posted.
Web Site Development
Changes in Department within Last Year
Change Type
Change
Reason
Semester
Assessment and Evaluation
KPI
Target Outcome
Increase the volume Increase the usage of
of FOCUS-2 users.
FOCUS-2 by 10%.
Pre and post career
advisement and
FOCUS 2 assessment
surveys.
Actual Outcome
Action Plan
Surpassed this goal.
Continue to market
Completed
FOCUS-2 to QCC
community. Facilitate the
integration of the newly
created video regarding
FOCUS -2 into the P-Net
ST100 sections.
Maintain reported student Surpassed this goal
understanding of how QCC
majors relate to career
pathways upon completion
of FOCUS-2 by 73%. (in
the Strategic Plan)
Continue to administer
pre and post surveys to
all students receiving
career advisement.
Status
Completed
Assessment and Evaluation
KPI
Target Outcome
Actual Outcome
Action Plan
Status
Volume of students
participating in
Cooperative
Education classes
Expand by 2%, student
Surpassed this goal.
participation in Cooperative
Education/Internship
experiences. (in the
Strategic Plan)
Continue to meet with
Completed
Faculty and Student
Coordinators of the
Freshman Academies to
promote internships.
Continue to encourage
and support Faculty
Cooperative Education
Coordinators by
marketing internships to
students and working
closely to create
successful internship
placements for QCC
students. Now that the
Internship Manual has
been placed on the QCC
Career Services website,
work with QCC's
Marketing Office to
ensure it's prominent
placement on the QCC
homepage. Use newly
created Camtasia
Internship video in class
presentations whenever
possible.
Volume of TigerMails
to the students and
notices to the Faculty
Co-op Coordinators
with information
about new internship
opportunities.
The number of Tigermail
Surpassed this goal.
and faculty e-mail posted
organizations offering
internships will increase by
5%.
Implement newly created Completed
system for internship
posting notification via
Tigermail by department.
Assessment Plan
Core Activity
KPI
Target Outcome
Plan
Promote
internship/cooperative
education experiences to
QCC students.
Support and expand student
participation in cooperative
education/internship
experiences.
Support and expand by 5% student
participation in cooperative
education/internship experiences. (in
the Strategic Plan.)
Use newly created
Internship/Cooperative
Education Camtasia video;
Internship and Cooperative
Education Online Manual and
weekly Tigermails sent to
students via Newsletter with
opportunites listed by major
to market both the concept
and actual internships to
students.
Assist students with
creating a specific career
plan.
Volume of FOCUS-2 users.
Maintain the volume of FOCUS-2
users. (in the Strategic Plan)
Utilize the newly created
FOCUS-2 Camtasia video to
facilitate awareness of
FOCUS-2 in all ST100 P-Net
courses.
Assessment Plan
Core Activity
KPI
Target Outcome
Plan
Assist students with
creating resumes ranging
in quality from acceptable
to superior.
Volume of acceptable to
superior resumes
Increase the number of resumes
created using Optimal Resume
formats by 2%.
Require all students to
register on Optimal Resume
prior to being seen by or
working remotely with an
advisor. With rare exception,
require students to use
Optimal Resume for
preparation of all resumes
reviewed by advisors in the
Office of Career Services.
Facilitate integration of
Optimal Resume video into
P-Net ST100 courses.
Provide online resume
advisement to students
and recent alumni.
Volume of online resume
review.
Maintain volume of online resume
review.
Offer all students the option
of working remotely with an
advisor in all marketing
materials and in the
reception area.