To: Jack Baker, Dean of Students Executive Assistant
From: Jaqualyn Johnson, Director, Career Services
Re: Career Services Annual Review for Westside Career Counselor Positions:
Des Moines Career Counselor, 10 month Position moved to 11 mo Position, Angela Engel
Lynnwood Career Counselor, 10 month Position, Merridy Rennick
Date: November 14, 2012
CAREER SERVICES CAREER COUNSELORS, CWU-LYNNWOOD, CWU-DES MOINES
GENERAL INFORMATION : Budget #: 53422100
Career Services Counselor, Merridy Rennick, 509 963 3878, rennickm@cwu.edu
Career Services Counselor, Angela Engel, 509 963 3841, engela@cwu.edu
1. Detailed explanation of how allocated funds were spent.
PAYROLL
Salaries for Westside Counselors:
Benefits:
Student/Temp Peer Advisors:
GOODS AND SERVICES
Professional Development:
Subscriptions/Memberships/References:
Mileage:
Phone:
Online Career Assessments:
$64,839.38
$30,853.54
$ 1,733.78
$ 1,510.00
$ 1,180.69
$ 1,115.47
$ 876.17
$ 799.20
Office Supplies
TOTAL
$ 435.22
$103,505.11
The majority of funding went to salary and benefits for our two career counselors and student employees/peer advisors for the Westside campuses. Ken Webber, Assistant Director for Career
Services, Westside campuses, resigned August 2011. Approximately $6,500 went toward his term and sick leave buy-out.
In May, 2012, Angela Engel was moved to an 11-month career counselor from a 10 month, increasing salary from $38,000 to $41,800.
Mileage expenses were due to counselor commuting from CWU Lynnwood to Des Moines and return fall quarter, as well as the Des Moines counselor traveling to Pierce campus and UW.
Career Assessments included renewal of Typefocus @ $534.60 and Strong Inventory
Assessments @ $799.20 for students taking UNIV 301 Career Management as well as individuals taking the SII for career counseling.
Professional Development costs included Dependable Strengths Certification 5-day trainings for both Westside career counselors @ $750.00 each. Training was held on UW campus.

2. Disclosure of non-S&A funding that supports S&A funded activities, programs, and services.
Career Services relied on our dedicated budget to supplement some funding requests when needed. With the 28% administration fee, our revenue declined considerably last year, to as low as $6000. Two staff, paid from this budget, went on cyclic contracts. Consequently, we could not supplement funding from our dedicated budget.
3. Detailed explanation of student centered programming provided, i.e., type of program, location of program, number of students who directly and indirectly benefited from the program and how they benefitted.
SERVICE DELIVERY
The outcome of a 2011-2012 S & A survey of CWU students determined that students requested funding to Career Services more than any other area to support counseling and related services.
Fall Quarter 2011, Merridy Rennick moved from career counseling at the CWU-Des Moines campus to the CWU-Lynnwood campus Sept. 2011, leaving the Des Moines position vacant. The dedicated professional, Merridy generously agreed to serve students at both campuses during the week. She taught University 301 Career Management to the students at Des Moines fall quarter so that Career Services did not have to cancel the class while transitioning to the
Lynnwood position.
2. CWU- LYNNWOOD SERVICE OFFERINGS
A. Individual Career Counseling: Career Counselor works 4 days/wk on 10-month contract
Contacts: (Average of 107 face-to-face and overall contacts per month.) These #’s represent
30 minutes appointments. Due to misunderstanding how to record data, the career counselor at
CWU-Lynnwood did not record e-mail correspondence and short face -to -face times with students, staff and faculty.
B. Workshops:
1. Rock Salt Ready! Workshops (65 Students; Des Moines and Lynnwood Campuses)
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Provided career skills workshops to prepare students for Rock Salt Recruiting event.
Career skills included preparing a 30-second commercial, how to research companies, and how to effectively network with recruiters.
2. Wildcat Career Workshops
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Educational Placement File Workshops —28
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Boeing- Meet the employer workshop- 40
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Orientation Workshops —300 students attend per year
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Internship Workshop —7 students
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Wildcat Career Network - 7 students
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Job Search Strategies —5 students
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Accounting Preparation —25 students
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Navigating a Career Fair — 4 students
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How to Get a Job on LinkedIn (DE) —20 students
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How to Get Into Graduate School — 36 students
C. Recruiting, Events and Career Fairs
1. Rock Salt Recruiting Event for Accounting Majors (Fall quarter, 125 students)
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Assisted in the coordination of the Accounting Networking Event for CWU
Accounting Students with Seattle-area accounting employers
2. Internship Fair, February, 20122

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Partnered with Edmonds Community College, 43 firms
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Provided funding for employer brunch and lunches
3. Spring Employment Fair, April 2012
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Partnered with Edmonds Community College —record fair attendance with increase in education majors hired
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Attended Career Fair planning meeting. Recruited 7 firms to participate (35 firms total)
4. On campus employer interviews , Accounting, 5 firms (50 students participated)
D. Outreach/Teaching
1. UNIVERSITY 301 — Fall, Winter and Spring quarter, Career Management on Des Moines &
Lynnwood Campuses: 52 students
2. New Student Orientations: Lynnwood, Edmonds Community College, Everett campuses —
300 students. Summer Orientation at Des Moines —25 students
3. Classroom Presentations: New faculty, Lynnwood Leadership Group —4, Accounting
Classes —28, Education classes for Placement File Process—75, English Class—16
WA State Legislative Internship —10, Accounting Internships—28, Job Search for Education
Majors —18
4. Seattle Chamber of Commerce show, (Met with 12 employers)
5. Resume Doctor, every Wednesday (110 students)
E. Supervision
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Hired, trained and supervised one peer mentor per year. Resulting in increased employment and internship listings and outreach. Also, increased # of resume reviews due to Resume Doctor hours.
F. Professional Development
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Attendee, Seattle Chamber of Commerce
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MPACE Member
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Articulating Strengths Together/Dependable Strengths Certified
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Member, Westside Student Services Team
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Member, Rocksalt Planning Committee
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Member, CWU Academic Advising Committee
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Attendee, EdCC Career Action Center
2. CWUDES MOINES SERVICE OFFERINGS , Period of January 2012 – November 2012
Career Counselor works 5 days/wk on an 11- month contract.
A. Individual Career Counseling:
Contacts: (Average of 145 face-to-face student and alumni contacts per month)
(Average overall contacts, including face-to-face, phone, and email with students, alumni, faculty, and community members: 387 per month)
B. Workshops:
Wildcat Wednesday Workshops
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Weekly workshops on career related topics, such as resume writing, interviewing, creating meaningful career experiences, conducting an effective job and internship search, Dressing for Success and Volunteer for Your Career!
Rock Salt Ready! Workshops (65 Students; Des Moines and Lynnwood Campuses)

Provided career skills workshops to prepare students for Rock Salt Recruiting event.
Career skills included preparing a 30-second commercial, how to research companies, and how to effectively network with recruiters.
Supply Chain Management Career Fair Readiness Workshop (45 students)
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Provided career skills workshop to prepare students for Supply Chain Career Fair.
Career skills included preparing a 30-second commercial, how to research companies, how to effectively network, and how to dress for success.
Articulating Strengt hs Together/Dependable Strengths ® Workshops
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Westside Student Leaders Retreat (13 students/3 staff)

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CWU Student Board of Directors (7 students)
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Pierce Campus Student Success (30 students)
C. Recruiting, Events and Career Fairs
1. “Meet the Employer” Events. Visiting Employers:
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The Boeing Company (120 students, various majors)
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Crane Aerospace (20 Electronics Engineering Technology Majors)
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The Washington State Troopers (15 Law and Justice majors)
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The Washington State Legislative Intern Program, Olympia
2. Supply Chain Management Career Fair , November 9, 2012,
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125 Students from Des Moines, Lynnwood, and Ellensburg
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12 employers and 3 professional organizations participated in an on-campus recruiting event for CWU Supply Chain Management and Economics Majors
3. Rock Salt Recruiting Event for Accounting Majors (Fall quarter, 125 students)
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Assisted in the coordination of the Accounting Networking Event for CWU
Accounting Students with Seattle-area accounting employers
4. On-campus Interviews
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Hiring employers hosted on-campus interviews for students.
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SRS Distribution (10 students); Shannon and Associates Accounting (10 students)
5. Fairs
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Spring Career Fair, May 17, 2012
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Health Providers Job Fair, March 2012
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Fall Career Fair, November 7, 2012
Assisted Highline Community College Student Employment with event day activities. Open to all CWU Des Moines Students.
D. Outreach/Teaching
1. Resume Doctor Walk In Clinics (150 students)
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Resume review services for students. Offered every Friday.
2. UNIV 301 —Career Management Course (20 students; Winter 2012)
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Taught 2-credit hour career skills course for CWU Des Moines students.
3.
New Student Orientations for Des Moines, Kent, Lynnwood and Pierce Campuses
 Career Services presentation, “Creating Good Career Experiences at CWU.”
4. Classroom Presentations
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Technical Writing Courses (60 students)
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Law and Justice Courses (60 students)
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Education Placement File creation (75 Education Majors)
Participant, Grad Finale
Judge, SOURCE competition
Event Day Lead, Provost Wildcat Caravan
E. Professional Development
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Member, South King County Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
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Attendee, South King County Chamber Showcase
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Attendee, Seattle Chamber of Commerce Trade Show
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Partnerships, Center of Excellence Global Trade and Supply Chain Management
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Board Member, Des Moines Dollars for Scholars Scholarship Committee
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President-elect, Puget Sound Career Development Association

4. Detailed explanation of any fund transfers from one services and activities fund budget to another.
No transfer of funds