Now that the dust has partially settled in our new home, I would like to introduce you to our new, matrixed career services organization.
Our new name, Mason Career Services (MCS), reflects our commitment going forward to serving all students currently enrolled in the Mason School of Business – Undergraduates, Full Time, Flex and Executive MBAs, and Master of Accounting. Our focus is on student professional development, employer/alumni relations and superior customer service.
I have spent the past several months re-designing staff job descriptions to better fit this focus. Here are brief profiles of our staff and their areas of primary responsibility:
Mark Case, Director
Sets strategy and direction of MCS; job development/employer relations strategy and implementation; liaison to BBA Business Partners and Accounting Programs boards, Executive Partners, Field Consultancy, and Leadership Advantage; collaborates with MBA Admissions staff on various programs and incoming student issues; represents MCS at offsite Mason events; student career counseling.
Peggy Gesing, Senior Associate Director
Peggy joined our staff last month after serving as Associate Director of Professional Development for the BBA program. She manages the marketing/messaging for MCS in collaboration with our Marketing/Communications colleagues; oversight of MASONlink and related technology;. serves as liaison to the Undergraduate Business Program in collaboration with David Lapinski, Associate Director of the William & Mary Career Center; and works with Mark on job development and employer relations; student career counseling.
Barbara Sadler, Associate Director
Manages MCS operations, including budgeting, logistical support for all programs/events, rankings surveys, on-campus recruiting coordination w/W&M Career Center; implementation of MCS policies; managing the MCS graduate assistants.
To Be Determined, Associate Director
We are currently seeking candidates to fill this position, which develops and implements the majority of MCS programs. Also works with Executive Partners in the coordination of the EP Ambassadors, as well as significant student career counseling.
Carlie Johnston, Administrative Coordinator
First line of communication for inquiries about the MASONlink system. Works with employers and alumni posting jobs/internships; manages the contact databases.
In addition, we are collaborating with the William & Mary Career Center on the design and rollout of several major career-based symposia (e.g., DoG Street to Wall Street and the Personal Branding Symposium) in the coming year.
Our W&M Career Center liaison is Associate Director David Lapinski, who many of you will remember worked closely with our BBA students a few years ago. Going forward, on-campus interviewing will take place at the W&M Career Center in Blow Hall for both BBAs and MBAs beginning this fall.
We’re beginning what I think is an exciting chapter for career services within the Mason School of Business. I encourage you to stop by our offices on the first floor of Miller Hall, directly across from Java City.
Mark
