Robert Pearl Starks

Location: phoenix, arizona

About me

Robert Starks Jr. is a Performance Consultant for MaxKnowledge, Inc. Robert has 10 years of experience in higher education and has led teams responsible for career services and alumni relations programming, as well as community outreach and public relations initiatives. Robert was recognized for his leadership and exceptional results by Career Education Corporation (CEC) with the "Above and Beyond" award for developing his institution's first alumni relations program in its 32 year history. Under Robert's leadership, his former career services team was recognized with four consecutive Best Placement Practice Awards from the Arizona Private School Association (APSA) among its 56+ member schools in the state which contributed to his institution also being recognized as School of the Year by APSA in 2008 and 2012. Additionally, the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges (FAPSC) recognized Robert in 2013 with the Associate Member of the Year award.

Robert holds a Master of Science in Management, a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, and a minor in Sociology. Robert currently serves on the board for the Arizona Private School Association. Robert is the former Director of Media & Technology and former Membership Chair for the Arizona Career Development Association (ACDA). Additionally, Robert is the founder and publisher of Careertipster.com and serves on the Arizona Program Committee of the national non-profit, Boys Hope Girls Hope.

Interests

social media, career development, training, higher education, web 2.0/3.0, career services, leadership, marketing

Skills

social media, marketing, training, consulting, management, strategic planning

Website

http://www.careertipster.com

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Brent, That is one excellent way to use social media Brent but that still puts much of the responsibility on you so let me provide some other ideas to help students help themselves. Consider also how you might teach students to use these tools as well and how you might use social media for this. For instance, you could use Youtube to publish and distribute educational information to your students or a blog to write educational articles focused on job search skills which you could distribute via social media channels and email distribution lists. You could create a Facebook "Job… >>>

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Brent, Congratulations on taking on the Director role. You're in a unique position in that you are wearing so many hats while also responsible for Career Services programming to help transitions students to the workforce. Social Media provides a means to enhance current marketing efforts to increase participation with the Career Center so it acts as an additional component to overall marketing strategies. Given that you wear many hats and lead a department for a school that is new to the Career Services function, in what ways do you feel you can leverage social media to help you improve efficiency,… >>>

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Great Course

Julie, so glad you enjoyed the course. Being a veteran online instructor, what advice do you have to new online instructors making the transition from the traditional classroom? What are some of the key adjustments you feel are critical for the newbie?

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Promising and Practical Strategies to Increase Postsecondary Success

The Department of Education's repository of submissions from postsecondary institutions across the U.S. about promising and practical strategies, practices, programs, and activities that have improved rates of postsecondary success, transfer, and graduation.

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Education at a Glance, 2012: OECD Research

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released their 2012, Education at a Glance research findings. Packed with excellent information, The 2012 edition of Education at a Glance enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ educational performance.

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Career College Central Article - Doing the Right Thing

Recently, Career College Central published a featured article written by MaxKnowledge CEO, Dr. Amir Moghadam. The article discusses the compliance philosophy of Tim Foster, CEO of three multi-campus institutions: Concorde Career College, Ogle School and YTI Career Institute. In the article, Amir writes about Tim’s compliance philosophy as a simple byproduct of doing the right thing for students and his passion to share this philosophy with his employees and the career college community at large. I’ve posted this article here to create a conversation on this topic. I invite you to share your philosophy with the sector by contributing your… >>>

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A Beginner's Guide to Social Media for the Job Seeker

@Linda - so glad you find it helpful for yourself. If anyone has any questions about social media and/or this particular resource document, please feel free to discuss here. Thanks to all of you for sharing your thoughts. Much appreciated. It has encouraged me to continue creating resources - hmmm, wonder what will be next.....Any Suggestions?

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A Beginner's Guide to Social Media for the Job Seeker

Cristine - you're welcome. Thanks for your comment and I hope you put it to good use.

Take care!

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Kristie Arsland, President & CEO of NASE, Discusses Self-Employment Issues

Kristie Arslan talked about the ways that the National Association for Self-Employed (NASE), a non-profit membership organization, helps the self-employed, and she responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

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Steve Gunderson's Interview on C-SPAN on the Role of For-Profit Colleges

Steven Gunderson talked about the role and definition of for-profit colleges, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He discussed the student demographics, differences between for-profit and state and private institutions, and the impact of telecommunications technology on for-profit schools.

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