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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ML 133

So glad you all learned a lot from ML133 - Goal Setting! Thanks for leaving your comments.

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Time and stress management

Cynthia - so glad to hear about your improvement in health! @Butch - you are so right. I love how you said you need to take care of yourself to be the best "me" for your students - so true!

Health is so important - why then do you think so many forget to take care of themselves and let the stress consume them? Do they lack the coping skills? Do they simply "forget?" What do you think?

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Strategies for Complying with Gainful Employment

Gainful Employment may still be in limbo currently, but it isn't likely to go away. This document is a great resource describing strategies to reduce debt and improve college completion rates.

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ML111

Bruce - so glad you liked the course, ML111 - Leading and Motivating! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and I wish you the best of luck as you begin to implement some of the things you learned.

Take care!

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Measurement

Mary, It's great you'll be getting started. Just remember that you are embarking on a very long-term effort and it can be a while before you see enhanced results so be cautious of "evaluating" effectiveness prematurely. Always remember that while you are initially trying to build audience and engagement, once you have the attention of your targeted audience (employers and alumni), how will you drive the desired actions you want? How will you get employers involved and how will you get alumni involved with your department? How will that involvement align with your stated objective(s)? You will have to design… >>>

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Compliance Performance Group

Hello Nathan,

I encourage you to inform your colleagues about this resource and interact with other career college professionals across the country. We can all learn from eachother. Have you explored any other groups?

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Steve Gunderson's General Session Speech - 2012 APSCU Convention

APSCU CEO Steve Gunderson gives his general session remarks at the APSCU 2012 Convention.

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Social Media Platforms

Mary, In the resources section, you'll find an entire guide on getting started on Facebook that offers very detailed information including how to market your new Facebook page. Can you explain why you have chosen Facebook and LinkedIn? How do these platforms align with your objectives and your audience? What will you use each platform for and how will you differentiate your strategies on these two unique platforms? Please think about these questions - I'd love to hear your thoughts. Robert Starks Jr.

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Social Media Management

Robert, I encourage you to continue your questions, discussions in the Career College Lounge (www.careercollegelounge.com) as this is the place course participants can continue interacting, learning together, and sharing beyond this course. I am in the Career Services Performance Group and post blogs there - I'm also available at all times to answer questions and have this type of great dialogue....so, the learning from one another that can be achieved is completely dependent upon any individual's willingness and/or desire to continue sharing and interacting in this dedicated forum. I look forward to continued interaction and thank you for your contributions… >>>

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Challenges

Robert, I am no longer the Director of Career Services at this particular institution. The long-term strategy is now in others' hands. To answer your question, this particular video didn't have a goal of views, subscribers, etc. - it had the goal of being used to market the event in the future to employers so they could see the event would be worth their time. We decided that Youtube wasn't the best channel to reach our target audience for this event we wanted to make annual so we actually embedded it on the server of a promotional website created solely… >>>

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