Dirk Welch

Director of Career Management Center and Testing Services @Midwestern State University

Provide strategic and innovative direction for a progressive and comprehensive career and testing services program; Develop and oversee annual operating budget; Supervise 5 professional staff, 2 administrative support staff, 3 graduate assistants, and 1 student staff; Conduct presentations and work individually with students and alumni providing resume, letter writing, interviewing, job search, and graduate school preparation assistance; Proctor licensure, credentialing, and college/university entrance exams; Design and maintain office web site; Create handouts and marketing materials; Initiate, develop, and coordinate new services centered around professional etiquette, graduate and professional school preparation, student employment, and testing services; Promote an environment of collaborative and cooperative involvement within the division and across the MSU community; Compile statistical information utilized in annual reporting, strategic planning, and various accreditation efforts; Cultivate and enhance partnerships with administrators, staff, faculty, employers, and graduate/professional school programs; Leadership has led to 85% increase in employers recruiting on-campus, 375% increase in career services presentations to the campus community, 415% increase in total career service student and alumni contacts, 15% increase in testing services revenue generation, 23% reduction in testing services operational expenses and 42.5% reduction in career services operational expenses• Serve as an annual reporting and assessment specialist for the various programs in student affairso Train and advise division personnel; Creation and implementation of an annual reporting/assessment template that was later adopted university wide