1. Chaim Shapiro
254 Oakford Street, West Hempstead, NY 11552 • (516) 242-0639 • chaimshapiro@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/chaimshapiro • https://twitter.com/ChaimShapiro
SUMMARY
• Hands on Career Services professional providing strategic vision and planning, employer
relations, assessment and student counseling
• Markets Career Services office and recruits employer partners through use of strong
communication and problem solving abilities
• Active in professional associations offering transformative leadership, creative suggestions and
close attention to detail
• Social Media pioneer, Career Services LinkedIn leader and founder and co-host of Career
Services Twitter chat #CareerServChat
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Director of Career Services 2007-Present
Touro College, New York, NY
• Encourage students to engage in all aspects of the career development process including career
exploration, skill enhancement, informational interviewing and salary negotiations
• Facilitate student resume and interview skills enhancement via one-on-one sessions, mock
interviews and workshops
• Empower students to fully utilize social media in their job search by providing social media
strategy advice, LinkedIn profile enhancement and networking techniques
• Initiate relationships with other College Career Centers to improve and streamline the services
provided by Touro's Career Services Office
• Engage student leaders to market Career Services Office and ensure student buy-in to Career
Services methodology
• Develop marketing material and recruit employers for Career Fairs and On-Campus Interviews
• Responsible for designing and completing the research and data portions of the Career Services
Office Self-Study for the Middle States Association of Colleges and School
Professional Leadership Activities 2011-Present
• Selected as National Association of College and Employers (NACE)/ Spelman and Johnson
Group "Rising Star" for 2014
• Co-Chair NACE Principles for Professional Practice Committee for 2013-2014
• Presented "Be The Davy Crockett of the LinkedIn Frontier" at the NACE 2014 National
Conference and Expo
• Initiated and co-presented "It's a Small World: Religion @ Work" Workshop at the 2013 NACE
National Conference and Expo
• Chosen for and successfully completed the highly competitive NACE 2012-2013 Leadership
Advancement Program
• Suggested the creation of and moderate NACE LinkedIn Social Media Sub-Group
• Contribute as Guest Blogger to the NACE Blog: http://blog.naceweb.org/
• Participate in HRNY's University Relations Committee facilitating HR & University interaction
Cohort Leader Summers 2006-2009

2. Pace University, New York, NY
·Led class sections and graded assignments for several Pace University online education classes
Executive Director 2006-2007
Priority-1, Cedarhurst, NY
· Authored two successful national parent and teacher training program proposals designed to
assist students "at risk"
· Created new organizational strategic vision by rebranding and revitalizing mission
· Planned and instituted creative programming in cities across the country
Alumni Director
2004-2006
WITS, Milwaukee, WI
· Created the initial structure for an Alumni Organization by reinvorograting alumni involvement
and creating engagement programs
· Published articles in local and national newspapers promoting school's public relations agenda
· Instructed other staff and faculty members in organizational theory to maximize employee
performance
· Provided professional policy advice to the school’s administration in handling media,
government agencies and national educational organizations
Director/Executive Director 1999-2003
Hillel at The University of California, Riverside/ Hillels of the Inland Empire
· Rebranded and reenergized a failing Hillel organization into a thriving institution
· Increased student participation tenfold by creating timely and engaging student programming
· Counseled students about personal and school related issues
· Defused conflicts between the organization and community members in a highly
charged political environment
· Acted as liaison between faculty, staff and alumni to encourage increased university-wide
involvement
· Advocated on behalf of the organization with school and community leaders to promote
organization's programmatic and funding interests
EDUCATION
The University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 2000-2005
· “ABD” Educational Administration
Loyola University-Chicago, Chicago, IL 1998
· Master of Education, College Student Personnel

3. Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
1995
• Bachelor of Arts, History and Philosophy
· Speaker of the Student Senate
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Parent - Child Learning Committee Member 2011-2013
Young Israel of West Hempstead, West Hempstead, NY
• Coordinate communal parent - child study program
• Encourage elementary school aged children to publicly present summaries of their studies