Sharon Cologero has over 11 years of experience in healthcare education. As Director of Career Services at Lincoln Technical Institute, she increased placement rates from 67% in 2009 to 84% in 2014, earning her team the #1 spot in healthcare placements that year. Prior to that, she held roles such as Medical Assisting Instructor, Director of Student Services, and Office Manager for an OBGYN practice. She is seeking a new opportunity to utilize her leadership, communication, and healthcare industry knowledge.

1. Sharon G. Cologero
Kissimmee FL 34744
Sharong.cologero@gmail.com
407-346-8257
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
For the past 11 years I have been employed in healthcare education. Starting out as an Instructor in the medical assisting program
for Americare School of Nursing, where I was able to get the medical assisting pass rate for their certification test from 33% pass
rate to 70% pass rate, which is the national average for that exam. As one of the 5 directors of Lincoln Technical Institute (bought
us out in 2009) on the Fern Park, Florida Campus, being the Director of Career Services, my objective has been to increase retention
and placement on our campus. My team (3) and I went from 67% placement in 2009 to 84% placement in 2014. I was honored to
say that our career services team became #1 in the company for healthcare placement that year. Since then as Director of
Placement, I have been able to maintain an excellent placement % for all of our programs, ending 2016 with an across the board
placement of 83 %. While increasing our placement and graduation rates we continued to focus and maintain all credentialing
requirement for AHES and CIE. Prior to healthcare education, I was privileged to be the office manager for Atlantic Women’s
Medical Group, Long Branch NJ.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
July 09-Present Lincoln Technical Institute Fern Park, Florida
Director of Career Service
• Main Objective: Job Placement for Graduate Students in the Medical Field
• Responsible for a team of three career services advisors who reported directly to me
• 2014 # 1 in Job Placement for healthcare related placements coming in at 84%
• 2016 Job placement is 83% across the board, medical assisting with x-ray being placed at 100%
• Responsible for department budget, worked with the Business office to create a working budget
• Daily meetings with team to see where we were in terms of placement for each program
• Conducted weekly training sessions with the advisors
• Assigned each advisor a program to work with
• As a team we assisted 100 % of Students with resume writing, and prep
• Assist Students with the Interview Process/ Conducted mock Interview Work Shops
• Responsible for obtaining new affiliation agreements with externship sites
• Weekly Conduced site visits to perspective employers
• Responsible for reporting all graduates and placement of graduates to ABHES yearly
• Team members were responsible for the employer surveys and graduate surveys, being done
• On Campus events, Job Fairs, recruitment events, blood drives, Bone Marrow drives.
• Chairmen of Student Services Committee; Arrange Graduations twice a year
July 08-July 09: Americare School of Nursing Fern Park, Florida
Director of Student Services
 Worked in conjunction with all Program directors
 Maintain records for School Retention
 Remedial Training per program
 Assist Students with personal and school problems
 Arrange for Graduation/Spring and Fall
 Maintain All student satisfaction surveys/ spread sheet
 Maintain All Course/Instructor surveys/ spread sheet
April 06-July 08 Americare School of Nursing Fern Park, Florida
Director of Career Services/ MA Externship Coordinator
 100% of students were set up on training sites

2.  70%+ of graduating students were placed in Jobs
 Complete Diplomas and Transcripts for all completing students
 Keep follow up records, employee surveys, graduate surveys, follow up surveys
 Maintain Placement figures for annual reporting to accrediting agency
 Maintain retention figures for annual reporting to accrediting agencies and St. Of FL
October 05-June 06 Americare School of Nursing Fern Park, Florida
Medical Assisting Instructor
• Taught MA Day Class -all Three Modules
MA-Administrative- phone etiquette, message taking, scheduling appointments, checking patients in and
out, co-pays and insurance billing and coding
MA- clinical I- phlebotomy, PT histories, EKG’s, etc.
MA- clinical II -pharmacology, injections, SQ, IM, ID, meds administration.
April 2000- October 2005 Atlantic Women’s Medical Group, PC West Long Branch, NJ
Office Manager
• Responsible for 5 medical assistance/and front desk personal
• Surgery Scheduler/Coordinator/ biller
• Organized front desk operations, trained staff to operated new computer program for medical billing
• Responsible for accounts receivable posting, insurance issues/problems
• Patient billing/collections,
• Credentialing of Three Drs. with multiple insurance companies
• Precertification’s/referrals as needed
• Interviewing New Hires
Education:
2016-2018 AHA- BLS certified Instructor
1997 Brook dale Community College Phlebotomy Tech – Certified AMT Lincroft, NJ
1998 Brook dale community College- Review for CMA Course –Certified thru AAMA
CEU courses: Microbiology, Law & Ethic, A & R and Collections for the Medical practice-AAMA
CEU courses: Powered thru Max Knowledge- Assisting students in designing impactful career marketing collateral
Developing a social media strategy for career services
Setting up an effective placement department
Setting up an effective alumni association
SHARON COLOGERO, CMA
• Kissimmee, Florida • sharong.cologero@gmail.com • 407-346-8257

3. Dear Sir or Madam,
It is my understanding that you are looking to build your team.
Please consider me as a candidate for this opportunity.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Strong team leader with the skills to coordinate events with a wide range of sources to achieve company
and community objectives.
• Leverage outstanding organizational and managerial skills to maximize contacts and relationships
between Students, Alumni, Faculty and Community Partners.
• Demonstrated success at creating, accelerating, cultivating and acquiring Affiliation Agreements for
new business development projects.
• Exceptional communicator, public speaker, and trainer.
• Highly Proficient Product knowledge for the Lincoln Technical Institute Course Program Offerings on
the Fern Park, FL Campus.
Positions Held in Current School
 Director of Career Services
 Director of Student Services
 Medical Assisting Instructor
 Medical Assisting Externship Coordinator
 Substitute Teacher for All Programs
 Office Manager/ OBGYN office
As indicated in the enclosed resume, I believe I have the proper credentials to be an asset to your team. Do not
hesitate to contact me to schedule an interview at your convenience.
Thank you in advance for your serious consideration.
Sincerely,
Sharon Cologero