Elon University

The Elon Student Professional Development Center (SPDC) is recognized as one of the leading career services offices in the nation. 

• Develop an operational plan for engaging alumni through meaningful career services offerings by assessing alumni needs, developing programming, and implementing and evaluating key KPIs
• Provide 1:1 coaching, professional development workshops, and webinars to Elon's 35,000+ alumni
• Serve as the career services liaison to 35 regional alumni chapters and 4 affinity groups
• Coordinate with Alumni Programs and University Advancement to increase and track alumni engagement

Associate Director of Career Services for Alumni

Ama La Vida

• Coach professionals from all industries and experience levels on topics ranging from career exploration and resume building to LinkedIn optimization and interviewing

Career Coach

Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNCG

The Bryan School is one of the largest business schools in North Carolina. The School holds dual accreditation in business and accounting from the AACSB – a distinction held by only 1% of business schools in the world.

• Teach multiple sections of BUS 415: Leadership Development (Online) and BUS 216: Blueprint to Personal and Professional Development (Online) to 120+ students semesterly
• Spearheaded course redesign for BUS 216: Blueprint for Personal and Professional Development (Online) by creating a new LMS shell and 20+ video lessons for the course, improving student learning outcomes in each of top 10+ key areas
• Coached students from all Bryan School graduate and certificate programs (~700 students) on career readiness topics including resume building, LinkedIn, interviewing, internship/job search, and strategic career planning tailored toward students’ target industries

Lecturer

University of South Florida

USF is a Preeminent Research University and AAU member with campuses across the Tampa Bay region. USF is the fastest-rising university in America, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings.

• Developed and facilitated a year-long professional development workshop series for 80+ undergraduate student employees to develop job-specific skills and core career readiness competencies that support job performance
• Spearheaded an organizational culture assessment for a division of 180 employees through a series of focus groups and data analysis to identify core culture principles that impact strategic talent management efforts and implement a refreshed organizational culture using change management best practices
• Created and oversaw a design thinking-based innovation workflow to crowdsource ideas from all levels of the organization by building a framework for submitting, implementing, and iterating ideas and recruiting, training, and coaching eight internal innovation coaches who support the colleagues who submit ideas for the innovation process
• Designed and assessed talent development and performance evaluation strategies for 180 internal stakeholders from new hires to the executive leadership team to optimize engagement and productivity in a hybrid working environment

Assistant Director of Talent Management, University Advancement

The Bryan School is one of the largest business schools in North Carolina. The School holds dual accreditation in business and accounting from the AACSB – a distinction held by only 1% of business schools in the world.

• Develop learning objectives, lesson plans, slideshows, activities, digital resources, and learning management system shells for 40+ personal, professional, and leadership development lessons that are a part of the Bryan Blueprint Series, a four-year curriculum designed to accelerate the career readiness of over 4,000 undergraduate business students 
• Lead professional learning sessions on using technology to increase student engagement to 15+ adjunct instructors
• Teach multiple personal, professional, and leadership development courses for an average of 150 first-year, transfer, and senior business students semesterly in face-to-face, virtual, and hybrid settings 
• Oversee the Team Leader Program by offering mentorship, designing and delivering in-person and virtual learning modules, and coordinating recruitment of 30+ student employees who serve as peer mentors to 900+ business students
• Provide 300+ hours of custom one-on-one and group career coaching to individual students and student organizations
• Administer Bryan Gold, an award-winning, app-based career readiness program and generate a 50% increase in student engagement by designing new incentive structures and learning opportunities for participating students
• Collect, interpret, and use quantitative and qualitative data to implement process improvements on the Bryan School’s personal, professional, and leadership development programming offered to 3,500 undergraduate business students

Professional Development Specialist

Puolustusvoimat - Försvarsmakten - Finnish Defence Forces

Logistics Officer Award: Given annually to one conscript leader from the Logistics Company, who has demonstrated exemplary leadership skills and strategic abilities as they relate to the company's mission.

• Served as second-in-command for a squad of 30 soldiers, planning and overseeing the squad’s daily logistics, operational training, and regular physical and mental development, ensuring uninterrupted deployment readiness
• Optimized squad’s efficiency by mentoring soldiers to discover and assess their individual strengths and delegating tasks based on their ability to complete ordered assignments within given time constraints
• Structured, supervised, and assessed the success of Tactical Casualty Combat Care training for 1,200+ conscripts

Sergeant

Center for Creative Leadership

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) is a top-ranked global provider of executive education. Consistently ranked among the world's Top 10 providers of executive education by Financial Times, CCL has nearly 5 decades of experience working with tens of thousands of diverse organizations in more than 160 countries across 6 continents, helping more than a million leaders at all levels.

• Designed, implemented, and assessed a New Hire Survey to identify and correct pain points and generate actionable ideas for onboarding initiatives to expedite new hire time to productive in all 10 CCL offices globally
• Collaborated with executive-level management to restructure the organization’s employee value proposition to stimulate recruitment and increase employee commitment, satisfaction, and retention
• Coordinated efforts between CCL’s Americas, EMEA, and APAC offices to analyze the organization’s talent assessment strategy, including the development of a future talent profile
• Facilitated focus groups and analyzed collected qualitative and quantitative data to generate and present recommendations to the executive team on supporting and improving employee retention efforts

Global Human Resources Analyst Intern

Going to college is a big investment. 

You’re investing time, money, and other (limited) resources of yours to be there. 

And depending on your actions as a student, your investment leads to:

1) a strong network, relevant skills, and a job* at hand before you even graduate
2) a pile of debt and no clarity on your post-graduation plans

(*Or admission to graduate school)

I help students make sure they belong to the former group. 

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👉 Weekly Content (Mon / Wed / Fri — Make sure to hit the bell!)
👉 Workshops to Students, Interns, and Career Services Staff

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I've partnered with 15+ universities (including UCLA, Cornell, and U of Tennessee) to lead workshops on college strategy, internship/job search tactics, and various career readiness topics. 

And I'd love to partner with you too!

My most popular workshops:

"Leveraging LinkedIn as a College Student" (facilitated to 15+ universities nationwide)
"Leveraging AI in Your Internship and Job Search"
"How to Ace Your Internship: The Before, During, and After

No internship for the summer?

Here are 8 things you can do instead:

→ Volunteer

• Find a local non-profit
• Reach out with your resume
• Offer help in your area of major/expertise

(eg. Volunteer to build your local animal shelter's social media presence using your graphic design/social media skills.)

→ Conduct informational interviews

• Identify pros in your target roles/field
• Reach out for informational interviews
• Prep an intro and thoughtful questions

(eg. Conduct informational interviews with CPAs to learn about knowledge and skills you should be developing as an aspiring CPA.)

→ Take open online courses (MOOCs)

• Choose courses relevant to your target career
• Dedicate time weekly to complete coursework
• Apply new skills through projects or case studies

(eg. Complete a data analysis course on Coursera and apply your skills to analyze and visualize a public dataset.)

→ Work on a family business

• Identify areas where you can contribute
• Discuss roles and expectations with family
• Apply your skills to real business challenges

(eg. Optimize inventory management for a family-owned gas station using your business analytics skills.)

→ Work on a side hustle / independent project

• Choose a project and set goals
• Outline a clear plan and timeline
• Document your progress and results

(eg. Start an online store to sell handmade jewelry to develop entrepreneurial skills and business acumen.)

→ Study industry best practices

• Research your target industry
• Take note of industry best practices
• Apply the lessons to a case study or project

(eg. Analyze the marketing strategies of top tech companies and create a mock marketing campaign where you apply the same principles.)

→ Attend professional association meetings

• Find local associations in your field
• Register for meetings or networking events
• Actively participate and connect with professionals

(eg. Attend meetings of a local Young Professionals Association chapter to network and learn about others' careers.)

→ Look for campus employment

• Check for available on-campus job openings
• Reach out with a tailored resume
• Offer to work summer hours

(eg. Work in the campus recwell center to gain customer service and administrative experience.)

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You can build your skills, experiences, and network even without an internship.

Choose the avenue(s) that work for you and get after it.

PS. All of the examples above are real examples from students I know!

Lasse Palomaki

Going to college is a big investment. 

You’re investing time, money, and other (limited) resources of yours to be there. 

And depending on your college strategy, this investment leads to:

1) a strong network, relevant skills, and a job* at hand before you even graduate
2) a pile of debt and no clarity on your post-graduation plans

(*Or admission to graduate school)

I help students make sure they find themselves in the former group. 

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Over the past years, I've taught and coached 1,500+ undergraduate and graduate students on college strategy, internship/job search tactics, and career readiness topics, helping them land their target internships, full-time roles, and grad school admissions. 

Are you a current student looking to attain these outcomes? 

Let me help - here's how:

👉 LI Content

I post actionable advice for students and interns every MWF – make sure to hit the bell! 

👉 1-on-1 Coaching

I coach individual students on building a college strategy that leads to their target internships, full-time roles, and grad school admissions — DM me if you’re interested in working together!

👉 Workshops

I facilitate workshops for campus offices (e.g. Career Services), student organizations, student leadership programs, and internship programs — DM me if you’re interested in working together!

My most popular workshop (which I have facilitated for 10+ universities nationwide):

"Leveraging LinkedIn as a College Student"

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