Ronald Miller, Jr., Ph.D.

• Coach and tutor college students and alumni from 50+ institutions with career planning and writing projects • Facilitate networking opportunities via LinkedIn and professional organizations

• Leads the planning and implementation of a new formal college internship program • Collaborates with the Director of Recruiting and Talent Management, Public Health Central Office, and Internal Stakeholders to implement and manage DHEC’s internship program • Creates an internship program that promotes a diverse and stable candidate pipeline • Designs internships that provide students with hands-on work opportunities in public health and environmental studies • Manages and communicates internship learning outcomes that promote development of both subject-matter and workplace professional skills • Cultivates and maintains strategic partnerships with South Carolina schools, colleges, universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the military, and other entities with the intent of encouraging skilled, diverse candidates to seek internships with DHEC • Coordinates and collaborates with hiring managers and internal stakeholders to determine internship needs, opportunities, and goals • Engages staff and stakeholders to identify workforce gaps • Analyzes and synthesizes information on workforce trends and demographics to expand internship recruitment • Utilizes results-based avenues to source talent, such as career fairs, recruiting events, external postings, and social media • Evaluates and tracks internship program data, results, and progress utilizing surveys and measurable assessments • Organizes and delivers presentations to students, hiring managers, staff, and external stakeholders on benefits and goals of internships • Maintains, tracks, and communicates up-to-date information on internships via agency website and internal sites • Ensures consistent outreach to students, hiring managers, staff, and external stakeholders

• Advised and coached over 150 college students and recent graduates with career planning • Educated students and clients on job-search strategies for any field • Assisted with the drafting and editing of over 100 resumes and cover letters • Provided interview practice and critiques for over 50 students and graduates • Critiqued LinkedIn profiles and advised strategies for optimizing LinkedIn job searches • Facilitated networking and professional relationship building for any major and industry • Instructed and guided students with graduate-school and professional-program applications

*Manages the Career Development Office and supports The Center for Academic Success and Advisement (CASA) by helping students and alumni learn about the career development process as it relates to academic/career goals. Reports to The Associate Provost for Advisement and The Provost. • Develops/implements policies, procedures, and organizational philosophies. • Provides leadership for the development of long-term and short-term program goals and objectives for Career Development. • Administers, coordinates, and implements programs to support the University mission. • Works with academic programs to assist in the development of internships.. • Ensures accumulation of program information and evaluates program effectiveness. • Develops and maintains connections between academic schools and departments, state and federal agencies, and employers. • Meets with deans/chairs to discuss curricula design as they relate to career development options. • Accumulates and evaluates information from research, job market data, curricula, and academic trends; disseminates appropriate information to and advises students about job searches. • Responsible for Student Career Fairs and maintains comprehensive job listings, which are available to students and alumni. • Maintains extensive and detailed records of student placement; counsels as appropriate. • Establishes and maintains listings of off-campus job opportunities for students prior to graduation; matches students to appropriate jobs. • Conducts or arranges seminars and workshops on preparing resumes, interviewing, etc. Assists students in preparing resumes and career exploration; assists students in assessing their interests as they relate to career choices. • Establishes relationships with administrative offices and coordinates information exchange between these office.. • Serves as a participant in academic affairs initiatives and strategic planning. • Assists retention efforts as related to career goal setting.

• Completes the Employee Performance for employees and handles other personnel matters appropriately and effectively. • Develops and implements policies, procedures, and organizational philosophies. • Provides leadership for the development of long-term and short-term program goals and objectives for Career Development. • Administers, coordinates, and implements programs to support the University mission. • Works with academic programs to assist in the development of internships opportunities for students. • Ensures accumulation of program information and evaluates program effectiveness. • Develops and maintains connections between academic schools and departments, state and federal agencies, and employers. • Communicates with deans and chairs by reports or meetings. Meets with each dean or chair to discuss curricula design as they relate to career development options for students. • Accumulates and evaluates information from research, job market data, curricula, and academic trends; disseminates appropriate information to and advises students about job searches. • Responsible for Student Career Fairs and maintains comprehensive job listings, which are available to students and alumni. • Maintains extensive and detailed records of student placement; counsels as appropriate. • Establishes and maintains listings of off-campus job opportunities for students prior to graduation; matches students to appropriate jobs. • Conducts or arranges seminars and workshops on preparing resumes, interviewing, etc. Assists students in preparing resumes and career exploration; assists students in assessing their interests as they relate to career choices. • Establishes relationships with administrative offices and coordinates information exchange between these offices as appropriate. • Serves as an active participant in division of student affairs initiatives and strategic planning. • Assists, when necessary, with student retention efforts as it relates to career goal setting.

The Director of Career Development manages the Career Development Office and supports the mission of the University and the Division of Student Affairs by helping students and alumni learn about the career development process as it relates to their career goals. The director serves as a link between students and prospective employers in addition to providing resources that promote student and alumni success. The Director of Career Development reports to the Vice President for Student Affairs and supervises a staff consisting of a senior administrative specialist, a graduate student, and two student assistants. The director is responsible for goal setting, program evaluation, and budget preparation. The Director teaches college classes in his/her field as needed, including University Life classes.

Coordinates and manages: 1) classification and compensation program; 2) SC-Employment Performance Management System; 3) FTE units assigned by the legislature; and 4) recruitment activities for all personnel, including website application page. Works closely with supervisors and heads of academic and nonacademic units to 1) determine classification of and compensation for staff and 2) facilitate faculty hiring process. Assists faculty with technology services. Serves as the resource person for all policies and procedures of the SC Office of Human Resources. Teach College English classes as needed.

I taught first-year composition/literature, research methods, and an upper-level literature class - all while also working in the University's writing center and serving as both an academic and student-organization advisor. In addition, I was a guest lecturer for English 300 (a literary theory research methods class for English majors). I also served on the first-year writing and assessment committee, the textbook selection committee for first-year writing, the English Department recruitment/retention committee, and led a faculty panel at the "Student Leadership Conference."

I taught first-year composition/literature, directed an honors project, and served as both an academic and student organization advisor. I also sat on the honor council, appeals board, greek life committee, and served as faculty secretary. In addition, I trained writing center tutors and did volunteer work with CHAMPS (for at risk youth) and with the admissions and financial aid office (by hosting prospective students and soliciting financial gifts from alumni).

I was one of three out of more than twenty recent Ph.D. graduates selected to serve a nine-month post-doctoral appointment. I taught first-year composition/literature, honors college classes, an upper-division fiction class, and an early British literature survey for English majors.