Role and Company
Director Career Services, Univeristy
Expertise
15 years experience in consulting
Location
Lewes, DE
About Barry
Strengths of BARRY DUNKIN
description:
Energetic, insightful professional who continually looks for a challenge and has a genuine commitment to empower others to realize their potential and achieve success…skilled at engaging others and building mutually beneficial relationships …relishes the role of a catalyst that creates a synergy for achievement and collaboration.
Accomplished oral communicator that is energized by performance and interaction with groups. .. Open to new ideas and can easily integrate changes to adapt to diverse groups. Keen sensitivity to different cultures and diversity …celebrates the differences in others and values their unique contributions .evidence of effectiveness:
• Impressive success rate and superior evaluations with over 10 years of counseling with a diverse group of clients
• Invited to speak at Mayor’s Press Conference on comprehensive Talent Pipeline Study
• Developed and presented a series of successful Career Reinvention Workshops for School Graduate and Professional studies
• Conceptualized, designed and developed 8 career centers in Bulgaria- USAID Project
• Presented at the Bulgaria National Human Resource and Management Association Annual Conference – Employer Benefits of Internships –A Business Strategy
• Facilitated series of strategic planning sessions for Serbia to integrate internship programs with business and industry utilizing government agencies, non-profit organizations and private companies
• Selected as 1 of 25 out of over 500 applications from all over the United States to participate in the Fulbright German International Education Administrators Program
• Created and developed career counseling practice and maintains a 95% placement rate
• Collaborated with MicroSoft to sponsor Future Careers in Technology Symposium for 150 Baltimore City High School students that was attended by the Mayor
• Completed 3 Century (100 miles) and 2 metric Century (100 kilometers) Cycle rides in 4 years improving time completed on each successive ride.
Background: -Over 20 years of experience in Career Development and Planning
-Successfully maintained Career Consulting business for over 10 years
-Serve on the Baltimore City Workforce Investment Board since 2008
-Experience at 5 Baltimore area Educational institutions
Education: Bachelor of Science – Community Education – Springfield College
Master of Science – Administration – Morgan State University
Masters of Science- Counseling Psychology – Johns Hopkins University
Personal: Well traveled and enjoys exposure to different cultures, cyclist, sailor, outdoorsman