Fred Burke (Director, Graduate Career Management Center)
Fred Burke comes to the Zicklin School of Business with over
15 years of experience in higher-education career services. For the last six
years, he was the Executive Director of the Career Center at Hofstra
University. Prior to his role at Hofstra, Fred was the Associate Director of
Career Development at Vassar College for almost seven years. Before his time at
Vassar, Fred worked in human resources, where he managed the college
recruitment efforts for Westfield Companies outside of Cleveland, Ohio. In his role,
he traveled to 25 schools in 15 states to recruit talent for entry-level
positions.
Fred began his career in the Career Planning and Placement
Office at Miami University in Oxford Ohio, where he worked as an assistant
director and career counselor. He finds great joy in helping students discover
their career plans and implementing those plans into actual internships and
jobs. Fred continues to stay current with cutting-edge technology and its role
in career services. He truly enjoys working with employers and alumni who wish
to hire students for either internships or full-time jobs.
Fred
holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Communications from the College of Saint
Rose in Albany, NY and a Master of Professional Studies in Humanistic Education
from the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is actively involved in
several professional associations, and is Co-Chair of the National Association
of College and Employers (NACE) Conference taking place in June 2014.
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