Meetings

The Career Resource Managers Association meets twice a year to evaluate and discuss career resources, plan future meetings, network, and conduct CRMA business. CRMA has officers elected biannually.

Although the meetings are held in the Boston area, members who cannot attend meetings are mailed/e-mailed copies of the minutes and resource listings.

 

Next Meeting

The next CRMA meeting will take place in December 2010. Additional information will be added as it becomes available.

Last Meeting

Friday, May 7, 2010
10:00 am
Simmons College
Boston, MA

Attendees: Ten members from seven colleges attended.

I. Business Items

  1. Financial report: We have money. A credit card company was obtained prior to the 2009 conference, so people can use credit cards.
  2. Membership report: Lisa Morency, our membership coordinator, is currently on sick leave. Please send her your good thoughts. There are currently 160 members of CRMA.
  3. Other items: Meetings are still not well attended. The attendees brainstormed ideas to get more meeting attendees.

II. Professional Items

A. Share a resource

  1. Kelly Alice: Me 2.0 by Dan Schawbel. All about branding yourself online.
  2. Francis: Careers & The Study of Political Science by the American Political Science Association.
  3. Matthew: StageSource (brochure) ­ great resource for those interested in theatre.
  4. Douglas: Emerging Adulthood by Jeffery Arnett. You Majored in What? by Katharine Brooks.

B. Discussion topic
No discussion topic, although a couple of people asked for resources. Roxanne is looking for an online interview system and Maggie is looking for a portfolio system (mostly for game designers).

III. Guest speaker
The guest speaker, Kelly Alice Robinson, Career Information Services Manager, Boston College Career Center, gave a presentation on "Implementing a Web 2.0 Initiative for Career Centers". BC is using the following:

  1. Facebook: 2 Facebook pages; one for the career center, one for "careers in ____"
  2. Blog through WordPress. Blogs upcoming events, speakers, panels, hidden resources on their website, proprietary databases. Updates once per day. The blog is on the front page of their website.
  3. LinkedIn: There is a career center group, as well as an alumni group.
  4. Twitter: Not as well followed. The WordPress blog feeds into this and other platforms.
  5. Library Thing: Kelly Alice also mentioned she is looking into LibraryThing for the career center library¹s books. Great if your library does not connect with the university/college library. You can enter up to 200 books for free, after that; it is $10 per year for all other books.
  6. YouTube: The BC Career Center is also looking to implement a YouTube channel, as well as a couple of chat services: Meebo and TinyChat.

 

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