College Recruiting Best Practices Online Academy
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About The Presenters
Richard Bottner
Richard Bottner is The Internship Advocate and the founder of Intern Bridge, the
nation’s leading college recruiting consulting and research firm. He is the author
of the top-selling internship creation and implementation manual Total Internship
Management: The Employer’s Guide To Building The Ultimate Internship Program, with over 10,000 copies in circulation. He is also the founder and lead researcher of
the National Internship and Co-op Study, an annual college recruiting best practices survey that has been completed by over 100,000 students nationwide since
its inception. Richard has been named to Business Week’s list of the Top 25 U.S.
Entrepreneurs Under 25, and has received a citation from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick for “entrepreneurial excellence.”
Richard has published four best-in-class internship books and produced a step-by-step DVD designed to help employers and universities build stronger internship programs. He has also published two resources specifically intended to help students attain success in their internship and job search. He has been a guest leadership columnist for Forbes and a featured blogger for Brazen Careerist regarding generational issues.
Richard’s engaging speaking appearances have included the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Eastern Association of College and Employers and Mountain Pacific Association of Colleges and Employers. Tens of thousands of employers and career center professionals have taken part in his in-person and distance learning college recruiting best practices programs since 2005, including over 80% of the Fortune 100 companies.
Richard has participated as a keynote speaker and panelist for several public policy events, connecting meaningful internships with workforce and economic development. Hosts have included the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, Providence Chamber of Commerce, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and Tampa Chamber of Commerce. He is the author of two economic development reports relating to internships: The State of Indiana Internships and Ship Out or Hang Out: The Greater Boston Knowledge Retention and Internship Report. He has also conducted significant research into the impact of unpaid internships on the emerging workforce.
He has been quoted as an internship and generational expert in Human Resources Executive Magazine, CNN Money, Forbes, Business Week, Smart Money, Biz Journals, and more. He currently serves on the Human Capital Institute’s College Advisory Panel.
David Cofer
Improving the performance of an organization through its people. This simple yet powerful message has served as the foundation upon which Dave Cofer built his career. Dave founded Cofer Consulting Solutions, LLC in 2008 motivated by a strong desire to share his expertise in attracting, developing and retaining young professionals. Prior to starting his own business, Dave enjoyed a 15+ year employment relationship with Bank One and later JPMorgan Chase. In the spring of 1993, Dave was a recent High School graduate and had just been accepted into the prestigious INROADS internship program. His sponsor company was Bank One. Dave would go on to spend every summer of his undergraduate career as an intern with Bank One, where, upon graduation, he would begin his full-time career.
This full-time employment relationship would last for over 10 years. During this 10 year period of time, Dave would gain experience in the areas of Human Resources, Cultural Transformation and Continuous Improvement. It would be the latter years of Dave’s career with JPMorgan Chase when he would truly realize the coming together of his vocation and his life’s purpose. Dave’s work in the areas of entry talent management truly solidified what would become his life’s work. Dave had the opportunity to experience and lead all facets of the entry talent management equation. This included day-to-day leadership of a rotation-based management development program. In this capacity, Dave was responsible for both the strategic and tactical delivery of the program. Additionally, Dave introduced efficiencies and process improvement methods that reduced costs and delivered talent to the business faster and more effectively than before.
In his last role prior to leaving JPMorgan Chase, Dave served as Recruiting Manager and Intern Program Manager for the Corporate Sector’s entry programs. In this Vice President level role, Dave oversaw the firm’s largest entry talent recruiting team and summer internship program globally. Dave’s team was responsible for hiring over 700 people annually (full-time hires and interns) and overseeing a 350+ person summer internship program.
Today, Dave serves as Director of Client Solutions at Intern Bridge. Dave holds a B.S. in Business from Miami University (majors: Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management) and an M.A. in Education from The Ohio State University (major: Workforce Development & Education; specialization: Human Resource Development).
About The Producer
Intern Bridge, Inc. is a leading college recruiting consulting and research firm responsible for the largest internship-specific surveys in the country. Intern Bridge works hard to close the gap between employers and students by developing resources for employers and universities, delivering seminars, workshops, and webinars, and publishing management books and other best practices materials.
