ANTHONY L. CARTER

310-***-**** adrmez@r.postjobfree.com

COMMUNITY PROGRAM SPECIALIST

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly accomplished, resourceful Youth Mentor / Program Manager with extensive experience in developing and implementing successful, effective programs and lessons for at-risk, distressed students. Proven expertise to challenge, support, and improve students’ focus and skills in acquiring jobs, furthering their education, becoming financial literate, and setting/meeting goals. Manage and collaborate with cross-functional teams creating a culture of trust and accountability for staff and students. Areas of expertise include:

Mentorship & Coaching Strategic Planning Program Development & Management Teaching / Lesson Planning Community Partnerships & Engagement Family Involvement NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

• Directed and conducted case management for 100 students and 20 employers

• Placed 13 youth in permanent full time employment during the height of the COVID 19 global pandemic

• Wrote and received a $25,000 Innovation Grant designed to improve employer and employee relations with a focus on recruiting and documenting shifts in job seeking methodology of 25 youth

• Earned Certificates of completion in CTE TEACH Early Orientation, Grant Writing, Copywriting, Gamification, Suicide Prevention, Negotiation, Sales and Persuasion, and Business Writing for Results

• Launched a two day Kindness Project designed to teach self assessment and empathy then used the findings to improve youth interviewing and presentation skills

• Developed mutually beneficial partnerships with community organizations leading to an ongoing 20 member Employer Advisory Group that included Amazon, Google, Kaiser Permanente, Redbuilt Construction, YWCA, Homeboys Industries

• Co-planned and conducted a resource fair which provided seventy five incarcerated youth interviewing skills, professional development and housing resources

• Created twelve week Life Skills Class that covered Critical Thinking, Time Management and ongoing Self Reflection

• Developed 80 hour Customer Service Excellence Course for fifty youth that combined Google Classroom, individual and group projects and Internships with local merchants

• Collaborated on the development and launch of the Life Skills Program for 100+ recently incarcerated individuals that focused on interview skills and personal finance

• 50% job acquisition success rate achieved by directing a piloted Workforce Development Program for Culinary Arts Students

Educated students on planning and executing strategies that included goal setting, personal responsibility, and time management

• Designed, prepared, and implemented strategic career coaching sessions with 50 students in age from 19 to 70 years old that resulted in job placements, savings and budget plans, and personal ambitions

• Introduced thirty students to Employment Specialists and hiring managers from Goodwill, El Pollo Loco, Starbucks and America’s Job Center of California

• Organized intensive two hour Linked In training with recruiter which allowed ten students to increase their chances of employment and understand how to effectively market themselves on social media

• Arranged meetings with Managers from Wells Fargo to discuss savings, retirement planning and making wise financial choices with twelve youth

• Organized Resource Fair that was attended by 30 youth and focused on housing, health screenings, government and retail employment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Compton YouthBuild (in collaboration with YouthBuild Charter School of California), Compton, CA Transition Coordinator/Lead, 2016-Present

Long Beach City College Culinary Arts Work Ready Program, Long Beach, CA Manager, 2013—2016

Goodwill SOLAC, Long Beach, CA

Employment Services Coordinator, 2011—2013

Boyer Learning Center, Modesto, CA

Language Arts/Math Tutor, 2010-2011

Southeast Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board, Cerritos, CA Community Education Specialist, 2009-2010

Cesar Chavez Continuation High School, Compton, CA Teacher, 2008-2009

EDUCATION

Fisk University, Nashville, TN

Bachelor of Arts in English