Main Responsibilities of an Industry Relations Manager at University of California Los Angeles
As UCLA's Industry Relations Manager, Stella focuses on connecting engineering and technology employers with students, prioritizing data collection to understand industry trends and optimize services. Stella's work highlights the importance of bridging the gap between student perceptions of industry roles and the diverse opportunities available, aiming to match passionate students with ideal employers.
Industry Relations, Employer Engagement, Data Analysis, Career Development, Networking
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Stella Petrosyan
Industry Relations Manager
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of California, Riverside 2019
UCLA Anderson
Economics
Education
Strategic Management and Executive
Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Immigrant, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Building and maintaining relationships with employers to connect them with students.
2. Collecting data and analyzing industry trends in engineering and technology to optimize services and resources for students and employers.
3. Bridging the gap between students and employers by highlighting diverse job roles within industries and encouraging students to explore various career paths.
Transcript
What are your main responsibilities within your current role?
In my current role as Industry Relations Manager, I focus on maintaining relationships with different employers on campus and connecting them to students. Throughout this process, my main priority is to collect data and learn about different trends within the industry sectors I'm responsible for.
The sector I am responsible for is engineering and technology industries. It's really important for me to utilize the data that we have access to, to learn about students and employers and how they engage with one another historically. This is particularly important through event participation.
It's important for us to optimize our services and resources to create the best experience possible for students and employers to interact. Some of the things we've noticed are based on keywords employers use or how they present themselves on campus. We also try to teach students that just because an employer might be in a specific industry, it doesn't mean they don't have a wide range of job roles that students from different majors can apply to.
I think that's the biggest disconnect currently with students in deciding their career path. For example, with higher education, you might not think it's an industry someone who majors in engineering or business can go into, but in reality, they can. The same applies to management consulting.
So, really being able to bridge those two is a main goal. We also want to make sure that employers are getting the best talent possible and that students have a passion for the industry and employer they're going to start their career with. This is one of the main goals we have within our team and within my role as well.