Career Management Consultant
Bloomington, Indiana Area
- Current
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- Associate Director, Graduate Career Services at Kelley School of Business
- Past
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- Assistant Director, Career Development Center at Indiana University Bloomington
- Assistant Director, Career Development Center at Brown University
- Research Associate, Psychology Department at Brown University
- Graduate Student, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at University of Rochester
- Education
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- University of Rochester
- Université catholique de Louvain
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Mrim Boutla, PhD, GCDF’s Summary
Throughout her 5 years experience in career coaching, Mrim has successfully partnered with undergraduate students, MBA students and PhD candidates to help them identify their career goals and design their road map to success.
As a neuroscientist turned career coach, Mrim brings in depth knowledge of career planning, career switching strategies and job search tips that have helped hundreds of students and alumni translate their past experience and education into winning statements to compete for their positions of interest.
In addition to leading the Kelley International Task Force, and to coaching MBA students from the Kelley Entrepreneurial Management Academy, Mrim currently oversees the Social Entrepreneurship Careers Program at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. This program offers resources and workshops to enable MBA students to translate their passion into meaningful careers across the private, public and non-profit sectors.
Mrim Boutla, PhD, GCDF’s Specialties:
Career coaching, social impact careers, environmentally responsible careers, career switching strategies, branding, internship search strategies, global job search strategies, interviewing skills, professional correspondence review, resume development, negotiation skills, entrepreneurship, leveraging virtual classroom environments.
Mrim Boutla, PhD, GCDF’s Experience
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Associate Director, Graduate Career Services
Kelley School of Business
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Initiated and implemented comprehensive programming and resource management system tailored to the needs of MBA students interested in social entrepreneurship careers across the private, public, and non-profit sectors.
Gathered feedback from current international students, designed content and delivered 12 online sessions on career exploration, company research, networking and professional communication that enabled incoming international MBA students to learn how to best compete for MBA internships.
Increased participation and student accountability by revamping and managing our required career development course attended every fall semester by approximately 240 MBA students.
Coach approximately 100 MBA students and alumni every year to compete for their internship and jobs of interest; share relevant resources to support self-assessment (e.g. CareerLeader, MBTI®), career exploration and informed career decision making; critique resumes and cover letters; help students design and launch effective networking strategies to pursue MBA-level opportunities in the US and abroad. -
Assistant Director, Career Development Center
Indiana University Bloomington
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2006 — May 2007 (10 months)
Taught courses and provided individual and group career guidance to undergraduate students.
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Assistant Director, Career Development Center
Brown University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
November 2004 — August 2006 (1 year 10 months)
Provided career resources and advice to PhD candidates regarding academic and non-academic careers. Provided guidance and advice to students interested in careers in the common good.
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Research Associate, Psychology Department
Brown University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Conducted behavioral and brain imaging studies using fMRI designed to investigate the impact of aging and Alzheimer's Disease on cognitive and visual processes.
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Graduate Student, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department
University of Rochester
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years )
Conducted behavioral and brain imaging studies using fMRI designed to investigate working memory processes across English speakers and native ASL signers. Selected publications from this work include:
• Bavelier, D., et al. (2008). Encoding, Rehearsal, and Recall in Signers and Speakers: Shared Network but Differential Engagement, Cerebral Cortex, doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhm248.
• Bavelier, D., et al. (2008). Short-term memory for order differs in signers and speakers: Implications for models of short-term memory. Cognition, 107(2), 433-59.
• Bavelier, D., et al. (2006). Persistent difference in short-term memory span between sign and speech: implications for cross-linguistic comparisons, Psychological Science, 17(12), 1090-1092.
• Boutla, M., et al. (2004). Short Term Memory span: Insights from Sign Language, Nature Neuroscience, 7(9), 997-1002.
Mrim Boutla, PhD, GCDF’s Education
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University of Rochester
PhD , Brain and Cognitive Sciences , 1999 — 2003
- Activities and Societies:
- Graduate Organizing Group (advocacy group for graduate students from the College of Arts and Sciences)
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Université catholique de Louvain
Licence en Sciences Psychologiques , (Sc.B., Psychology) , 1994 — 1999
INSERM, Toulouse (France) - internship in experimental psychology focusing on a PET study on Dyslexia (mentors: Valerie Chanoine and Jean-Francois Demonet).
Fondation du Levant (Suisse) - internship in clinical psychology focusing on helping patients recovering from drug addiction.
Additional Information
Mrim Boutla, PhD, GCDF’s Websites:
Mrim Boutla, PhD, GCDF’s Interests:
Professional interests: career development, public speaking training, cross-cultural communiation. Personal interests: volleyball, snowboarding, skiing, reading autobiographies.
Mrim Boutla, PhD, GCDF’s Groups:
Society for Neuroscience (SfN), MBA Career Services Council (MBACSC), National Career Development Association (NCDA), American Association of University Women (AAUW), Association of Women in Science (AWIS)
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Global Career Development Facilitator - NCDA -
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Global Career Development Facilitators -
Justmeans - Green, CSR, Good Work, Sustainability, and Social Enterprise News and Updates -
College Career Expert -
JobAngels -
Business Professionals for Nonprofits -
Green, Energy & Sustainability Careers & Jobs -
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Career Services Professionals -
U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development -
The Sustainable Way
Mrim Boutla, PhD, GCDF’s Honors:
Women in Neuroscience/Eli Lilly Student Travel Award: Travel award to present at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (November 2002)
Travel Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society: Travel award to present at the Graduate Presentation Forum, Cognitive Neuroscience Society (April 2002).
McDonnell Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience: Fellowship to attend the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (Summer 2001).
Merit-based Award from Foundation OUSSEIMI, Geneva (Switzerland) (1997 – 1999): Scholarship supporting my undergraduate studies.
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