The TruMann Career Consulting Group is dedicated to assisting higher education institutions maximize the effectiveness of their career services organizations.
As national leaders and long time, currently active practitioners in the field, we have combined our experiences and skills to offer the broadest and deepest array of assessment and service improvement capabilities currently available in this consulting sector. We have a proven track record of improving office performance with a variety of clients focusing our efforts in areas such as:
- Strategic and Operational Assessment and Review
- Organizational Structure and Management
- Financial Resource Optimization
- Global Career Development Models
- Internship and Cooperative Education Program Development
- Student and Alumni Engagement
- Employer Development
- Branding and Marketing
- Recruitment and Retention Strategies
- Leadership and Staff
- Development and Training
- Social Media Integration
- Technology Solutions
- Diversity Impact Programs
- Graduate Student Career Advisement
- Gen Y and Generational Related Workplace Issues
Challenging times demand the best of our efforts. We can help productively focus and channel staff and office energies toward the most desirable results. Contact us for more information or to discuss a consulting engagement.
Principals
Dr. Manny Contomanolis has more than 30 years of experience in university career services and career development and staffing, and serves as Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Career Services at The Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Contomanolis was recently selected by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) to develop and conduct the training of external reviewers for career development centers nationwide and was inducted into the NACE Academy of Fellows in 2011.
An active speaker and presenter with more than 200 previous speaking engagements both in the U.S. and globally, Dr. Contomanolis is considered an expert in job search practices and human capital management, cooperative education and internships, talent acquisition strategies, and leadership and resource development. Major corporate recruiting organizations frequently call upon him for his expertise to work toward improving their recruiting organizations. He is a frequent media contributor (e.g. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN, Kiplinger, and local and national on-air news outlets) and he is active in national university and employer benchmarking groups. Manny has taught at the University of Rochester and also serves on the faculty of the NACE Management Leadership Institute and the Career Services Institute.
Dr. Contomanolis has also served as the President of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) www.naceweb/org the leading professional association focused on the employment of the college educated. NACE connects more than 3,000 organizational and 8,000 individual members representing higher education, business, industry, government, and non-profits with an interest in career services and college relations and recruiting. NACE forecasts trends in the job market; tracks legal issues in employment, the job search, and hiring practices; and provides college and employer professionals with benchmarks and standards of practice to help guide their work.
Manny has a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Buffalo, a Masters in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green University, a graduate certificate in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, and a Bachelor’s degree in History from The State University of New York.
Trudy Steinfeld is currently the Assistant Vice-President and Executive Director of the New York University Wasserman Center for Career Development and oversees over 30 full-time and 25 part-time staff.
Ms. Steinfeld has spent thirty years in the field of career development, experiential education and recruiting and was recently selected to facilitate the training of external review consultants by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). She has served as a consultant to numerous colleges and universities, non-profits, and corporate recruiting organizations both within the United States and abroad. In addition, Ms. Steinfeld has been a presenter and keynote speaker at over 100 national meetings and conferences including the 2009 and 2010 NACE Annual Meetings, Career Services Institute (CSI), Universum, and Women for Hire. She continues to chair and serve on several key committees, taskforces and major conferences for the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), as well as having advised on several national conferences including the NACE Global Recruiting Symposium held in 2011. In addition, Trudy has been a recipient of both NASPA and NACE Excellence awards.
Ms. Steinfeld is considered a national expert on the job market and employment trends and has been a frequent media contributor to: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, New York Daily News, New York Post, Crain’s, NBC, CBS, ABC, MTV, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, NPR, CBS Radio, The Newshour with Jim Leher and several international television and print news outlets. Beginning in 2010 Ms. Steinfeld was a featured career expert on the new cable show "The Job Hunt".
Trudy earned her Bachelor’s degree in American Studies and Education from Ramapo College and holds a Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University. She has also completed extensive course work in Counseling Psychology from the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.