Dr. Robert Shindell serves as Vice President & Chief Learning Officer for Intern Bridge, Inc., the nation's premier college recruiting consulting and research firm. Intern Bridge surveys over 25,000 students annually to capture trends of internship and recruiting experiences. The critical survey data is the basis for our work: helping organizations build meaningful entry-level talent programs, and assisting career centers to more effectively serve their student populations.

During the past 15 years, Robert Shindell has successfully held a variety of professional leadership roles in higher education. He developed career centers at The University of Toledo’s College of Engineering, Midwestern State University and the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. Robert’s innovative approach to career services led The Rawls College of Business Career Management Center to achieve the ranking of 28 in BusinessWeek’s national ranking of College of Business career centers in 2007.

While at Texas Tech University, Robert Shindell was appointed to the role of associate vice president of enrollment services. He led the restructuring and refocusing of the university’s recruiting and admissions initiatives, resulting in a 20 percent increase in applications, 10 percent decrease in the admission rate and the largest freshman and transfer classes in the university’s history.

Robert earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Texas Tech University a master’s degree in training and development from Midwestern State University, and a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Toledo.

Robert is a frequent speaker at education and career management conferences, and he resides in Austin, Texas with his wife and son.

Specialties:Strategic/Mission Planning
Web Development
Marketing & Advertising
Employer Recruitment
Business Development
Seminar Facilitation
Client Relationship Management
Project/Program Management
Corporate Culture Change
Management Training/Development
Public Speaking
Instructional Design
Recruitment & Retention