Career Advisors

Carol Sharick leads the SBS career team and oversees SBS career programming, advises SBS undergrads in all majors, runs the SBS Shadows program, and much more.

Meet with Carol for advanced resume and cover letter review, interview prep, networking, and career exploration, planning and strategy.

Rebecca Bell is the Associate Director of Career and Professional Development in the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences. She meets with undergraduate students in all SBS majors to help with career exploration and to help develop their plans for next steps in their college journey. Rebecca previously worked in the non-profit and international sectors, and has worked on projects in several different countries. She also directs the SBS in DC internship program and loves spending time in DC and exploring other places.

Odessa Burkett is the Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She focuses on career counseling, resume and cover letter writing, and interview preparation. Odessa is also a graduate of UMass Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Economics. After college, she worked in corporate Human Resources, did AmeriCorps, and travelled extenseively through North America before coming to Higher Education. Odessa worked with Veteran students at the University of California, Santa Cruz before returning to her Alama Mater. Currently, she is pursuing her Masters in Higher Education at UMass.

Malika Amandi is an Assistant Director of Career & Professional Development in the School of Social & Behavioral Sciences at UMass. Drawing from her own work experiences in the entertainment industry and as a professional development facilitator for the military, Malika brings a unique perspective to Career Services that is both approachable and practical. She has led hundreds of coaching sessions and workshops for people across a spectrum of career stages and fields – from the entertainment industry, to Silicon Valley, the non-profit sector, and academia. Malika holds a BA from Stanford University in Drama and Urban Studies and an MFA in Acting from the University of Southern California. She is also the founder of the Center for Women’s Voice, a social enterprise that helps individuals communicate authentically and powerfully in every area of their lives.