Career Services Advisor

Career Services Advisor - Help People Turn Training Into Careers

Are you passionate about helping others succeed but looking for a role that feels more meaningful than traditional customer service or sales positions?


Do you enjoy coaching, mentoring, and guiding people toward real-world success?

This is your opportunity to use your communication skills, empathy, and professional experience to help graduates take the next step - launching and growing their careers.

We're looking for motivated, people-focused professionals, not career counselors. If you know how to connect, support, and motivate - we'll teach you our career services process.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Career Services Advisor, you'll work directly with students and graduates to help them prepare for and secure employment in their chosen fields.

You will:

• Coach students and graduates on job search strategies, resume development, and interview preparation
• Provide one-on-one career guidance and ongoing support throughout the job search process
• Build relationships with local employers and identify job opportunities for graduates
• Assist with job placement efforts and track employment outcomes
• Conduct workshops, career readiness sessions, and mock interviews
• Maintain accurate records of student interactions and employment activity
• Collaborate with Academic, Admissions, and Financial Aid teams to support student success
• Participate in training and ongoing professional development

Minimum Requirements

Required:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Strong communication, motivation, and relationship-building skills
• Strong interpersonal skills in individual situations with both large and small groups
• Effective presentation skills and strong customer service skills
• Effective teamwork, interpersonal, organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to provide job search and career development services.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Basic computer proficiency (MS Word/Excel/Outlook, etc.)

Preferred:

• Minimum 2 years of sales or recruiting work experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in career services, recruiting, staffing, or workforce development
• Knowledge of resume writing, interviewing, or job placement strategies

Why Work With Us?

You'll join a team dedicated to helping students not only complete their training, but successfully transition into meaningful careers. Supported by Career Services leadership, Academic teams, and employer partners, you can focus on what matters most - making a lasting impact on people's lives.

About Our Company:

YTI Career Institute, a subsidiary of Porter and Chester Institute, is a leading trade school for over 75 years and adheres to one basic vision: to educate and train our students to the level that will make them competent employees. With campus locations throughout Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts, we offer training in such trades as Automotive Technology, HVAC-R, CAD, Electrician, Plumbing, as well as Medical Assisting, Dental Assisting, Practical Nursing and Computer & Technology.

Our support staff, including Admissions, Financial Aid and other administrative professionals, to our highly qualified Instructors are focused on making the students' experience a fulfilling and enriching one, both professionally and personally.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

M, W-F 8am-5pm; Tues 11a-8p (Friday is a remote day)