Senior Career Coach (Remote) Remote EduTech YC Company

NexGenT Career Coach

NexGenT was founded on the belief that education is for everyone, that the ideal educational system should be based on real-world skills training; that it cannot leave people in debt with degrees that don't teach the required skills needed to succeed in the workforce. Education should prepare people to be job-ready just like military training does. We're on a mission to disrupt tech education and help 1M people level up with real world training developed by world class engineers and mentors by 2030.

Our Values Kaizen → Continuous Improvement. 1% Better Everyday Mindset Extreme Ownership → Owns 100% accoutability on projects Customer Obsession → Obsession over our students success! Gratitude & Respect → Understands and embraces gratitude and respect for others Being Data-Driven → Makes decisions based on data to drive growth Excellence → Quality over quantity.

Key Responsibilities

• Content Creation (10%): Develop materials and resources that support career development and job readiness for students.
• Workshops and Presentations (10%): Conduct engaging workshops and presentations on career-related topics, job search strategies, and professional development.
• One-on-One Student Coaching (50%): Provide personalized coaching to students on career development, job search strategies, and professional growth.
• Job Leads (10%): Source and share job opportunities with students and graduates. Maintain communication and track job leads.
• Employer Outreach (20%): Build and maintain relationships with employers to facilitate job placements. Regularly communicate with employers to understand their staffing needs.
• Administration (10%): Manage student records and communication in the campus database, ensure all data is up to date, and report daily and weekly metrics.

Core Duties

• Provide guidance and information on career development, job searches, and industry trends.
• Maintain regular communication with students and graduates, offering professional development advice.
• Follow up with graduates who have not yet secured placement and provide additional support as needed.
• Assist students in developing job readiness skills and effective job search strategies.
• Keep student records organized and updated in the campus database.
• Report key metrics on student engagement, placement, and outreach activities.
• Employer Outreach & Job Leads:
• Establish and nurture relationships with employers through consistent communication and networking.
• Gather and follow up on job leads from employers, sharing them with graduates and tracking the leads in the campus database.
• Oversee job postings, registrations, and applications on the job placement website.
• Keep databases updated with employer contacts and the placement status of students.
• Maintain student portal and shared sites with relevant job announcements, links, and employment-related documents.

Employer Relationship Development

• Initiate contact with potential employers to build hiring partnerships that meet both immediate and long-term recruitment needs.
• Cultivate and sustain employer relationships to better understand their hiring preferences.

Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule:

• Remote
• Monday-Friday: 9AM PST - 5:30PM PST. Flexible hours available

Qualifications

• Exhibit professionalism and integrity through excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and cooperatively as a member of a team.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to multicultural, socioeconomic, and regional differences among students and staff from diverse backgrounds.
• We want people who are amazing culture fits over anything else
• We have found that some of our best sales reps have had little sales experience and/or college degrees, but were extremely hungry, coachable, and driven to be the best.
• As long as you can prove to have the track record and vision for this role, we want to talk to you.

So if that's you, feel free to apply below.

The Pay & Benefits:

• Base Starts at $65,000/year plus $10K in performance bonuses
• Work remotely - save $1000's in commuting costs and weeks worth of time by working remotely from home