Career Service Advisor

Career Service Advisor 100% Onsite - Full-time

Help future students take the next step in their education! The Career Services Advisor, provides numerous services that assist students and graduates in obtaining employment. The three major functions of Career Services are Employment, Externship or Certification Track, and Career Services Skill Development while serving both employers, students, and employers. Advisors work with students before graduation to prepare them for practical application of their skills and entering the job market. Sales standards and metric goals are set for every function of the Career Services role to achieve employment start outcomes through our activity-based management system.

EMPLOYMENT:

• Conducts employer and job development sales activities such as employer calls and site visits.
• Meets and exceeds daily, weekly, and modular activity goals to achieve modular employment start goal.
• Maintains relationships with students and graduates to ensure appropriate interaction with employers.
• Attends business functions, trade shows, and professional organizations’ meetings for networking and employer development.

EXTERNSHIP & CERTIFICATION TRACKING:

• Contacts potential sites for the development of new student externship opportunities.
• Coordinates and supervises the externship process and provides midterm review to increase extern to hire opportunity.
• Administers all externship presentations
• Supports the monitoring of attendance and performance of the student on externship
• Monitors graduates as they complete licensure to maintain connections and provide support to gain employment.

CAREER SERVICES SKILL DEVELOPMENT:

• Provides support to help students prepare resumes, employment search strategies, and interview techniques.
• Partners with students in job search strategies and coaching that leads to employability.
• Conducts career skill workshops on a variety of career topics like resume, interviewing, professionalism and more

OPERATIONAL:

• Adheres to all compliance and performance standards as it relates to employment start confirmations, metric activities, and student interaction documentation
• Maintains timely and accurate documentation of physical and electronic records.
• Supports campus goals and initiatives by supporting activities, events, and graduation ceremonies.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and/or Experience – Associate or bachelor’ s degree preferred; three years of job development, career services, agency recruiting experience. Required degree(s) must be from institutions accredited by recognized U.S. Accrediting agencies. Degrees from non-U.S. Institutions are recognized only if equivalence has been established and provided.