Career Counselor

About the role

The USF St Petersburg campus Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) empowers students to navigate their distinctive professional identity by integrating career development into their educational journey. We cultivate partnerships with campus and the community while creating innovative and agile services to equip our students with the skills, confidence and experiences necessary to succeed.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Employer Relations Coordinator to create industry to campus connections for the USF St Petersburg campus, by developing partnerships with employers.
• Serve as a Career Coach (Counselor) to students and recent alumni, including providing career consultations on major exploration, career development and planning, job and internship search, and interview preparation.
• Liaison with academic programs for the development of internships and employment opportunities.
• Career Programs: Coordinate career programs for students and other career events involving employers such as career fairs and expos, information sessions, panel discussions, on-campus recruiting, mock interviews, and resume critiques.
• Maintain services database and develop reports on services usage.
• Supports the mission of CCPD and all of its associated programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: The position requires a Master's degree in Career Counseling, Career Education, College Student Affairs, MBA; or a Bachelor’s degree in those same fields with a minimum of two years of directly related experience.
• Alternatively, in specialized academic areas, the position may require a degree in that field of study.
• Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree in College Student Personnel, Career Counseling, Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, College Student Affairs and professional experience in career services, employer relations, recruiting, internship programs advisement or college student affairs.

Policies and Procedures

• Routinely interpret and enforce office, university, state and federal policies regarding services to students, and recruitment services.
• Responsible for understanding and applying federal and state laws, university and office policies on all aspects of the employment process, including equal opportunity, affirmative action and ADA guidelines, as applied to recruiters, hiring managers and/or human resource professionals participating in any of Career Services’ recruitment services.
• Collaborate with other USF campus CCPD offices to align policies and maintain university wide standards.

Benefits

• Includes a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and life insurance plans, retirement plan options, employee and dependent tuition programs, generous leave, and hundreds of employee perks and discounts.