Career Success Coach

About the role

The Career Marketplace is seeking a Support Staff to provide individual and group career development services to Tri-C students and alumni, assisting them in obtaining employment.

Responsibilities

• Coaches Tri-C students and alumni on internship and job search strategies including: the elevator pitch, networking skills, informational interviews, mock interviews, resume, and cover letter reviews, along with other career development tools and strategies.
• Provides individual coaching to students to create customized, long-term career development plans, develop key competencies necessary to make informed decisions, and take the necessary steps to achieve their career goals.
• Develops content, conducts workshops, and class informational sessions on a variety of topics to include career exploration, resume writing, interviewing, internships/job search strategies, networking tactics, and ethics in the workplace.
• Leverages the College’s Schools, Academies, and various other college partners to develop a portfolio of students, using a case management approach to work with students based on School and Academy.
• Works directly with faculty and instructors from Schools and aligning Academy to integrate career exploration activities and assignments into the curriculum.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with faculty, and, upon their request, facilitates a Career Marketplace overview of services and resources to academic program classes as a marketing, communications, and recruitment vehicle.
• Gathers and reports data for Career Marketplace regarding coaching appointments, classroom presentations, workshops, internships, and part- and full-time employment.
• Promotes all of the College’s talent pipelines to employers and emerging growth industries.
• Drives the use of Handshake – Career Marketplace’s online job posting network as a recruiting resource for employers.
• Uses Handshake CRM for case management and communications.
• Supports student success and engagement efforts at each campus by involvement in enrollment activities, retention initiatives, and other campus events.
• May identify employers that provide experiential learning opportunities, part-time, and full-time employment for students.
• May proactively cultivate relationships with small, mid-size, and large employers and emerging growth industries; positively maintaining all associated relationships, building a “book of business” generating experiential learning and job leads.
• Collaborates with the College’s Community Impact division, including the adult diploma program, and international services and programs to develop case management of students.
• Represents the Career Marketplace to a wide variety of community organizations, professional associations, government agencies, non-profit entities, and partners in higher education to provide a professional presence supporting the College’s brand.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Significant related experience may substitute for education.
• Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience in a progressively accountable role related to talent acquisition, staffing/placement, employee development, career coaching/consulting, and/or fields related to career development services.
• Demonstrated experience making sound decisions that affect a work unit or team.
• Demonstrated experience in a role requiring diverse problem-solving methods in a variety of situations.

Skills

• Working knowledge of career services concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Proficient use of a variety of internet tools and social networking sites as an employment sourcing tool.
• Effective in a dynamic and changing work environment requiring flexibility and a sense of urgency.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Works accurately with great attention to detail.
• Ability to adjust to changing priorities and respond appropriately to deadlines.
• Intermediate project management skills.
• Intermediate-level proficiency with the Microsoft Suite.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$55,000 to $65,000

Schedule

Standard College Hours: M-F, 8:30am-5pm May also require occasional evening or weekend hours for events