Los Angeles, California
D.C.
La Jolla, California
Danvers, Massachusetts
Posted: 24-Aug-23
Location: Oneonta, New York
Salary: $55,000-$60,000
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The Career Development Center at the State University of New York at Oneonta invites applications for the position of Career Counselor for Employer Engagement. The successful candidate will join the CDC at a moment of revitalization and recognition of the essential role career exploration and preparation play in positioning students to define and pursue goals, augment their academic learning, and experience success. Expectations include, but are not limited to, providing general career advisement to all students, providing career-readiness workshops, advancing the university's priorities including supporting students in experiential learning (e.g., internships, job shadowing, etc.) and making classroom presentations for faculty and students to promote the Career Center's services. The Career Counselor for Employer Engagement will also conduct employer outreach in the region to increase internship and employment opportunities (among other partnerships) for students as well as serve as a resource to employers interested in hiring students for internship positions and jobs.
The Career Development Center (CDC) plays a vital role in the University's mission to nurture a community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially, and live purposefully. The CDC facilitates career exploration and preparation for SUNY Oneonta students and alumni. It provides students with access to internships and other career development programs and services and helps them develop the tools they need to be agile employees who can adapt to the increasing complexity of life and work in the 21st century. To learn more about the University and the Department, please visit https://suny.oneonta.edu/ and https://suny.oneonta.edu/career-development-center.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Conduct individual career appointments to assist students in the career decision-making process, career exploration, and job/internship search.
- Assist in the planning and facilitating of career programming throughout the year, including career fairs, resume review events, career workshops, employer events, alumni-engagement projects, and faculty classroom presentations etc.
- Assist the Director of Career Development in the establishment and maintenance of relationships with community partners locally and regionally.
- Participate in departmental professional development to learn better practices in career advising, career services, employer relations/college recruiting, and stakeholder cultivation.
- Use technology to better serve students, such as: Handshake (for assisting jobs with internship and job searches), LinkedIn, and Twitter (for assisting students with networking), etc.
- Undertake special project administration or research through work with office staff, teams, and programs.
- Working nights and weekends as assigned.
Salary: $55,000 - 60,000 commensurate with experience. Information on SUNY's comprehensive benefits offerings can be found at https://www.suny.edu/benefits.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- Demonstrated ability to use social media technology (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) as marketing tools
- Strong oral and written communication skills
Preferred:
- Master's degree
- At least two (2) years of experience in higher education, preferably in an advising role
- Experience with cultivating community partnerships
- Experience creating and managing events
- Knowledge of career development tools such as Handshake, Focus 2
- Experience working with and serving diverse populations
