Career Navigator

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Career Navigator serves as a guide and resource for prospective and newly enrolled students, supporting them in making informed decisions about their academic, career, and employment goals. This role connects students to college systems, workforce pathways, and support services while helping reduce barriers to enrollment, persistence, and completion. The Career Navigator ensures that career advising occurs at multiple entry points — prospective student inquiry, New Student Orientation, the High School Diploma Program, and through ongoing case management — to ensure support is coordinated, timely, and centered on student needs.

This position requires strong relationship‑building skills, a working knowledge of academic and career pathways, and the ability to provide proactive, individualized support to students from diverse backgrounds. The role also requires an understanding of career development theories, familiarity with a range of industries and occupations and how they intersect with labor market trends, and knowledge of college programs and resources. In addition, the Career Navigator serves as a resource for staff and faculty by providing guidance and training that support meaningful career conversations with students.

Recruit and outreach to prospective students, focusing on completing next steps to enrollment; present at community events and table the College’s educational opportunities.

Provide one‑on‑one and group career counseling, assist with self‑assessment, career exploration using tools such as Super Strong, and goal setting. Help students identify interests, skills, and values to align with potential career paths, articulate prior learning and transferable skills, and select academic pathways and create academic plans to completion.

Guide students in developing personalized career plans, including labor market information, wage outcomes, courses, transfer pathways, internships, and extracurricular activities. Help students create long‑term strategies and ensure they are matriculated to an academic pathway that matches career and transfer goals.

Develop and deliver workshops, presentations, and seminars on career topics such as exploration, labor market information, resume writing, job search strategies, interview preparation, and professional networking. Coordinate with campus departments to provide comprehensive career development programming. Lead and support New Student Orientation to help students navigate enrollment steps and campus resources.

Support High School Diploma Program students by monitoring progress, providing individualized guidance, and helping navigate services for successful matriculation. Connect students to on‑ and off‑campus career resources such as workshops, career fairs, job boards, alumni networks, and professional organizations. Partner with academic departments, workforce development, financial aid, and student support services for consistent messaging and coordinated care.

Assist students with resume and cover letter writing, interview preparation, networking, and using online job boards, internship databases, and other platforms.

Stay updated on labor market trends, industry developments, and emerging careers. Conduct research on specific occupations to provide salary ranges, qualifications, and growth opportunities. Maintain knowledge of CCD programs, transfer options, and workforce‑aligned credentials.

Maintain accurate, timely records of student interactions, services, and outcomes; provide case management through proactive outreach, follow‑up, and coordination with partners. Generate reports to track activities and student success. Participate in assessment and continuous improvement related to onboarding, momentum, and equitable access. Identify structural barriers impacting decision making and share insights with leadership. Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Bachelor…