Career Advisor

A Career Advisor is someone who provides customer-centered services designed to enhance workforce development activities and service strategies for job seekers and employers. In this role with the PA Career Link Greene County team, you will make a real difference every day by helping jobseekers and employers find success together. Apply now and experience the rewards of a job that truly matters to your community!

This position supports jobseekers and employers by providing guidance, resources, connections, and services. Our team helps individuals gain skills and make informed career decisions while helping businesses meet their hiring needs ethically and economically. As a Career Advisor you will perform the following duties:

• Counsel Jobseekers: Assist job seekers by providing assessments, counseling, tools, and resources to help jobseekers’ identify career objectives, interests, skills, and abilities; overcome barriers; and make sound career choices
• Manage Cases: Help jobseekers develop long- and short-term employment goals; track progress and modify plans as necessary; and provide follow-up activities to support successful outcomes
• Create Adaptability: Coordinate support, plan changes, and related services for jobseekers with other providers; propose hiring strategies and solutions to address employer recruitment and retention issues
• Coordinate Connections: Analyze employer workforce and economic development needs; analyze occupations to determine the skill sets needed by jobseekers; coordinate special recruitment services; and refer qualified jobseekers to openings
• Assist Employers: Help employers accurately advertise their businesses and job postings on PA Career Link Online in compliance with state and federal requirements

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Waynesburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Successful completion of the Career Advisor Trainee (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration) training program;
  or
• One year of experience interviewing the public to collect and identify customer needs, evaluating eligibility for programs, and researching data to make decisions, and a bachelor’s degree;
  or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
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