Career Service Advisor

Position Overview

Job Title: Career Service Advisor I

Department: Career Services

Reports To: Managing Director or Associate Director of Career Services

The Career Service Advisor I is responsible for providing externship, job placement guidance, and assistance to graduates of the assigned Dorsey College campus. Coordinates all aspects of the student externship program at the campus including helping students identify an externship site, monitoring students during the externship period, interfacing with employers, and submitting final grades and reports. The Career Service Advisor I also works to develop relationships with area employers to assist in externship and job placement.

• Conduct an externship meeting with students going out on externship in the module prior to the externship.
• Responsible for identifying eligible students to go out on externship in the following module.
• Identify an externship site for each student and notify the student in writing.
• Track student progress throughout the course of the externship including obtaining regular attendance reports and making site visits each module.
• Compute each student’s final grades, prepare a summary report for each extern and ensure that all required paperwork is completed and uploaded.
• Counsel the student regarding any noted problems and/or refer the problem to the Associate Director and Managing Director for guidance.
• Coordinate and conduct on-site meetings to explain the Career Services process.
• Assist students with resume writing and cover letters. Maintain a copy of each student’s resume to provide employers during a student’s job search.
• Conduct mock interviews and a Career Services exit interview with each student.
• Communicate professionally and on a regular basis, both verbally and in writing with students and graduates regarding their job search activities. Provide motivation and effective career counseling.
• Each student should be contacted in person weekly at minimum; contacts should be documented in Campus Vue.
• If a student is waiving Career Services assistance, obtain supporting documentation.
• Meet with all eligible graduates returning to Career Services to review the returning graduate’s resume, to identify the graduate’s career goal, and to establish a job search plan with the graduate.
• Actively contact employers to develop a working relationship and to identify current employment openings and externship opportunities.
• Select and refer appropriately qualified students to available job orders in a timely and professional manner.
• Respond to job order specifications from employers, and record employer’s account record/job orders in the Campus Vue database in a timely and accurate manner.
• Follow-up with employers regarding all job orders and facilitate job interviews.
• Participate in local job fairs, chamber of commerce meetings, and other industry events to promote Dorsey’s graduates and Career Services.
• Coordinate and organize advisory meeting and collect Employment Program Verification Forms from employers.
• Conduct on-campus job fairs.
• Attend Career Service meetings and other faculty/staff in-service meetings as assigned.
• Submit all reports as required.
• For license programs, work with the academic’s team to assist students in obtaining their license.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills as well as active listening.
• Reliable, highly motivated, and possess a positive attitude.
• Strong ability to multi-task with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to work well individually and cooperatively as a team.
• Proficient with basic office equipment, computers, and computer applications.
• Working knowledge of Campus Vue software preferred, but not required.
• Ability to travel within 10 miles to assigned locations.

• Minimum of an Associate’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience;
  Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Previous job development/job placement experience preferred.

• Evening or weekend hours, if necessary, to meet deadlines.
• Position requires long periods of sitting.
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills and attention to detail.
• Exten…