Director of Career Services - HigherEdJobs

Institution: Heald College
Location: Concord, CA
Category:
  • Admin - Career Counseling and Placement
  • Executive - Other Executive
Posted: 11/01/2012
Type: Full Time
Requisition Number: 129841

Director of Career Services

Job Responsibilities:

Operational/ Management

  • Track graduate employment processes.
  • Submit reports as scheduled to the Central Administrative Office (CAO).
  • Submit campus reports as requested by the Campus Director.

Personnel Management

  • Train, Supervise Career Services Coordinators, Career Services Assistants, and/or Federal Work Study students.

Market Research

  • Collect and analyze occupational, educational, and economic information for use in job placement and for referral to the Academic Affairs Department.
  • Survey employers for skill needs, software utilization, and job trends.

Employer Development

  • Contact employers to develop cooperative partnership including, but not limited to: identifying viable job opportunities for Heald students, advisory board membership, internship/externship program participation, non field of study in school jobs, career fair participation, and guest speaking.
  • Provide employers with information in a variety of areas: Heald career services, program outcomes, and the internship/externship program.
  • Match appropriate resumes to job orders, and distribute resumes promptly.
  • Assist employers in facilitating hiring process: contacting students, graduates, and alumni for interviews.
  • Participate as needed in local area trade shows and networking events.

Student and Graduate Management

  • Advise students, graduates, and alumni in job search strategies, resume writing and interviewing.
  • Conduct Pre-Graduation Career Services Graduate Workshop.
  • Research and communicate current job postings to active candidates on a regular basis.
  • Prepare email and written communication to students, graduates, and campus community.
  • Participate in Professional Development course.

Administrative

  • Ensure the proper maintenance of graduate files, inclusive of: final resume, cover letter, thank you letter, interview activity, graduate registration form, deferral form (if applicable), cover letter.
  • Ensure the maintenance of employer contracts including Federal Work Study and Internship. (varies per campus)
  • Ensure the updating and maintaining graduation success board (Wall of Fame).
  • Ensure the proper coordination Federal Work Study hiring on campus. (varies per campus)
  • Ensure the proper management and preparation of the campus career services events. (internship orientation, graduation seminar, job fairs, advisory boards, etc.)
  • Input, update and maintain all job orders and student records in database system or alternative record keeping process.

General Responsibilities

  • Meet or exceed minimum placement results by campus and by academic program, per defined Heald College placement criteria.
  • Conduct job-search seminars to assist students with resume and cover letter writing, job-search strategies, and interviewing techniques.
  • Develop and manage full-time and part-time job opportunities using structured job development processes.
  • Set up career fairs and on-campus interviews.
  • Speak in classes and coordinate outside speakers from the workplace as requested by faculty.
  • Publish list of job leads electronically to registered job seekers.
  • Partner with Student Services department to provide part-time/in-school job assistance to students as a part of campus retention efforts to meet or exceed budgeted campus attrition rates.
  • Assist the Learning Resource Center Manager with development of Career Resource Library/Center.
  • Maintain all necessary graduate documentation including hiring information and deferrals.
  • Maintain internship documentation for insurance purposes.
  • Supervise the orientation and placement of students in the Internship Program.
  • Develop and coordinate job-shadowing experiences for faculty and students as needed.
  • Participate as a team member in orientation, graduation, and all required activities at the college.
  • Develop and conduct Campus Advisory Board meetings.
  • Act as a liaison with the business community by representing Heald in local area trade shows, networking events and professional development workshops.
  • Develop off-campus Federal Work Study sites for students.
  • Develop and maintain employer relationships.
  • Develop Internship sites for fifth and sixth quarter students.
  • Assist employers in contacting students, graduates, and alumni for interviews.
  • Coordinate mock interviews for students, as needed, with employers and Career Services staff.
  • Other duties as assigned may include, but are not limited to : Advisory Board Coordination in conjunction with Academics, Graduation coordination assistance and/ or participation, Awards Ceremony attendance and New Student Orientation participation.
Skills:

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree required, graduate degree preferred.
  • Minimum of three years of experience working with placement at an educational institution or as a recruiter for a company.
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Must work well with others and interact well with students.
  • Sense of urgency, customer service and reliability are required.

Application Information

More Information on Heald College

Corinthian Colleges, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Source: http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175687891

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