Director of Career Services - HigherEdJobs
| Institution: | Heald College |
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| Location: | Concord, CA |
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| Posted: | 11/01/2012 |
| Type: | Full Time |
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.
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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