Advisor for Career Readiness and Professional Development
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Department: Career Services
Work Type: Staff - Full Time
Location: Main Campus (Houghton, MI)
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Categories: Advising/Counseling
Department: Career Services
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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Job Description Summary
As a valuable member of the department's education team the advisor designs, teaches, evaluates, and advises students on career readiness and professional development through various learning opportunities, services, courses, and high-impact practices. This involves:
? working with students of all majors and diverse backgrounds
? coaching students on career direction and potential opportunities
? teaching students the knowledge, methods, and skills required to secure and maintain employment (co-ops, internships and full-time)
? assisting students who wish to pursue graduate studies
? meeting students individually, in groups, online and during classroom formats as appropriate.
The advisor will report to the director of career services. In the future, the position may report to an assistant director.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)
Core functional position-specific duties
Maintain a schedule of office hours to meet with students.
Conduct career assessments with students and explain results or identify experts.
Collaborate with faculty, industry practitioners, student affairs colleagues, and experts to design, facilitate, and evaluate career readiness and professional development experiences that will equip Tech students with the skills, NACE-based competencies, and other strategies that promote career success.
Design, facilitate, and evaluate workshops that teach students how to develop cover letters, résumés, application packages, and portfolios.
Teach and advise students through all stages of the job search, including self-assessment, career exploration, industry recruiting processes, various types of interviewing, job offer negotiations, and decision-making.
Identify, maintain, use, and refer students to tools and resources related to the job search process and success in the workforce.
Advise students on how to prepare for career fairs and other recruiting activities.
Assist the team to plan and execute events.
Revive the career coaches program within the colleges.
Serve as a guest presenter on career readiness and professional development competencies (e.g., in classes, residence halls, at orientation, and to student groups).
Responsibilities common to all student affairs professional staff
Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.
Actively engage in creating an inclusive, welcoming, and professional work environment for staff, students, and visitors.
Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to ensure that services delivered to students are audience-specific, timely, culturally-relevant, needs-based, aligned with leadership's priorities and student learning outcomes, and can be evaluated.
Leverage relevant social media platforms and other marketing and outreach strategies to promote and increase attendance at events.
Maintain a positive and professional attitude while carrying out responsibilities.
Identify and propose appropriate professional development opportunities to enhance knowledge and skills.
Participate and actively engage in university continuous improvement initiatives and strategies and apply knowledge to everyday work.
Assist with collecting program data and other evidence to better understand student needs, student learning, and programmatic formative and summative outcomes.
Ensure that office databases and other record-keeping systems are updated, accurate, and audit-ready.
Support and assist department and divisional leaders in efforts to enhance brand, operations, services, visibility, and impact internally and externally, especially within the profession.
Perform other mission-critical and position-specific duties as requested based on operational needs (e.g., all-hands-on-deck events such as orientation, welcome week, homecoming, commencement, and other university traditions).
Required Education, Certifications, Licensures (minimum requirements)
? Bachelor's degree.
Required Experience (minimum requirements)
? Three or more years of related experiences as described in the "core functional position-specific duties" outlined in the essential duties and responsibilities section.
Desirable Education and/or Experience
? Master's degree
? Performing related duties in a higher education setting
? Industry experience
? Teaching experience
? Handshake and Career Fair Plus experience or similar platforms
? Experience working with diverse students, e.g. STEM, graduate-level, under-represented, and international
Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities (minimum requirements)
To maximize our effectiveness and success as a division and to serve as campus leaders in developing staff talent, student affairs at Michigan Tech adopts the following core required knowledge, skills, and/or abilities for all positions:
Skills:
Communication skills: ability to communicate effectively with individuals across racial, ethnic, cultural, and other boundaries and styles through interpersonal, oral, written, and group presentation modalities.
Self-management skills: ability to manage time effectively, learn and fully contribute to overall departmental tasks and goals, and offer suggestions for enhancing contributions to organization.
Project coordination skills: ability to lead or contribute to planning or organizing projects, programs, services, etc.
Conflict resolution skills: ability to use interpersonal skills to develop and maintain positive professional relationships with individuals from various diverse backgrounds and experiences, and resolve differences with colleagues, students, and others.
Analytical skills: ability to analyze complex information and offer sound recommendations.
Computational skills: ability to perform basic mathematical computations to assist with financial operations and/or data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Computer skills: proficiency with word processing and spreadsheet software, preferably Microsoft Office or Google Suite.
Abilities:
adhere to work attendance requirements.
model self-care and well-being for colleagues and, most importantly, students.
manage emotions, function effectively, and make sound decisions in stressful and crisis situations.
handle multiple projects in a timely and professional manner in a fast-paced and results-oriented environment.
promote and achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion of multi-racial/ethnic, low-income, LGBTQ+, veteran, non-traditional, online, disability, first-generation, and others.
be flexible, diplomatic, patient, service-driven, and a self-starter.
work independently under limited supervision and in teams.
make reasoned administ
