Position Title:Career Advisor

Job Group:Professional & Scientific

Required Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:Master’s Degree or higher

Experience in career services, human resources, or employment recruiting

Experience with teaching and advising

Experience working with career services management (CSM) software (e.g., Symplicity, 12twenty, Handshake)

Experience with public speaking, creating presentations, and facilitating events/workshops

Experience with developing course materials (e.g., syllabi, assignments, LMS courses) and policies OR experience collecting data, working with Excel, and creating reports.

Job Description:

Join us as a Career Advisor and make a tangible impact on students' futures while enjoying a dynamic and fulfilling work environment where no two days are the same!

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Career Services is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Career Advisor. In this role, you will teach 5-7 sections of the career preparation course LAS 2030: Personal Career Preparation each year (2-3 sections in the fall/spring and 1 in the summer/winter). This mandatory course for all LAS undergraduate students is designed to help them define and manage their professional career goals and seek out experiential learning opportunities such as internships.

As a Career Advisor, you will provide one-on-one and group career advising to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as alumni, from over 50 different majors and programs with diverse career goals. Group advising will occur in various settings, including classroom presentations, student organization meetings, learning community sessions, workshops, webinars, and panels. Advising topics will encompass the entire career development process, from exploring career options to negotiating salary offers. You will need to stay informed about career and workforce trends, job seeking tools, and recruitment best practices to support students' comprehensive career development. Additionally, you must be adept at navigating conversations about identity in the career space and supporting students from all backgrounds (e.g., class, race, gender identity, nationality) in their unique experiences and aspirations.

Career Advisors have a direct and meaningful impact on students' post-graduation success. It is incredibly rewarding to help students identify careers that align with their strengths and interests and then guide them through the necessary steps to achieve their goals. You will have the opportunity to teach, provide one-on-one advising, and independently manage your own projects. The variety of work is invigorating, with exciting new challenges and possibilities every day!

In addition to supporting general office operations (e.g., career fairs and events, CyHire (career services management tool) operations, committees, student interns), each career advisor is also in charge of a particular collateral project. The current options available are:

Project Option 1: Graduation & Internship Outcomes Data Management - Collect career outcome data for the 1.7K+ LAS graduates (undergraduate and graduate) each year. Manage and manipulate data in CyHire and Excel VBAs. Create statistical reports to help meet accreditation needs, provide insight into effectiveness of programs and trends in graduates' career pathways, and inform university-wide decision-making around student initiatives. Devise ways to strengthen quantity and quality of data on student internship outcomes in order to inform career advice and programmatic efforts.

Project Option 2: Career Peer Advisor Program Creation & Management - Design and oversee logistics for a peer career advising program to expand office advising capacity and provide students with another mode of feedback for select topics (e.g., resumes, LinkedIn, CyHire, cover letters). Select, train, and supervise 3-4 peer career advisors; provide ongoing coaching and professional development. Create structures (e.g., drop-in advising hours, presentation request process, asynchronous materials review) that allow for peer career advisors’ regular interactions with students and stakeholders.

The successful candidates will possess excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, interpersonal, problem solving, attention to detail, and multitasking skills. The candidates will be able to prioritize multiple ongoing tasks concurrently and build professional relationships with employers, students, faculty, alumni, and staff. They will need to be able to work effectively on a small team with interconnected roles and responsibilities.

This position is eligible for Iowa State University’s WorkFlex program and will have the opportunity to work remotely up to 40% of the time.

Multiple positions are available. Recruitment will be ongoing until positions are filled.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an on-going basis without sponsorship.

Level Guidelines• Intermediate-level position with solid professional and/or technical skills working under general supervision to achieve goals• Applies broad, working knowledge of the principles of the field to moderately complex, difficult, and varied problems and issues• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action and resolve problems• Responds to a broad range of inquiries and requests• May provide training and/or direction to lower-level staff• May lead projects of moderate scope and complexity• Provides guidance to students

Appointment Type:Regular

Number of Months Employed Per Year:12 Month Work Period

Time Type:Full time

Pay Grade:PS806

Application Instructions:

To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following:1) Resume/Curriculum Vitae2) Letter of Application/Cover LetterIf you have questions regarding this application process, please email employment@iastate.edu or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485.Why Choose ISU?Iowa State Employees enjoy comprehensive health and work-life benefits, including medical and dental; as well as:• Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans• Generous vacation, holiday and sick time and leave plans• Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa)• Life insurance and long-term disability• Flexible Spending Accounts• Various voluntary benefits and discounts• Employee Assistance Program• Wellbeing program• Iowa State offers WorkFlex options for some positions. WorkFlex offers flexibility on when, where, and how you do your work. For more information, please speak with the Hiring Manager.

Original Posting Date: April 11, 2024

Posting Close Date:

Job Requisition Number:R14450

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