Career Advisor (800017)

Company Description

We help job seekers and career changers prepare for and advance in careers with a focus on sustainable, high-growth, high-demand industries. Our committed and well-trained workforce professionals deliver comprehensive workforce solutions at integrated career centers, sector-focused centers and community, and partner sites.

Job Description

• Provides consistent and comprehensive case management
• Provides guidance and assists customers with job search strategies, personal career advisement, and training needs
• Helps customers identify and work with barriers to employment
• Conducts searches for suitable job openings for clients, comparing client qualifications with employer's requirements
• Develops a wide variety of job opportunities for candidates
• Develops and maintains detailed knowledge of the local labor market
• Maintains accurate and complete records and ensure smooth transition of cases across services and programs
• Responsible for managing day-to-day relationships with customers, ensuring their concerns are addressed promptly with a plan of action
• Collaborate with community partners in designing and marketing programmatic information, services and events for the purpose of recruitment and awareness
• Assesses the need, authorize, and facilitate appropriate support services
• Demonstrates strategies for re-engaging customers after training completion, show effective use of the standards of the Case Management Model, and the policies and procedures for Career Advisement
• Responsible for maintaining high standards of confidentiality, including information relating to customers, employees and/or contacts
• Ensures that highest quality, individualized services are delivered to the customer
• Ensures protection and confidentiality of participants’ rights
• Successfully documents customer success stories internally and externally
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Preferred bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Preferred two years of experience in social services, career advisement and case management
• Strong organizational, computer, interpersonal, and communication skills (bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus but not required)
• Ability to relate to and motivate individuals, especially those facing barriers to employment
• Comfortable meeting multiple deadlines with conflicting priorities
• Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to thrive in environments with multiple stakeholders, frequent change, and diverse objectives
• Customer service experience required
• Current driver’s license (with low-risk driver rating) and automobile liability insurance required
  
  

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Equus Workforce Solutions is a leading provider of workforce development services in North America. With a dedicated and passionate team, Equus puts the industry’s best practices to work by focusing on the development, design, and delivery of demand-driven workforce solutions.

When you join Equus, you can expect extensive learning opportunities and networking programs. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others.

At Equus we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. Equus Workforce Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religion, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or reprisal or any other characteristic protected under state, federal, or local law.