Career Consultant, Business School

Job Description

A Career Consultant in the A. B. Freeman School of Business plays a crucial role in fostering student success and facilitating positive career outcomes for both undergraduate and graduate students. A Consultant equips students with lifelong career skills, guiding them in developing strong career strategies to secure internships and full-time positions. The Career Consultant also facilitates career education programs each semester and works collaboratively as part of a dynamic team of career consultants and employer engagement specialists.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Fostering student success by providing personalized career coaching, guidance, and strategy development.
• Equipping students with essential lifelong career skills, including resume development, interview preparation, networking, and job search strategies.
• Offering one-on-one and group coaching sessions to address individual career goals and challenges.
• Facilitating career education programs, focusing on practical application and personal growth.
• Cultivating and maintaining relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders, including students, recruiting representatives, business school colleagues, faculty, and alumni.
• Collecting and reporting student engagement and outcomes data per university and professional association standards.
• Collaborating with employer engagement specialists to build and maintain partnerships with potential employers.
• Contributing to team initiatives and projects aimed at enhancing career services and student outcomes.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Skilled coaching ability.
• Business acumen, executive presence, and professional demeanor.
• Effective sales / influencing / recruiting skills.
• Innovative, creative, proactive, and effective at problem-solving.
• Effective understanding and management of stakeholders including students, HR and recruiting representatives, university administrators, C-level professionals, executives, faculty, alumni, and parents.
• Ability to work collaboratively, including as a member of a team to build internal and external relationships.
• Ability to work with a variety of companies, organizations, and government agencies to connect students for internships and jobs.
• Ability to work through ambiguity – be agile and adaptive to change.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in collecting, analyzing, and communicating data.
• Demonstrated or related experience in individual and/or group career consulting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs and familiarity with other applications such as assessment instruments, recruiting management systems for the delivery of career services, and customer relationship management (CRM) software.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least five years of relevant experience.
  
  

OR

• Master’s Degree and at least three years of relevant experience.
• International business experience and language fluency in a second language.
• Corporate talent acquisition experience or network.
• Professional certification in career coaching, career management, or related professional credentials.