Career Accelerator
About The Position
The Career Accelerator works directly with students throughout the College of Arts and Sciences, providing individual and small-group coaching on experiential learning, career values and pathways, and connections to Bucknell’s employer and alumni network. The role serves as a gateway to Center for Career Advancement support and extends career development into students’ academic and co-curricular experiences. The position is gift-funded for an initial one-year term, with possible renewal subject to available funding and satisfactory performance. It is a casual/temporary, non-benefits-eligible appointment of up to 17 hours per week. The role is on campus and student facing, and reports to the Freeman Family Associate Vice President and Director of the Center for Career Advancement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Five years of experience in a related field.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, or social work.
- Familiarity with Bucknell.
- Experience in formal hiring or recruiting roles, or prior career coaching experience.
- Experience working with undergraduate students.
- Proficiency with recruiting or career-management platforms such as LinkedIn.
Responsibilities
- Case-manage a portfolio of graduating seniors through customized final-semester job searches.
- Conduct weekly advisory outreach to students still seeking employment and engage live with each student at least biweekly.
- Assess each student’s job-search readiness, challenges, and opportunities.
- Identify gaps in career-building skills, including resume and cover-letter writing, online profile development, networking, employer and role research, and behavioral and technical interviewing.
- Guide students through skill-building and remediation, including mock interviews, workshops, career fairs, corporate information sessions, and individual coaching.
- Collaborate with each student to create a proactive, individualized near-term job-search plan.
- Connect students with on-campus and external resources that can support their job-search success.
- Monitor students’ progress on their plans and provide ongoing, actionable feedback.
- Provide weekly updates on student progress and outcomes to College of Arts and Sciences and Center for Career Advancement leadership.
- Recommend initiatives, programming, and resources to address emerging student needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
