Career Liaison
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About The Position
This position is the primary liaison between the Career Center and the designated academic unit and is responsible for working closely with strategic partners and creating an atmosphere of collaboration among a variety of stakeholders. This position will develop successful partnerships that connect business, employers, students, alumni, to the academic unit and the Career Center. This position will work with employers and potential employers to identify and increase career-related experiential learning opportunities, e.g. co-ops, internships, volunteer, and summer employment. In addition, this position will help students to engage with other entities on campus that support high-impact experiential learning, such as the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Center for Leadership and Service. Embedded career liaison will develop successful partnerships that connect employers, students, alumni, and research entities to the academic unit and the Career Center. This position will engage directly with faculty, staff, and academic advisor to inform students and faculty about experiential learning opportunities and collect information about current experiential engagements. The position oversees the successful implementation of all related functions. Serve as liaison to a specified academic unit. This includes: Research specific career development needs for the students in that academic unit. Plan, implement and conduct outreach workshops, presentations & programs to educate and inform students, faculty/staff and administrators about internship programs & services and employability skills. Advise/counsel students individually or in groups regarding various types of work experience opportunities, resources, registering for services, and job search strategies. Provide accurate data collection for student engagement in experiential learning opportunities, e.g., internships, shadowing, co-ops, and volunteer experiences. Assist in facilitating, promoting and expanding interaction with business/industry, government, and nonprofit employers to create and increase career-related work experience opportunities, e.g. co-ops, internships, volunteer, and summer employment. Support and assist in the development, direction, administration and promotion of university-wide experiential learning/education program for undergraduate students. This includes: Assist with coordination and development of co-op/intern events and special programs, e.g., Part-time Job Fair, Internship Panels, and Career Exploratory Network events. Advise/counsel students individually or in groups regarding various types of work experience opportunities, resources, registering for services, and job search strategies.
