Career Services Advisor, Senior - Financial Services Practice
About The Position
The Marshall Career Services team, comprised of more than 30 professional staff, and more than 30 undergraduate and graduate student staff, lead the charge to ensure all of Marshall’s approximately 8,200 undergraduate, specialty MS, and MBA students have the support and connections to achieve their professional goals. Our team is currently in a period of change and rallying around a new set of strategic values: relationship-centered, career-outcome-driven, innovative practice, and team-centered. These values are reshaping how we function as a team and deliver career services. The MBA team in Marshall Career Services is looking to recruit an experienced career services professional to join the team as a practice group coordinator (PGC) for our financial services practice. The PGC will support the Practice Group Leader in Marshall Career Service’s efforts to ensure our MBA students, with particular attention towards our full-time MBA students, achieve professional success. This will include building a financial-services-related practice consisting of an employer portfolio, alumni-in-residence, executives-in-residence, student clubs, peer advisors, and other resources, all of which facilitate MBA students successfully securing internships and full-time jobs. This is an exciting time to join the MBA team, which just reorganized around this new model. The PGC is responsible to the Practice Group Leader for Financial Services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Three years of full-time relevant experience
- Experience in career services, human resources, recruiting, or related industries, with some experience in a coaching or leadership role.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Higher Education, Student Affairs, Counseling, Career Counseling, or related discipline.
- Five or more years of full-time relevant experience
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Practice Group Leader in developing a strategy to support the professional success of a cohort of MBA students pursuing respective practice area
- Conduct one-on-one and group career advising with MBA students, including career coaching on resume and cover letters, technical interview preparation, industry-specific preparation; hire, train, and supervise peer advisors
- Plan and execute a variety of employer-facing events, working to connect MBA students with as many professional opportunities as possible; actively work to grow the financial services employer portfolio year-over-year
- Actively liaise with partners inside the practice, including employers, alumni, and executives, as well as partners across Marshall Career Services, the Marshall School of Business, and USC to ensure that the organization is seen as a great partner and willing collaborator
- In line with the Marshall Career Service’s strategic value of career-outcome-driven, actively monitor the internship and full-time career outcomes of all full-time MBA students, working aggressively to implement continual solutions to drive outcomes as high as possible
- Promote and support marketing initiatives for related employer events, career services training, mentorship programs, and individualized career advising, to enhance student engagement
- Lean into Marshall Career Service’s strategic value of relationship-centered, actively leaning into building positive relationships with students; maintain relationships with student clubs and their leaders, take opportunities to attend club events and be visibly present, and lean into communication during times of conflict
- Collaborate with the appropriate MBA team members to help incoming MBA students successfully onboard and prepare for entry into the practice group model; participate in career preparation programs, and support students’ transition between practice groups, as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- health benefits for staff and their family with access to the renowned university medical network
- eligibility for retirement plans with employer contributions
- tuition benefits for staff and their family
- free Professional Development classes
- central Los Angeles location with easy access to commuter trains, buses and free tram pick up services
- discounts to sporting and other campus events
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
