Healthcare Career Placement & Student Job Readiness Specialist

Unitek Learning • Reno, NV

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Unitek College is looking for a relationship-driven professional who can help healthcare students and graduates prepare for interviews, connect with employers, and secure meaningful employment in their field. This is not a traditional desk-based advising role. You will work directly with students, graduates, healthcare employers, faculty, and campus leaders to move people from the classroom into the workforce.

Requirements

• At least five years of combined experience in career services, recruiting, staffing, workforce development, employer relations, account management, admissions, outreach, or a closely related field.
• At least two years of direct experience in coaching, advising, placement, recruiting, business development, or relationship management.
• The ability to build rapport while still holding students and graduates accountable.
• Strong follow-through and the ability to manage deadlines, competing priorities, and a high-volume caseload.
• Confidence communicating with students, graduates, healthcare employers, faculty, and campus leaders.
• Comfort working with performance metrics, databases, CRM systems, and detailed documentation.
• A bachelor’s degree is preferred, but directly relevant experience and demonstrated performance will also be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Enjoys both coaching people and developing business relationships.
• Gets satisfaction from helping someone land a job.
• Works with urgency and does not wait for candidates or employers to come to them.
• Can balance empathy with accountability.
• Likes measurable goals and knows how to adjust when results fall behind.
• Is comfortable representing the college in the Reno healthcare community.

Responsibilities

• Coach students and graduates on resumes, job-search strategies, interviewing, networking, and professional communication.
• Build relationships with healthcare employers to generate externship-to-hire and direct-hire opportunities.
• Connect graduates with job openings, interviews, hiring events, and employer introductions.
• Lead job-readiness workshops, classroom presentations, mock interviews, and career events.
• Manage a student and graduate caseload, maintain consistent follow-up, and help candidates work through barriers affecting employment.
• Track employer outreach, student engagement, interviews, placements, and employment outcomes in company systems.
• Partner with faculty, campus leadership, and externship teams to improve graduate employment and externship-to-hire results.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year. Increasing based on years of service with the company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100%, depending on the program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree