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Location: Oneonta, NY Category: Professional Posted On: Mon Sep 23 2024 Job Description:

Ignite your passion for shaping futures! The Career Planning and Networking Center is dedicated to transforming student success through hands-on experiential learning and is excited to announce an opportunity for a Career Counselor for Internships. This role is at the forefront of shaping students' professional journeys by guiding them through meaningful internship experiences that bridge the gap between education and career readiness.

Expectations include, but are not limited to, providing general career advisement to all students with a focus on internships and experiential learning. The dynamic role will assist students seeking internships by providing workshops on resume writing, interview skills, and professional behavior; providing general career advisement to all students with a focus on internships and experiential learning and advising students on the requirements to register for academic internships. The Career Counselor for Internships will also serve as a resource to employers interested in hiring students for internship positions.

The Career Planning and Networking Center plays a vital role in the University's mission to nurture a community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially, and live purposefully. The CPNC facilitates career exploration and preparation for SUNY Oneonta students and alumni. It provides students with access to internships and other career development programs and services and helps them develop the tools they need to be agile employees who can adapt to the increasing complexity of life and work in the 21st century. To learn more about the University and the Department, please visit https://suny.oneonta.edu/ and https://suny.oneonta.edu/career-development-center

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Conduct individual career appointments to assist students in the career decision-making process, career exploration, and job/internship search.

• Assist in the planning and facilitating of career programming throughout the year, including career fairs, resume review events, career workshops, employer events, and faculty classroom presentations, etc.

• Develop and provide engaged programming to increase students' awareness of any successful participation in internships.

• Manage the approval and registration process of undergraduate and graduate internships.

• Assist the Director of the CPNC in the administration of multiple internship support funds including the processes for marketing, awarding, and disbursing the funds.

• Participate in departmental professional development to learn best practices in career advising, career services, employer relations/college recruiting, and stakeholder cultivation.

• Use technology to better serve students, such as: Handshake (for assisting jobs with internship and job searches), LinkedIn, and Twitter/X (for assisting students with networking), etc.

• Undertake special project administration or research through work with office staff, teams, and programs.

• Working nights and weekends as assigned.

Salary: $55,151. Information on SUNY's comprehensive benefits offerings can be found at https://www.suny.edu/benefits.

Job Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

• Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft 365 including Excel

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Preferred:

• Master's degree

• At least 2 years of experience in higher education preferably in an advising role

• Knowledge of career development tools such as Handshake and Focus 2

• Experience working with and serving diverse populations

  Additional Information:

SUNY Oneonta enrolls about 5,500 students who pursue bachelor's or master's degrees or certificates in one of 70-plus academic programs. Known as an exemplary residential campus that values inclusion, service and sustainability, SUNY Oneonta is a nurturing community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially, and live purposefully.

The university is located in the City of Oneonta, nestled in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains about a four-hour drive from New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia. With a population just shy of 14,000, Oneonta is one of the 20 Most Picturesque Small Towns in America, according to Microsoft News. The natural beauty of the region is breathtaking year-round. Each season offers outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, boating, swimming, and skiing. Employees give SUNY Oneonta high marks for work/life balance, management, and culture. The university's indeed.com rating is 4.4, with one recent review noting that the people are what make SUNY Oneonta so special.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the NYS Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov.

SUNY Oneonta values a diverse university community. Please visit our website on diversity at: https://suny.oneonta.edu/diversity. Moreover, the University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Women, persons of color, persons with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. "At SUNY Oneonta, we believe that diversity is an asset and a source of strength that energizes our collective growth and innovation." - President Alberto Cardelle.