Career Advisor - Temporary

NU USA Northeastern University; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Part time

Job summary

Northeastern University is seeking a Career Assistant on the Boston Campus to provide career coaching, program management and support for students, employers, and alumni. The role involves advising individuals and groups, delivering workshops, and supporting job-search programming in a dynamic, on-site setting.

Temporary position with responsibilities across career education initiatives, events, and partnerships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with at least 1 year in career services, recruiting, workforce development, or higher education.
• Experience advising students is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to build relationships across diverse cultures and identities; commitment to inclusive practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized and small group career advising and coaching to students and recent graduates.
• Design, deliver and improve programming for job search activities, networking, mock interviews, fairs and employer showcases.
• Support planning and logistics for career education initiatives, events and employer engagements.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Inclusive practice

Career coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Handshake

Lightcast

LinkedIn Talent Insights

AI-enabled tools

Job description

About the Opportunity

Job Summary: The Career Assistant will report to an Associate Director, in the Career Development department, and provide career coaching, program management and support for students, employers and alumni, on the Boston Campus. They will provide individualized support to students, deliver career development workshops, and participate in the department’s efforts to support students’ career exploration and job seeking. This is a temporary position.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Career Advising & Student Coaching: Provide individualized and small group career advising and coaching to students and recent graduates. Guide students through job search strategies, resume, cover letter and portfolio development, interview preparation, and offer evaluation.
• Programming Design & Delivery: Support the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of programming that addresses the full arc of the job search: industry exploration, networking, mock interviews, career fairs and employer showcases, and salary negotiation. Develop programming in partnership with career development team, faculty, student organizations and employer partners. Capture and leverage data to evaluate program effectiveness to iterate accordingly.
• Departmental Initiatives: Assist with career education special projects and initiatives including, but not limited to, career fairs, employer visits, networking events, and engagements with prospective, incoming, current and graduating Northeastern students. Support the ideation, planning, logistics and delivery of both small and large-scale events.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree is required with a minimum of 1 years of experience in career services, recruiting, workforce development, or higher education.
• Experience working with or advising preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational with careful attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to build authentic relationships across diverse cultures, backgrounds and identities, and genuine commitment to inclusive practice.
• Proficiency with career management platforms (e.g., Handshake), labor market intelligence tools (e.g., Lightcast, LinkedIn Talent Insights), and AI-enabled career development tools, a plus.

Position Type

Temporary

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees.

• This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation.

Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

This job is for a current or anticipated job vacancy.

Pay Rate: $30.00

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact. Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—including 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and 3,000 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions. The university’s residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate degrees are located in Boston, London, and Oakland, California. Our research and graduate campuses are in the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant; Arlington, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; Portland, Maine; Seattle; Silicon Valley, California; Toronto; and Vancouver. Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment. Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.