Career Development & Employer Partnerships Coordinator

Arclabs-Welding-School; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Arclabs Welding School in Fort Worth, Texas, seeks a Career and Business Development Coordinator to connect graduates with employment and training opportunities, build employer partnerships, and support student success from orientation through placement.

You will manage job-readiness activities, internships, career fairs, and placement documentation, collaborating with faculty and staff to meet accreditation benchmarks while expanding placement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and professional communication skills for working with students, graduates, employers, and community partners.
• Ability to develop and maintain employer relationships and identify employment, internship, and training opportunities.
• Ability to provide individualized career guidance, conduct job-readiness interviews, and facilitate resume and employability workshops.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to balance outreach, student engagement, documentation, reporting, and event coordination.
• Ability to maintain accurate student and graduate records and consistently document placement, employer, and outreach activity.
• Ability to prepare reports and maintain documentation in support of accreditation, compliance, and institutional performance requirements.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with academic, administrative, and campus teams to support student completion and placement outcomes.
• Ability to work independently in the field, conduct employer and job site visits, and represent Arclabs professionally in the community.
• Ability to use internal systems, online job resources, and standard office technology to manage contacts, opportunities, records, and reports.
• Strong follow-through, customer-service orientation, and commitment to student and graduate success.

Responsibilities

• Participate in new student orientation and provide ongoing student support throughout the program to promote successful completion and career readiness.
• Track student progress through graduation and collaborate with academic and administrative staff to identify and address student‑success needs.
• Provide individualized job‑placement assistance to graduates, including employment leads, follow‑up, and support aligned with each graduate’s skills and employment goals.
• Conduct job‑readiness interviews with graduates to assess skills, employment goals, readiness, and appropriate placement opportunities.
• Facilitate resume‑building sessions, employability workshops, interview preparation, and other career‑readiness activities.
• Identify graduate employment opportunities through company visits, networking, employer outreach, online resources, and job‑board postings.
• Conduct regular outreach to employers to maintain, strengthen, and expand hiring partnerships and training‑related placement opportunities.
• Coordinate weekly job site visits and maintain appropriate documentation of employer outreach and business‑development activity.
• Conduct employer satisfaction surveys and use feedback to support continuous improvement of career services and employer relationships.
• Develop internship opportunities for the student body and achieve a goal of at least ten (10) internship opportunities per year.
• Plan, coordinate, and host three (3) Career Fairs annually to connect students and graduates with employers and employment opportunities.
• Maintain current student and graduate placement records in internal systems and student files, including employment outcomes and supporting documentation.
• Maintain student and alumni contact records and support ongoing communication and follow‑up with graduates.
• Assist graduates seeking to re‑enter programs or update their skills and support returning students through applicable re‑enrollment and training‑update processes.
• Maintain documentation and prepare reports required for accreditation, compliance reviews, institutional reporting, and student‑outcome tracking.
• Collaborate with academic, administrative, and campus staff to verify student completion and placement outcomes and resolve documentation gaps.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of career services, business‑development, student‑success, internship, and employer‑engagement initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Professional communication

Relationship-building

Employer outreach

Job-readiness interviews

Resume workshops

Time management

Record keeping

Reporting

Collaboration

Independent work

Tech literacy

Customer service

Job description

Arclabs Welding School in Fort Worth, Texas, seeks a Career and Business Development Coordinator to connect graduates with employment and training opportunities, build employer partnerships, and support student success from orientation through placement.

You will manage job-readiness activities, internships, career fairs, and placement documentation, collaborating with faculty and staff to meet accreditation benchmarks while expanding placement opportunities.