Career Service Advisor

The College of Health Care Professions; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The College of Health Care Professions is seeking a Career Services Advisor in Austin, TX. This role focuses on helping students, graduates, and alumni pursue or advance healthcare careers by providing career services and building relationships with employers for CHCP graduates.

You will guide job seekers on interview techniques, resume best practices, and connect them with healthcare employers. The role emphasizes relationship building, compliance with regulations, and meeting placement metrics.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in employment staffing, career services, out-placement services or sales experience.
• Ability to guide interview techniques and resume best practices.

Responsibilities

• Influences and empowers students and graduates to find employment in their field of study and begin their healthcare careers
• Manages a population of graduates and assists them in job placement in the Allied Healthcare field
• Works with students and graduates to give guidance on interview techniques, workplace expectations, resume best practices and more
• Develops and implements plans to achieve student and graduate employment goals
• Consistently meets or exceeds department metrics and quotas including talk time, interviews, hires and monthly goal of placed graduates
• Assist the Directors with advertising, recruiting extern and placement sites, marketing to the medical community, monitor of student’s progress during externship
• The Career Advisor will be a positive representative of CHCP in the community
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and student orientation
• Ensure compliance with all state, federal and accrediting rules and regulations
• Build a positive relationship with students throughout the educational process to promote the services and availability of the career services department

Skills

Relationship building

Communication skills

Interview techniques

Resume coaching

Education

Associate degree

Equivalent work experience

Job description

Are you a recruiter or staffing sales professional looking to channel your skills to help make an impact on the lives of our graduates? This could be the perfect job for you!

At CHCP, we do meaningful work that is aimed at improving the lives of our students.

Now you can be a part of that change by becoming a Career Services Advisor. In this role, you'll be responsible for helping our students and graduates pursue or advance their healthcare careers. You’ll provide career services to students, graduates, and alumni, plus build relationships with potential employers for CHCP grads. If you like making connections and think you might like helping job‑seekers, then this position could be the perfect fit for you!

Summary

Ensure that students and graduates are prepared with the job search skills necessary to attain employment and that the graduates are employed in their field of study as outlined in their respective program objectives. Works in cooperation with the education department and administrative staff to provide placement services to graduates and to analyze and provide feedback on graduate and employer satisfaction based on survey results.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Influences and empowers students and graduates to find employment in their field of study and begin their healthcare careers
• Manages a population of graduates and assist them in job placement in the Allied Healthcare field
• Works with students and graduates to give them guidance on interview techniques, workplace expectations, resume best practices and more
• Develops and implements plans to achieve student and graduate employment goals
• Consistently meets or exceeds department metrics and quotas including talk time, interviews, hires and monthly goal of placed graduates
• Assist the Directors with advertising, recruiting extern and placement sites, marketing to the medical community, monitor of student’s progress during externship
• The Career Advisor will be a positive representative of CHCP in the community
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and student orientation
• Ensure compliance with all state, federal and accrediting rules and regulations
• Build a positive relationship with students throughout the educational process to promote the services and availability of the career services department

Education / Experience

Associate degree or equivalent work experience

Willingness to work in a high‑powered, dynamic, energetic and results‑driven environment

Experience in employment staffing, career services, out‑placement services or sales experience.