Career Services Advisor, Senior - Financial Services Practice

University of Southern California; Los Angeles (CA); Vor Ort; USD 80.000 - 104.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Marshall Career Services team at the University of Southern California is recruiting a Senior Career Services Advisor (Practice Group Coordinator) for the Financial Services practice. The role partners with the Practice Group Leader to help MBA students, especially full-time MBAs, achieve professional success through advising, events, and an expanding employer portfolio.

Responsibilities include coaching on resumes, interview prep, supervising peer advisors, and liaising with employers and

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Three years of full-time relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Higher Education, Student Affairs, Counseling, Career Counseling, or related discipline.
• Five or more years of full-time relevant experience.

Aufgaben

• Partner with the Practice Group Leader in developing a strategy to support the professional success of a cohort of MBA students pursuing respective practice area
• Conduct one-on-one and group career advising with MBA students, including career coaching on resume and cover letters, technical interview preparation, industry-specific preparation; hire, train, and supervise peer advisors
• Plan and execute a variety of employer-facing events, working to connect MBA students with as many professional opportunities as possible; actively work to grow the financial services employer portfolio year-over-year
• Actively liaise with partners inside the practice, including employers, alumni, and executives, as well as partners across Marshall Career Services, the Marshall School of Business, and USC to ensure that the organization is seen as a great partner and willing collaborator
• In line with the Marshall Career Service’s strategic value of career-outcome-driven, actively monitor the internship and full-time career outcomes of all full-time MBA students, working aggressively to implement continual solutions to drive outcomes as high as possible
• Promote and support marketing initiatives for related employer events, career services training, mentorship programs, and individualized career advising, to enhance student engagement
• Lean into Marshall Career Service’s strategic value of relationship-centered, actively leaning into building positive relationships with students; maintain relationships with student clubs and their leaders, take opportunities to attend club events and be visibly present, and lean into communication during times of conflict
• Collaborate with the appropriate MBA team members to help incoming MBA students successfully onboard and prepare for entry into the practice group model; participate in career preparation programs, and support students’ transition between practice groups, as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Kenntnisse

Career advising

Resume coaching

Interview preparation

Peer advisor supervision

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree in MBA or related field

Jobbeschreibung

Career Services Advisor, Senior (Practice Group Coordinator, Financial Services s)

USC Marshall School of Business
Undergraduate Career Services Office

The Marshall Career Services team, comprised of more than 30 professional staff, and more than 30 undergraduate and graduate student staff, lead the charge to ensure all of Marshall’s approximately 8,200 undergraduate, specialty MS, and MBA students have the support and connections to achieve their professional goals. Our team is currently in a period of change and rallying around a new set of strategic values:

• relationship-centered (we prioritize strong relationships with all internal and external stakeholders, especially students)
• career-outcome-driven (we connect students to as many opportunities and employers as possible and actively build the networks that lead to employment),
• innovative practice (we maintain a current, tech-forward, and competent practice)
• team-centered (we value our people and foster a supportive, balanced, and authentic work environment).

These values are reshaping how we function as a team and deliver career services. We are thrilled to be recruiting for several roles and are excited to recruit future team members that share our enthusiasm for defining the future of career services and continuing to build Marshall’s reputation as the best business school!

The MBA team in Marshall Career Services is looking to recruit an experienced career services professional to join the team as a practice group coordinator (PGC) for our financial services practice. The PGC will support the Practice Group Leader in Marshall Career Service’s efforts to ensure our MBA students, with particular attention towards our full-time MBA students, achieve professional success. This will include building a financial-services-related practice consisting of an employer portfolio, alumni-in-residence, executives-in-residence, student clubs, peer advisors, and other resources, all of which facilitate MBA students successfully securing internships and full-time jobs. This is an exciting time to join the MBA team, which just reorganized around this new model. The PGC is responsible to the Practice Group Leader for Financial Services.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Partner with the Practice Group Leader in developing a strategy to support the professional success of a cohort of MBA students pursuing respective practice area
• Conduct one-on-one and group career advising with MBA students, including career coaching on resume and cover letters, technical interview preparation, industry-specific preparation; hire, train, and supervise peer advisors
• Plan and execute a variety of employer-facing events, working to connect MBA students with as many professional opportunities as possible; actively work to grow the financial services employer portfolio year-over-year
• Actively liaise with partners inside the practice, including employers, alumni, and executives, as well as partners across Marshall Career Services, the Marshall School of Business, and USC to ensure that the organization is seen as a great partner and willing collaborator
• In line with the Marshall Career Service’s strategic value of career-outcome-driven, actively monitor the internship and full-time career outcomes of all full-time MBA students, working aggressively to implement continual solutions to drive outcomes as high as possible
• Promote and support marketing initiatives for related employer events, career services training, mentorship programs, and individualized career advising, to enhance student engagement
• Lean into Marshall Career Service’s strategic value of relationship-centered, actively leaning into building positive relationships with students; maintain relationships with student clubs and their leaders, take opportunities to attend club events and be visibly present, and lean into communication during times of conflict
• Collaborate with the appropriate MBA team members to help incoming MBA students successfully onboard and prepare for entry into the practice group model; participate in career preparation programs, and support students’ transition between practice groups, as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Three years of full-time relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Higher Education, Student Affairs, Counseling, Career Counseling, or related discipline.
• Five or more years of full-time relevant experience

Anticipated Hiring Range:

The salary range for this position is $80,010.17 - $103,786.08. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

Why join the USC Marshall School of Business?

The USC Marshall School of Business is ideally positioned to address the challenges of a rapidly changing business environment and is ranked as one of the country’s top schools for accounting, finance, marketing, consulting, entrepreneurship and international business studies.

USC Marshall builds on the unique opportunities that stem from its Los Angeles location on the Pacific Rim, its interdisciplinary and impactful research, the momentum generated by the University of Southern California, and the unparalleled engagement of the Trojan Alumni Family. With ready access to industries defining the new business frontier, including biotechnology, life sciences, media, entertainment, communications and healthcare, this vast network offers USC Marshall graduates exceptionally strong support for success in the global marketplace.

For more information on the USC Marshall School of Business, visit: www.marshall.usc.edu.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Experience: 3 years
Minimum Field of Expertise: Experience in career services, human resources, recruiting, or related industries, with some experience in a coaching or leadership role.

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