Youth Career Advisor

BAKERRIPLEY; Lake Jackson (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

BAKERRIPLEY is seeking a Youth Career Advisor to help people find or improve employment through personalized guidance, assessment of background and education, and planning for realistic career goals. The role focuses on outreach, coaching, and connecting customers with community resources.

The position involves facilitating career events and workshops, providing job search tools, and collaborating with local organizations for outreach and placement success.

Qualifications

• 2 years of work experience in case management, workforce development, youth services, and/or career coaching.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Professional employment-related counseling and advice about local labor market information and career exploration tools.

Responsibilities

• Conduct outreach and recruitment of youth customers and manage caseloads.
• Assess customers’ background, training, and education to help develop realistic career goals.
• Provide ongoing coaching and guidance to help customers reach employment milestones.
• Facilitate career events, resume writing workshops, interviewing skills, and industry research.
• Collaborate with community organizations to optimize outreach and public relations.

Skills

Career coaching

Case management

Youth services

Workforce development

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Our purpose (Why We Exist) is to keep our region a great place to do business, work and live.The individual in this position helps people get a job, keep a job, or get a better job. The Youth Career Advisor provides professional advice to customers who want job search guidance, career advice or placement. They will work to evaluate a customer’s background, training, and education to help develop realistic career goals.Our purpose (Why We Exist) is to keep our region a great place to do business, work and live.The individual in this position helps people get a job, keep a job, or get a better job. The Youth Career Advisor provides professional advice to customers who want job search guidance, career advice, or placement. They will work to evaluate a customer’s background, training, and education to help develop realistic career goals.Conducts outreach and recruitment of youth customers.Manages customers in their career exploration, including:Developing a relationship with the customer,Actively listen to determine customers’ employment-related wants and needs,Identifying skills and abilities,Evaluating their past work experience, as it relates to current goals, andConducting thorough assessments to identify customers’ strengths and address challenges.Collaborate to establish short and long-term employment and career goals.Conducts and maintains contacts with community organizations for the purpose of outreach, recruitment, and positive public relations.Leverage external and system resources to achieve the most effective outcomes.Advocates for the customer and provides other resources and contacts, when Workforce Solutions cannot meet the customer’s needs.Provide ongoing communication to ensure customer’s needs are met and maintains contact with the individual to coach and support, recognize benchmarks, and achieve goals.Helps customers access other services and resources they may want or need, including Workforce Solutions’ financial aid.Provide professional employment-related counseling and advice about local labor market information, career exploration tools, resources, and job search.Facilitate career events, presentations, and workshops associated with resume writing, interviewing skills, networking, and industry research.2 years of work experience in case management, workforce development, youth services, and/or career coaching. Preferred: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.