Youth Career Advisor (2335)

Bakerripley; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Bakerripley in Houston is seeking a Youth Career Advisor to help people get a job, keep a job, or get a better job. The role provides professional advice on job search guidance, career exploration, and placement, evaluating backgrounds, training, and education to set realistic goals.

The position involves local travel (up to 25%), moderate travel, and a full-time schedule. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• 2 years of work experience in case management, workforce development, youth services, and/or career coaching.
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Conducts outreach and recruitment of youth customers.
• Manages customers in their career exploration, including developing a relationship with the customer, actively listening to determine employment-related wants and needs, identifying skills and abilities, evaluating past work experience, and conducting thorough assessments.
• Collaborate to establish short and long-term employment and career goals.
• Conducts and maintains contacts with community organizations for outreach, recruitment, and public relations.
• Provide ongoing communication to ensure customers' needs are met and coach and support toward goals.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: 665 Southeast - Houston, TX 77034

Position Type: Full-Time

Education Level: Bachelors Deg. or Equivalent

Experience:

Travel Percentage: Moderate

Local Travel (up to 25%)

Job Category: Community & Social Resources

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.

Qualifications

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, and
  
  
  • Conducting 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: Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.