Career Specialist

Our Career Specialist position advises and educates students, alumni, and community members in career exploration and professional development using various strategies, methods, and tools.

Typical Hours of Work:
Typical hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
The individual in this position will work at Stark State College Akron two days per week.
Some evening hours are required, more specifically, the person in this position will need to be available to work at least one evening per week until 6:30 p.m.

Location: Main Campus (North Canton, Ohio) and ability to work at Stark State College Akron (Akron, Ohio).

You'll be a Great Fit If:
If you appreciate engaging with students, employers and local entities and advising students about various career options, we want to hear from you.

Typical Responsibilities Include:

• Conducts career advising sessions to facilitate career planning and decision making process.
• Provides comprehensive conversation and interpretation of assessment outcomes.
• Provides one-on-one career coaching, small group and classroom workshops
• Assist with planning and facilitation of specialty events, career fairs, and workshops by coordinating with business contacts, faculty, staff, and students.
• Partners with college faculty and staff to assist with employer relations by identifying potential employers seeking internships, full-time, part-time and training opportunities.
• Participates in campus enrollment and retention activities, student success initiatives and other campus events.
• Plan, develop, and deliver customized presentations to a variety of groups including high school students, student groups, and community organizations.
• In order to best serve our students, our Career Specialist position(s) are required to work 10am - 6:30pm a minimum of one night a week.
• This position can be expected to work out of our North Canton and Akron campus locations.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Education, or Human Resources or related field is required.
• Valid Ohio driver's license is required.
• Masters degree in related field preferred, although not required.
• At least six months of experience (may be intern/practicum student experience) providing career planning assistance in a college or university related setting is preferred, although not required.

In order to improve hiring efficiency, be more responsive, and help us find the best candidates Stark State has implemented the use of a few recruiting tools such as Qualifi and Skill Survey. You may hear from us through one of these platforms during the recruitment process.

Qualifi is a cloud-based phone interviewing platform. Think of this like traditional phone interviews, but faster - allowing us to be more responsive to you, the applicant.

Checking candidates' references for multiple top candidates provides a valuable means of verifying skills and experience represented in resumes and interviews. SkillSurvey Reference, a cloud-based, data-driven solution allows us to access relevant feedback from references provided by our candidates. The chosen references receive job-specific surveys on at least 26 critical behaviors and skills. These behavioral competencies have been scientifically studied and have been shown to correlate with work outcomes.

Stark State College utilizes E-Verify to ensure compliance with applicable employment eligibility laws. E-Verify is an electronic system used to confirm the employment eligibility of new hires. This process will be conducted in accordance with I-9 verification and will be done promptly upon hire for all incoming employees. To understand what E-Verify is and how it works please visit E-Verify.

Should you have any questions regarding your application or our recruiting and hiring process, please reach out to HR@starkstate.edu.