Career Services Specialist

Do you want to be a part of a long-established and reputed post-secondary educational institution serving new Canadians? Are you a dedicated team player who is a smart self-starter with a strong work ethic and exceptional time management and project coordination skills? We are looking for savvy professionals to enhance our team as we expand our scope and delivery of innovative learning outcomes for our students.

Celebrating its remarkable 30th year anniversary in 2021, Computek College is one of Ontario's leading private career colleges dedicated to providing practical learning for newcomers to become employed. Our students learn from industry proven instructors, access special workshops that give them a competitive edge in the job market, and effectively leverage financial aid and career services. We offer several diploma and certification programs in business, healthcare, and technology with additional weeknight and weekend classes.

**Our Values**
- We fundamentally believe that newcomers to Canada bring with them, knowledge and skills that affords them the right to decent work. We acknowledge their inherent dignity, wisdom, and agency.
- We are committed, therefore, to providing a nurturing learning environment that is equitable and inclusive where our newcomer students can realize their full potential.
- By facilitating the free expression of diverse perspectives in a respectful manner on campus, we create conditions for our diverse student body and staff to make a positive difference in all aspects of our college.

We are looking for an exceptional **Career Services Specialist **to join our student success department.

**Duties**
Duties include but are not limited to the following:
**Practicum Placements**:

- Monitors and maintains record of upcoming student placements for assigned programs.
- Proactively plans and prepares students for the placement module of the program with the goal of attaining 100% practicum placement rate on time.
- Works closely with Instructors to plan class visits and identify student concerns that may impact practicum placement.
- Identifies and contacts employers to request suitable practicum opportunities for students with the potential of hiring.
- Initiates and establishes placement affiliation agreements with relevant industry partners.
- Prepares and provides placement packages to students and facilitates placement orientation sessions to ensure successful transition to work environment.
- Tracks student placement attendance records on a weekly basis and follows up with students to address attendance concerns.
- Offers support to students and host sites to navigate issues that may arise while on placement.
- Maintains compliance with timely placement exit process with student to verify completion of practicum requirements and adequate records on internal system (Campus Login) for college records.
- Works closely with the Education department to identify curriculum opportunities and feedback shared by employer partners to improve employer satisfaction with Computek programs.
- Provides backup placement support to colleagues as required.

**Job Placements**:

- Researches and develops employer partnerships through cold calling / follows up on employer leads from Business/Healthcare/Technology organizations with the goal of identifying job opportunities for program graduates.
- Regularly facilitates career development workshops including, but not limited to, Resume & Cover Letter writing, Interview Preparation, Job Search Skills.
- Provides 1:1 career development support including, but not limited to, resume and cover letter critiques, mock interviews, sharing relevant job postings.
- Develops and maintains career development resources such as workshop material, resume and cover letter templates, program specific job search resources, etc.
- Organizes employer spotlights, job fairs, networking events to connect students and graduates to industry related employers.
- Provides on-site support during student and graduate activities, such as participating in graduation ceremonies, alumni gatherings, and other special events.
- Maintains regular communication with program graduates to assess employment status, job search goals and activities, and offer relevant suggestions and support.
- Collates and shares relevant job opportunities with graduates acquired through job search websites (Indeed, LinkedIn, etc.) or through incoming employer leads.
- Achieves monthly hire targets, quarterly graduate employment KPIs, and prepares weekly, monthly, and annual reports on required metrics.
- Communicates graduate hire successes through internal distribution list and works with Marketing to showcase graduate success stories for social media channels/newsletters.
- Work with the Career Services team to continually improve services and student/graduate outcomes.
- Educates graduates on the graduate KPI survey process with the goal of increasing graduate participation.
- Provides backup