Career Counselor - College of Engineering - Engineering and Public Policy

About the role

Carnegie Mellon University is a private, global research university that stands among the world's most renowned education institutions. With ground-breaking brain science, path-breaking performances, creative start-ups, big data, big ambitions, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn't imagine the future, we invent it. If you're passionate about joining a community that challenges the curious to deliver work that matters, your journey starts here! The Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) is a unique department in the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University which addresses important problems in technology and policy. We educate technically skilled students to be leaders in policy-focused research; we work on policy problems in which the technology matters. Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Engineering and Public Policy seeks a Career Counselor to lead the planning, development, and implementation of EPP MS career planning, counseling, and job searches, designed to support students and alumni with their career objectives. Develop and maintain recruiting relationships with corporations and alumni. Monitor, analyze and report on job market conditions to assist in program development. Assist in organizing on-campus and off-campus recruitment efforts. Organize and conduct corporate events, seminars, training programs, attends external webinars and sessions on career planning, and co-leads student social events. Support course work (internship and capstone projects), marketing and communications, alumni relations, prospective student recruiting, identifying corporate partnership opportunities with companies (beyond employment), and admissions. Core Responsibilities: Employer Relations: Develops and implements an employer outreach plan that meets the needs of students. Identifies and contacts employers to expand the number of employers and to increase employment opportunities for students in master's programs, especially international students, particularly within the Dept of EPP and at the CIT level. Expand relationships with current employers by identifying talent needs of the employer. Manages and oversees Employer Recruitment, Relationships, Development, and External Relations to expand the number of on-campus employers and to increase employment opportunities for EPP. Duties include meeting with employers both on and off campus to increase employment opportunities and educational opportunities for EPP students. Travel across U.S. as needed to attend meetings, events, companies, etc. Provides domestic and international employer development, corporate outreach, and full-time employment prospects for all students at the Carnegie Mellon campuses. Program Management Develops and implements relevant programming that meets graduate students' career needs to include resume preparation, mock interviews, job fairs, workshops and collaborations with faculty and alumni to foster successful career development of students. Take lead responsibility for managing the development and execution of student orientation programs, workshops, and other events to support students. Developing programs to increase external engagement with CIT that will not only support the mission of Career Services but also others, e.g., Tepper School of Business, Heinz College, and Silicon Valley (SV) campus. Coordinated cross university initiative on careers in Product Management and Innovation. Planning further engagement with CMU SV and working with external consulting teams to create partnerships with new entities, e.g., corporations, federal agencies and organizations. Advising Provides career services and serves as the primary career coach to master's students on professional development, internship, and job search preparation. Identifies and creates career-related materials and resources of particular interest to graduate and international students. Crafts and implements an engagement strategy that involves the graduate students in the career process prior to their arrival on campus and delivers comprehensive career and professional development program. Plans and manages events surrounding career placement activities. Provides career development counseling and advising to college graduate students. Duties include advises students and alumni on career-related issues, teaches job search skills, organizes, creates, and leads workshops and career-related activities and events. Counsels' students individually and in groups to prepare them for a successful job search and assists with finding full-time employment. Provides advice and assistance for internships and coordinates internship programs. Prepares and presents workshops on job-related activities, organizes events, and maintains detailed, confidential student records, and alumni records. Assessment/Data Management Engage in tracking and reporting student employment outcomes following the Career Services and Employer Alliance's Standards.

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