Career Advisor
$54,000–$58,000 year
HybridCalgary, Alberta, Canada
Job Summary
Conduct pre-employment support including resume and cover letter development, application process assistance, and interview preparation for clients. Utilize assessment tools to help clients analyze career exploration information and identify job targets in partnership with Employer Liaisons. Continually conduct environmental scanning of labour market trends and incorporate findings into program content while supporting Job Club facilitation and workshops. Maintain accurate client information in the CRM database, track caseloads, and communicate labour market trends to applicable team members. Remain active within professional networks to stay current on employment trends and activities.
Required Qualifications
- Some post-secondary education in career advising or other equivalent program
- 3+ years' experience in a similar role that is directly related to career development
- 3+ years' client relations with direct experience relating with a broad demographic
- 3+ years' of pre-employment and essential skill development expertise
- Ability to develop job search techniques that involves the ability to tap into the hidden job market
- Resume and cover letter development skills
- Interviewing skills including knowing the various techniques used and the ability to prep clients
- Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and presentation software
- Advanced proficiency with internet, online, and social media platforms
- Knowledge of and experience using career exploration tools and websites
- Ability to assist clients in synthesizing and analyzing information to develop realistic action plans and job targets
- Experience leading/facilitating different formats of meetings, workshops and presentations to various audiences of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to create analytical reports, develop and utilize spreadsheets, conduct needs and gap analyses, collect and analyze stats, and action results from findings
- Flexibility to work on-site as well as remotely
Desired Qualifications
- A Career Development professional designation
- Exposure to adult education principles gained through experiences in corporate training, learning development or equivalent experiences developed from content development presentation/facilitation
- Knowledge/experience/exposure/education working with varying populations (military, youth, disability, mental health)
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