As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning's family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.
The Career Services Advisor plays a pivotal role in connecting education to employment, the ultimate measure of a student's success and the college's mission. This position ensures that students are professionally equipped with the confidence, tools, and strategies needed to launch careers in their chosen field.
This role guides students through every stage of job readiness, from resume development to interview preparation, while also cultivating strong partnerships with local healthcare providers and employers. Fostering these relationships helps secure externship-to-hire opportunities, direct hire pathways, and long-term workforce partnerships that benefit both students and the broader community.
The effectiveness of this role is measured by student outcomes-achieving and exceeding graduate employment benchmarks required by accreditation standards. This key role not only changes individual lives by helping graduates achieve meaningful employment but also safeguards the institution's compliance, reputation, and growth in competitive healthcare education markets.
Success Metrics & Performance Expectations:
The Career Services Advisor is evaluated on measurable results, not activity alone. Performance expectations may vary by campus, program mix, and leadership priorities, but generally include the following:
Career Readiness Completion: Ensure required student and graduate-facing activities are completed accurately, on time, and in alignment with department expectations.
Employer Partnership Development: Consistently generate, maintain, and expand employer relationships that create qualified hiring opportunities and strengthen workforce partnerships.
Externship and Clinical Conversion Support: Partner with externship, clinical, and campus teams to improve conversion of training experiences into employment where applicable.
Student and Graduate Follow-Up: Maintain disciplined outreach and case management to drive graduate engagement, interview activity, placement results, and timely employment verification.
Data Integrity and Reporting: Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready records that support accreditation, compliance, internal reporting, and operational decision-making.
Professional Representation and Collaboration: Demonstrate responsiveness, accountability, sound judgment, and effective partnership with students, employers, and internal stakeholders.
Bachelor's degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education, directly relevant experience, and demonstrated performance will be considered.
Minimum 5 years of combined professional experience in career services, staffing, recruiting, workforce development, employer relations, account management, admissions, community outreach, or other roles with comparable responsibilities and performance expectations.
Minimum 2 years of experience in a role requiring direct coaching, advising, placement, business development, recruitment, or relationship management. Experience in postsecondary education, healthcare, or a performance-based service environment is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated ability to build rapport, influence outcomes, and communicate effectively with students, graduates, employers, faculty, and campus leadership.
Strong organizational skills, follow-through, and ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines, and a high-volume caseload in a fast-paced environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office required. Experience with CRM, student information, reporting, or case management systems such as CampusVue, CampusNexus, or PowerBI is preferred.
Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and ability to travel locally for employer visits, community outreach, and campus-related events, if required by campus needs.
Knowledge of healthcare career pathways, healthcare employers, or allied health and nursing employment trends is a strong advantage.
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