What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Career Advisor position at BakerRipley Career Page?
Our purpose (Why We Exist) is to keep our region a great place to do business, work and live.
The individual in this position helps people get a job, keep a job, or get a better job. The Youth Career Advisor provides professional advice to customers who want job search guidance, career advice, or placement. They will work to evaluate a customer’s background, training, and education to help develop realistic career goals.
- Conducts outreach and recruitment of youth customers.
- Manages customers in their career exploration, including:
- Developing a relationship with the customer,
- Actively listen to determine customers’ employment-related wants and needs,
- Identifying skills and abilities,
- Evaluating their past work experience, as it relates to current goals, and
- Conducting thorough assessments to identify customers’ strengths and address challenges.
- Collaborate to establish short and long-term employment and career goals.
- Conducts and maintains contacts with community organizations for the purpose of outreach, recruitment, and positive public relations.
- Leverage external and system resources to achieve the most effective outcomes.
- Advocates for the customer and provides other resources and contacts, when Workforce Solutions cannot meet the customer’s needs.
- Provide ongoing communication to ensure customer’s needs are met and maintains contact with the individual to coach and support, recognize benchmarks, and achieve goals.
- Helps customers access other services and resources they may want or need, including Workforce Solutions’ financial aid.
- Provide professional employment-related counseling and advice about local labor market information, career exploration tools, resources, and job search.
- Facilitate career events, presentations, and workshops associated with resume writing, interviewing skills, networking, and industry research
