Career Matchmaker (R) - Hollywood

Just as Cupid connects the right mates, the Career Matchmaker makes the perfect career match for clients at Polishing The Professional. After all, our employers look to us to fill their open positions with the best candidates, and our job seekers need us to help them secure the perfect career. As such, the Career Matchmaker's responsibility is to work directly with our clients, both employers and employees, to reach the career center's goals through consistent communication, marketing, networking, job matching, and retention support services.

As a Career Matchmaker, one of your key roles will be to develop and maintain relationships with employers. You'll assess their hiring needs and fill their open positions. Your interpersonal, networking, and strong written and oral communication skills will be crucial as you market PTP's services to employers, building positive relationships with local employers in your assigned regions and maximizing our relationships with national companies. You'll also play a vital role in maintaining these business relationships through consistent and thoughtful engagement before and after a successful match.

Simultaneously, the Career Matchmaker develops and maintains positive relationships with our job seekers to provide excellent matching to open positions based on both parties' needs. They aim to help the career center's clients reach their employment goals outlined in their Master Plan. Making the perfect match does not happen just by placing job seekers in a job but by matching them with the best win-win employment opportunity to meet both the employer's and the job seekers' long-term objectives.

The Career Matchmaker requires solid organizational skills and a self-directed mindset. The CMM will receive logistical, administrative, and marketing support to enhance its efforts through support from the corporate office. The Career Matchmaker is required to meet monthly and annual placement goals. They must sustain employer and job seeker satisfaction to ensure the career center progresses towards its ambitions.

Responsibilities:

· Establish and manage relationships with local and national employers within an assigned region to build continued trust, support, and mitigate issues.

· Market services to employers by contacting local businesses, providing career services information, and conducting presentations.

· Help businesses solve staffing vacancies by making career matches with employers and program candidates while liaising between employers and job-seekers.

· Work with employers and PTP staff to manage and support employee retention efforts.

· Manage multiple job development opportunities and placements simultaneously.

· Review client files and coordinate with staff to understand client goals and assess readiness for employment.

· Perfectly match job seekers with work that fits their needs and desires and supports their master plan to either direct placements or internship opportunities for job placement.

· Support clients in their job search by researching employment opportunities, guiding the application process, providing advice, follow-up with prospective employers, and strategizing for a successful job interview and long-term employment.

· Work with PTP staff to assist clients requiring special support and reasonable accommodations.

· Help maintain working relationships with participants, their support team, and stakeholders.

· Input detailed case notes and log all applications and resumes submitted in the portal to track job seeker progress of job development for accurate record-keeping and reporting.

· Checks email and voicemail daily and respond promptly.

· Perform related duties that may require the career matchmaker's expertise, knowledge, and abilities.

QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED

Knowledge:

· Marketing and sales techniques.

· Business communication.

· Microsoft Office Suite of products.

· Principles, goals, objectives, and trends related to recruitment, sales, and business development.

· Record-keeping techniques.

· Research methods involving trends in the labor market.

· Technical aspects of staffing and recruiting.

· Techniques used to motivate employers and employees.

Skills and Abilities:

· Analyze situations accurately and adopt a practical course of action.

· Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

· Conceptualize, plan, and implement marketing processes and procedures

· Demonstrate interpersonal skills, including tact, patience, and courtesy.

· Develop & implement motivational and informational workshops.

· Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

· Maintain comprehensive records and prepare reports.

· Operate computers and business-related software, including word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

· Perform program support functions such as service agreements

· Plan, organize and manage assigned territories

· Work with clients from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.

Training and Experience: Any combination of training and experience in Sales, Marketing, Business Development, or a related field. Three years of increasingly responsible position in a similar field. One (1) year of formal training, internship, or leadership experience reasonably related to the assignment. Demonstrated cultural competency, sensitivity to, and understanding of the community's diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Career counseling: 3 years (Required)
• Job Development: 3 years (Required)
• Business development: 3 years (Required)
• Marketing: 3 years (Required)
• Sales: 3 years (Required)

Location:

• Los Angeles, CA 90028 (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Los Angeles, CA 90028 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20