KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Sector-Specialized Career Advising & Student Coaching
Provide individualized career advising and coaching to students and recent graduates pursuing internships and full-time opportunities in finance, consulting, marketing, and related fields. Guide students in developing industry-specific job search strategies, crafting tailored resumes for business roles, preparing for interviews, and evaluating offers.
Supervise up to two Assistant Directors of Career Education, delivering ongoing coaching, performance feedback, and professional development. Maintain a current, in-depth understanding of evolving early-career business hiring practices—including AI-assisted screening and shifting skill expectations—and integrate these insights into advising approaches and team leadership.
Sector Programming Design & Delivery
Design, deliver, and continuously improve a calendar of sector-specific programming that addresses the full arc of a business job search: industry exploration, networking in related communities, mock interviews and casing, career fairs and employer showcases, and salary negotiation in relevant industries. Develop programming in partnership with faculty, student organizations, and employer partners. Evaluate program effectiveness using attendance, engagement, and downstream employment outcome data, and iterate accordingly.
Employer Engagement & Full-Time Hiring Pipeline
Cultivate and steward relationships with a targeted portfolio of finance, consulting, marketing, and related sector employers including investment banks, management consulting practices, accounting firms, advertising agencies, and startups with the explicit goal of generating internship and full-time job opportunities for Northeastern students and graduates. Collaborate with the employer relations team to coordinate on-campus recruiting, info sessions, and hiring events. Track employer pipeline health and proactively identify gaps in sector coverage or geographic reach.
Labor Market Intelligence & Data-Informed Practice
Monitor business labor market trends including hiring volumes, emerging roles, compensation benchmarks, and geographic hiring hubs, and synthesize this intelligence into programming, advising content, and student-facing resources. Maintain sector-specific employment outcome data, contribute to the center’s reporting cadence, and identify opportunities to improve student placement rates. Share market insights with colleagues, academic partners, and students through regular communications and resources.
Cross-Campus Collaboration & Sector Representation
Serve as the Career Education Center’s embedded expert and representative for the business sector in cross-campus partnerships. Build working relationships with the D’Amore McKim School of Business, Khoury College, College of Engineering, and other programs with significant business-interested student populations. Participate in relevant curriculum, advising, and student success initiatives. Represent the related fields at career center team meetings, contribute to strategic planning, and share sector expertise to strengthen team-wide knowledge.