Employment Consultant (Part-time Temporary)

Job title: Employment Consultant (Part-time Temporary)

Job description: Reporting to the Associate Director – Cooperative & Career Education, the incumbent creates, develops and delivers current strategic career management programming in support of students’ and recent alumni objectives to successfully obtain and maintain employment in the client’s chosen field. The incumbent delivers consultative services through working with clients on a one-on-one, small group and classroom workshop delivery. The incumbent offers guidance
and resources in the delivery of focused employment strategies to meet the client’s short and long term employment objectives. The incumbent educates and guides clients through the job search strategy process and its components. Collaboration with faculty and other staff members is essential to the duties of this position.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Delivering the following one-on-one services and programs to Sheridan students and alumni:

• One-on-one consultations in personal marketing tools (cover letters, resumes, and portfolios)
• Job search strategies
• Employment and career management strategies
• Employment research
• Interview skills
• Negotiation
• Tailoring consultation approach to the clients needs; the incumbent requires the knowledge and understanding to apply evaluation results from psychometric tests such as Myers-Briggs, Personality Dimensions, etc.
• Working with students and alumni with challenges to employment including clients with disabilities, visible minorities, international employment needs, experienced workers who are re-careering, foreign trained professionals, and others.
• Develops, maintains and delivers employment related programming in classroom workshops to prepare students for up-coming networking or career fairs, and/or for general job search.
• Developing and implementing marketing campaigns to students and faculty on Career Services and programs related to employment search.
• Contributing to the development and delivery of Career Services communications plan by identifying value-added services to Sheridan’s Faculties including what information is important, who is the target audience, and when should the information be received.
• Researching and sourcing relevant materials and other educational resources for the Career Service’s resource lab and web site.
• Developing new materials and up-dating existing materials for use in the Career Services resource labs and web sites.
• Partnering with faculty members to develop materials in support of student field placements.
• Guiding and advising Career-Integrated Learning (CIL) Interns and evaluates the skill development of the CIL Interns against employability skills standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

About You

You have a keen understanding of holistic student development and the unique philosophies and theories that inform advising practice in higher education and the ability to apply these frameworks to complex advising encounters.

You have excellent oral and written communication skills, persuasiveness and perseverance.

You have a client service focus with an aptitude to make connections, support others, provide excellent customer service and might identify as a community builder.

This work is evolving and changing. You demonstrate creative thinking and enjoy exploring new communication tools and approaches.

You enjoy balancing many different tasks, staying organized and like to develop processes or systems to keep things running smoothly.

The successful candidate will also meet the following requirements

• A minimum 3-year diploma/degree or equivalent in business, humanities, adult education, human resources, career and work counsellor diploma
• 3 years of experience in a business environment including progressive responsibility in employment development, human resources, coaching and mentoring, employment recruitment, job placement, training, and employment consultation.
• Related experience which demonstrates an understanding of the barriers and issues experienced by job seekers.
• Knowledge of community services, labour market, occupational requirements and job search resources.
• Knowledge of career planning tools & resume critique approaches.
• Experience working with contact management systems will be considered an asset.

Who We Are

Every member of the Sheridan community is passionate about the transformational role we play in people’s lives. Our strategic plan, Sheridan 2024: Galvanizing Education for a Complex World ( ), charts a path towards a new ground-breaking model of higher education that reshapes post-secondary education and better prepares students for the future. We are committed to demonstrably advancing equity, diversity and inclusivity. Diversity is our strength and fuels our commitment to excellence. Across our campuses, we’re making meaningful strides towards developing an equitable and inclusive community.

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Other Details

Faculty/Department: Career-Integrated Learning
Campus Location: Davis (may be assigned activities at any Sheridan campus).
Work Categorization: Hybrid | A combination of on-campus and remote work
Reference #: J0124-0608
Employee Group: Part-Time Support – Regular
Hourly Rate: $38.67 + 4% in lieu of benefits and vacation.
Hours/Week: 24
Hours: Flexible. Tentatively 6 hours per day, Monday – Thursday
Application Deadline: January 18, 2024
Application Details: This is a temporary position that may continue up to March 25, 2024

Sheridan is deeply committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations, Anishinaabe Nation, Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Sheridan is situated on these lands, and it is our collective responsibility to honour and respect those who have gone before us, those who are here, and those who have yet to come. We are grateful for the opportunity to be working on this land.

Sheridan values the diverse and intersectional identities of its students, faculty, and staff. Sheridan regards equity and diversity as an integral part of academic excellence and is committed to accessibility for all employees. Sheridan seeks applicants who embrace our values of equity, anti-racism, and inclusion. As such, we encourage applications from qualified candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including those who identify as First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit/Inuk, Black, members of racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.

Sheridan is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. If you have any application, interview, or workplace accommodation requests, please contact .

You may be asked to provide copies of your educational credentials at the time of interview. Upon hire, we require official confirmation of educational credentials and Canadian equivalency assessments, if applicable.

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