Career Consultant

The Career Consultant provides career development coaching and counselling to prepare jobseekers for placement with employers. The role will be to plan, advise, deliver and facilitate suitable career interventions such as the SGUnited Skills programmes and initiatives including career management and counselling programmes, workshops, group-based interventions, job search strategies, etc.

The incumbent is passionate and constantly seeks to raise jobseekers’ performance and employability levels through leveraging their personal strengths while upholding utmost confidentiality in a trusted partnership. He/she will join like-minded Career Coaches in delivering professional and personalised career services to jobseekers. Armed with a listening ear and an empathic heart ready to serve – he/she is poised to deliver an excellent and meaningful service experience where we serve and prepare our local workforce and employers for a lifetime of career transition and transformation respectively.

Responsibilities

Career Development and Job Search

• Provide career and training advisory for various worker segments, life stages and levels, with a particular focus on mid-career switchers.

• Conduct intake interviews to assess and understand each jobseeker’s situation and need.

• Customise career interventions and job search strategies with an action plan to suit needs.

• Co-facilitate group-based career interventions for learning, support, guidance and goal setting.

• Conduct employability training and workshops on various job search skills and career management

• Select and administer suitable career profiling tools to help jobseekers attain career clarity and verify job-fit.

• Provide case management, follow ups and when required – partner agencies on joint support for jobseekers.

• Process and regularly update jobseeker’s profile via an in-house client management and reporting system

Labour Market Information and Job Placement

• Provide up-to-date information on labour market trends, occupational insights to address jobseeker’s needs.

• Perform job-matching and job referrals based on jobseeker’s profile to achieve job placement targets.

• Engage employers to understand and analyse hiring requirements crucial to establishing job-fit.

• Direct jobseekers to relevant workforce programmes and national schemes to enhance their capabilities and adapt to changes.

Requirements

• Tertiary education with at least 5 years of relevant and demonstrated experience in at least 1 industry domain.

• Training and/or experience in career development facilitation, human resource, psychology, counselling and/or coaching.

• Resourceful, enterprising, proactive, visionary, possess a positive attitude and achievement oriented.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to build rapport, a good listener with strong business writing and communication skills.

• Demonstrated commitment in helping job seekers on their career journey and raising their employability level for job placement.

• Keeps updated on the latest technology trends, labor market trends, occupation insights and future job skills.

• Strong social and professional network connections.

• Passionate about lifelong learning and empathetic with a desire for helping others.

• Proven competency in building long term relationships with industry partners.

Hiring Institution: NTU

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