Associate Director Of Career Development - Evening Division

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Associate Director of Career Development - Evening Division
The candidate will provide career counseling, planning service to law students and alumni of Law Center. Will design and publish Career Services handbooks and other publications. Administer and independently manage counseling services for students and graduates of the law school. Counsel law graduates seeking to change jobs or career direction and assist them in identifying opportunities in their current or newly chosen areas of employment; assist such graduates in their resume preparation; job search; interviewing and networking activities. Be accessible for student drop-in questions. Assist law students in self-appraisal and definition of career objectives through counseling and the use of other appropriate assessment techniques. Advise law students individually regarding job search strategies, procedures and techniques and the exploration of available career options. Explain procedures for on-campus interviews, individual job applications, correspondence strategy, and self-directed job searches. Increase student participation in external Job Fairs (national and regional). Coordinate school and student applications for these events. Determine and disseminate information and application procedures to the student body for these events. Meet with law school professors and administrators to plan, coordinate, and co-sponsor programming, activities and events which are pertinent for evening division students. Increase and enhance numbers of networking events specifically geared to evening division law students, including cocktail receptions, law firm nights, and speaker panels. Serve as primary liaison to law school student organizations. Partner with each organization to assist efforts to raise funds and plan joint programming, including speaker panels, picnics, fund-raisers, and receptions. Manage Fall and Spring Recruiting programs with the specific objective of increasing the number of employers participating in these programs and utilizing the online job board. Manage employer participation throughout program, from registration to on-site coordination for each of the program's days, and manage student participation throughout the program, including education of the online bidding process, as well as conduct general market research. Create reports of program statistics. Work to market Evening Division students to employers, identifying the unique characteristics and skill sets that they offer, in an effort to increase their placement rate in the legal community. Generate career related program ideas and investigate feasibility of programs; implement same. Design and publish handbooks to include Career Services Procedures, Career Services Orientation, job search strategies, career options and alternatives; legal specialties employment trends. Revise, update, and maintain Career Services Web page. Design and publish handbooks and other written and electronic publications specifically dealing with topics relating to evening division students and the unique challenges they face in pursuing their legal career paths while employed during the day. Design and publish new materials on judicial clerkships and internships for students, publicize judicial clerkship and internship positions and assist students in applying for state and federal clerk-ships and internships. Gain full understanding of the OSCAR software program for federal clerkships, publish guidelines for student reference, conduct how-to workshops and answer student questions related to the application process. Draft and disseminate information summaries regarding national, state, and local writing competitions and scholarship opportunities for the benefit of Law Students. Attend law school and student organization functions. Review resumes and cover letters. Prepare law students for job interviews, including arranging and / or conducting mock interviews. Develop, organize, and prepare materials for law students about job search process and the legal profession. Refer law students to available office resources. Plan, publicize and conduct outreach programs including seminars, presentations and workshops pertaining to career planning and placement topics for law students including contacting and retaining guest lecturers. Establish professional relationships with Law school career services professionals. Become proficient in the use of the Symplicity, the career services online student administration database and job board. Assist in building an Alumni/Mentor database, and disseminate information to the student body related to this program. Serve as primary career counselor to Evening Division Program students. Assist dual-degree program students (both NSU students and foreign students) in finding clerkship and associate positions. May be required to work nights and weekends. Other additional duties as may be assigned by the Deans. Should have a J.D. degree and 2+ years of experience in student services, career counseling, law practice or law firm recruitment.

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