Assistant Director Career Development

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Assistant Director, Career Development
The candidate reporting to the Assistant Dean for Career Development, will be responsible for developing and coordinating job opportunities for students and alumni, with a particular emphasis on private sector hiring. Develops and interprets internal and external policies affecting the operations of the Career Development Office. Makes recommendations and implements decision on administrative/operational issues affecting strategically important department functions. Develops goals to meet the department's objectives. Provides employment counseling and career education for law students and alumni. Develops relations with the legal employment community and expands the traditional and non-traditional employment market scope both substantively and geographically. Builds relations with bar associations for networking and employment opportunities. Teaches, advises, and counsels law students and alumni in their career development and all phases of the job search process. Provides job placement assistance to law students and alumni. Develops career planning and placement publications, brochures, handbooks, and handouts. Extends all facets of career services to assist alumni. Keeps the Assistant Dean of Career Development and Career Development Office staff informed of activities in the legal community that may have an impact on the Law School. These include but are not limited to: assessing market trends and their implications for hiring; analyzing and reporting on trends in the profession that may inform curriculum development. Markets the Law School, its students, and its graduates to local, regional, national, and international employers to increase the diversity of employment opportunities for the Law School's students and alumni. Develops and maintains relationships and lines of communication with local, regional, national and international law firms, government agencies, judicial chambers, public interest offices, corporations, and other law schools. Uses those relationships to facilitate placement of students and alumni. Addresses concerns or questions raised by employers. Provides career counseling to students during advising sessions including: development and critique of application materials, tips on interviewing, general or specific career advice, recommendation of appropriate resources/contacts to achieve student and alumni career objectives. Assists in planning relevant programming to explore concepts of career satisfaction and options within and outside the legal profession. Assists in developing, planning and implementing career programs and workshops that bring legal employers and others to the Law School to educate students about the practice of law. Oversees On-Campus Interviewing Programs. Facilitates networking opportunities for students and alumni with employers. Other duties as required.

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