Healthcare Career Placement & Student Job Readiness Specialist

Help healthcare students turn their education into a career!

Do you enjoy coaching people building employer relationships and seeing your work produce measurable results

Unitek College is looking for a relationship-driven professional who can help healthcare students and graduates prepare for interviews connect with employers and secure meaningful employment in their field. This is not a traditional desk-based advising role. You will work directly with students graduates healthcare employers faculty and campus leaders to move people from the classroom into the workforce.

What you will do:

• Coach students and graduates on resumes job-search strategies interviewing networking and professional communication.
• Build relationships with healthcare employers to generate externship-to-hire and direct-hire opportunities.
• Connect graduates with job openings interviews hiring events and employer introductions.
• Lead job-readiness workshops classroom presentations mock interviews and career events.
• Manage a student and graduate caseload maintain consistent follow-up and help candidates work through barriers affecting employment.
• Track employer outreach student engagement interviews placements and employment outcomes in company systems.
• Partner with faculty campus leadership and externship teams to improve graduate employment and externship-to-hire results.

How you will know you are succeeding. This is a results-driven role. Success includes:

• Students complete required career-readiness activities on time.
• Graduates remain engaged throughout the job search.
• Employer relationships produce qualified interview and hiring opportunities.
• Externship and clinical experiences convert into employment when possible.
• Assigned programs meet or exceed graduate employment expectations.
• Records remain accurate complete and ready for reporting or audit.

You may be a strong fit if you have experience in:

• Career services or graduate placement
• Staffing or recruiting
• Healthcare recruiting
• Workforce development
• Employer relations or account management
• Admissions or enrollment advising
• Business development or community outreach
• High-volume case management in a performance-driven environment

Qualifications :

What experience you will bring:

• At least five years of combined experience in career services recruiting staffing workforce development employer relations account management admissions outreach or a closely related field.
• At least two years of direct experience in coaching advising placement recruiting business development or relationship management.
• The ability to build rapport while still holding students and graduates accountable.
• Strong follow-through and the ability to manage deadlines competing priorities and a high-volume caseload.
• Confidence communicating with students graduates healthcare employers faculty and campus leaders.
• Comfort working with performance metrics databases CRM systems and detailed documentation.
• A bachelors degree is preferred but directly relevant experience and demonstrated performance will also be considered.

This role is a particularly good match for someone who:

• Enjoys both coaching people and developing business relationships.
• Gets satisfaction from helping someone land a job.
• Works with urgency and does not wait for candidates or employers to come to them.
• Can balance empathy with accountability.
• Likes measurable goals and knows how to adjust when results fall behind.
• Is comfortable representing the college in the Reno healthcare community.

Additional Information :

We Offer:

• Medical Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with the company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1xs your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on the program

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time