Associate Director, Career Management

Department
 

Booth Career Services

About the Department
 

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:
-an unmatched faculty.
-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary
 

The Associate Director, Career Management is part of a global Career Services team providing career management support to Chicago Booth MBA students and alumni. The Associate Director primarily functions as a coach and educator for Chicago Booth’s 1,300 full-time MBA students, based at Harper Center on the main University of Chicago Campus. As a coach, the AD provides one-on-one and small group support for all phases of the career and job search lifecycle. As an educator, the AD creates and delivers innovative career management programming including large classroom, experiential learning and special events, and via e-learning media such as webinars, video casts, and designed instructional tools.

Responsibilities

• Coaches domestic and international students on pertinent career management and job search skills appropriate for the range of MBA-level business careers in one-on-one, small and large group settings, and virtually.
• Conceptualizes, innovates, develops, and delivers career management programming to groups of 5-650 students.
• Leads or co-leads the implementation of career education (knowledge and skill-building) including workshops, panel discussions, large scale conferences, and via e-learning/media.
• Consults and partners with several functional, industry, and regional student groups to guide in planning and delivering career management-related programming to support recruiting needs.
• Manages or leads various special projects/programs that provide career related support or strategic initiatives to address the needs of special constituencies.
• Builds basic knowledge of issues facing international students; serves as a liaison to Booth Academic Services and University of Chicago Office of International Affairs to ensure international students can access appropriate resources as they navigate employment in the US.
• Collaborates with the Employer Relations team; accompanies relationship managers on firm visits, both locally and nationally, to meet with firm representatives and discuss recruiting strategies, exchange student feedback and updates on hiring needs.
• Continually develops and maintains knowledge of MBA functions, and designated industries; accompanies students on treks to employers.
• Acquires, maintains, and applies knowledge of career research databases and shares that knowledge with relevant constituencies through one-on-one coaching appointments, live and virtual presentations, and online and print guides.
• Solicits and analyzes student feedback and evaluations, and helps strategize with the Career Management team, student organizations, and/or other Booth staff to determine program offerings and innovations.
• Leverages learning technologies in designing and delivering career content to support students.
• Analyzes markets and trends as they relate to the MBA job search and incorporates tips/advice into coaching students, and in developing career programming.
• Partners across team and colleagues in developing and implementing innovative initiatives.
• Conducts job search and career management relat