Job Description

Location: Chicago, IL

Job Description:

• Participates as an active member of the Employer Relations team to develop and implement a year-round marketing strategy to identify and source employment opportunities for the wide range of interests and job levels represented in Chicago Booth constituencies:  Specialty Masters students, Full-Time MBA students, Evening/Weekend MBA students, Executive MBA students in Chicago, London, and Hong Kong, and alumni across the globe. Developing this strategy will include research on employment trends and opportunities and engagement with student and alumni populations.
• Partners with industry, regional and/or functional student and alumni groups to assist in employer outreach targets.
• Creatively sources leads from social media, students, and alumni. Proactively reaches out to contacts, often cold-calling company representatives to establish relationships on behalf of Chicago Booth.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with internal (admissions, corporate relations, and alumni development) and corporate contacts while promoting employer development initiatives.
• Markets resulting opportunities effectively and efficiently to the appropriate Booth constituencies.
• Envisions, develops, plans, implements, and evaluates appropriate events to support building the Chicago Booth brand across specific industries and geographies.
• Develops communication pieces; including social media updates, blog entries, and presentations intended for small and large audiences in order to give student and alumni populations a view into the relationship development work happening on their behalf.
• Demonstrates comfort with daily administrative tasks.
• Identifies, cultivates, and develops employer relationships and student employment opportunities for assigned industry areas. Uses best practices and knowledge of employers to recruit new companies and/or organizations to participate in career fairs, on-campus recruiting, job postings, and other programs.
• Collects qualitative information about the school's position in the marketplace and recommends actions for improvements to senior staff members. Schedules and accompanies career services staff and senior staff on relationship-building road trips.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree.

Experience:

• A minimum five years of experience in career services or a relevant business environment, such as sales or business development.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and a willingness and enthusiasm to learn internal systems and social media.

Preferred Competencies

• Comfortable proactively reaching out to contacts, cold-calling company representatives, and establishing a relationship on behalf of Chicago Booth.
• Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated initiative, creative thinking, and multitask, meet deadlines, and work successfully in a fast-paced environment.
• Professional demeanor, including tact and discretion, with a track record of establishing positive client relationships.
• Comfortable with ambiguity. Know when to make decisions without complete information, when to ask questions, and when to engage other stakeholders.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Working Conditions

• This position is currently expected to work a minimum three days per week in the office.
• Work non-traditional hours, including early morning, evening and weekends during peak times.
• Travel domestically, approximately 10-15%, to meet with corporate contacts.   

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

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Job Tags

Full time, Weekend work, Afternoon shift, 3 days per week, Early shift,

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