MILLS COLLEGE

Associate Director of Business Career Advising

Boston, MA (Main Campus) · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$76k-$108kDetected 6 days ago

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About the role

The Associate Director of Business Career Advis ing serves as Northeastern University's dedicated career specialist for students pursuing roles in finance, consulting, marketing, business analytics, and adjacent business disciplin es including sales and communications.
As a core member of the Career Education Center's sector-based advising team, this role brings deep, current knowledge of the business talent market to bear on every aspect of student career development from first-year exploration through full-time offer negotiation.
The Business Career Advisor designs and delivers sector-specific prog ramming, maintains active employer relationships with financial services firms, consulting practices, and leading consumer and B2B companies across scales and geographies, and uses labor market data and AI-enabled tools to give students a competitive edge.

Guide students in developing industry-specific job search strategies, crafting tailored resumes for business roles, preparing for interviews, and evaluating offers.
Maintain a current, in-depth understanding of evolving early-career business hiring practices-including AI-assisted screening and shifting skill expectations-and integrate these insights into advising approaches and team leadership.
Sector Programming Design & Delivery
Develop programming in partnership with faculty, student organizations, and employer partners.
Collaborate with the employer relations team to coordinate on-campus recruiting, info sessions, and hiring events.
Maintain sector-specific employment outcome data, contribute to the center's reporting cadence, and identify opportunities to improve student placement rates.
Share market insights with colleagues, academic partners, and students through regular communications and resources.
Build working relationships with the D'Amore McKim School of Business, Khoury College, College of Engineering, and other programs with significant business-interested student populations.

Proficiency with career management platforms (e.g., Handshake), labor market intelligence tools (e.g., Lightcast, LinkedIn Talent Insights), and AI-enabled career development tools.
Data fluency: ability to interpret employment outcome data, labor market trends, and program metrics to evaluate effectiveness and inform programming decisions.
ability to engage effectively with students at varying levels of business experience and career readiness.

$76,335.00 - $107,823.75
With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role.
Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.
Design, deliver, and continuously improve a calendar of sector-specific programming that addresses the full arc of a business job search: industry exploration, networking in related communities, mock interviews and casing, career fairs and employer showcases, and salary negotiation in relevant industries.

This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation.
Supervise up to two Assistant Directors of Career Education, delivering ongoing coaching, performance feedback, and professional development.
Track employer pipeline health and proactively identify gaps in sector coverage or geographic reach.
Serve as the Career Education Center's embedded expert and representative for the business sector in cross-campus partnerships.
Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.
Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees.
Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.

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