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UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Professional / Administrative Job Specification (7/94)

JOB TITLE: Career Counselor
CLASS CODE:  000722 

JOB SUMMARY

Provide career counseling to students, alumni, community members, and staff for the enhancement of educational, personal, and professional career development. 

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILTIES

Provide individual and group career counseling for students, alumni, community members, and staff.

Facilitate career planning programs for academic units. Provide career planning sessions for community agencies, corporations, and local schools.

Work with other departments through referrals and career assistance.

Teach workshops, write instructional material, develop workshop curricula and research career fields and trends for use in programming.

Administer and interpret standardized career assessments. Keep records of client contact and do monthly reports.

Promote and provide career counseling as retention intervention for at-risk students.

Research current career related materials and make recommendations for material for Career Resource Library.

Perform other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING & SKILLS

Master's degree in Counseling and Guidance, Social Work, College Student Personnel or related field.

EXPERIENCE

 Four years experience.

The intent of this document is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented.