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Career Assistant

UNI Career Services
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About the Career Assistant

In this position, you will help the students of UNI with jobs, internships, and career prep. This job has three main responsibilities:

  • Human Resources - You will post jobs, review incoming job/employer postings, and complete hiring paperwork for student employees on the UNI campus.
  • Career Coaching - You will coach students in preparing for the application process. This includes reviewing resumes, providing mock interviews, and presenting to student organizations.
  • Projects - Each CA will be assigned a project to manage after being fully trained. Previous examples include: accounts payable/receivable, billing, First Destination Collection, event management, marketing, social media or similar and will be assigned based upon need and your career plans.

This position starts at $12 per hour ( with opportunities for a raise) and requires between 6-15 hours per week. Schedules are set prior to each semester and remain the same each week of the semester. There will be opportunities to work more hours at various times throughout the semester. 

What You Will Get?

  • Fun. Career Services is a fun place to work as we are helping students create their tomorrow. We believe in radical student services -this means we want to help all UNI students succeed!
  • Experience. This is an incredible experience for students wanting to gain experience in advising/teaching, events, or sales. You will gain incredible skills through weekly or biweekly training.
  • Investment. We believe we are the best place to work at UNI. We invest in our students including weekly or biweekly training, performance evaluations focused on your future, and engagement in professional development including the Student Employee Leadership Academy.
  • UNIque Experiences. You will work with students, manage projects, and help with events. We will work with you to get the most from your time with our team!

What Career Services Needs?

  • Schedule.  Every semester a new schedule and training session is established. We always schedule around your classes between the hours of 8am-4:30pm, M-F. A weekly or biweekly staff meeting (1hr) will also be scheduled per semester.
  • Interesting People. We like students who have broad interests, are passionate about UNI, and love helping others. We want to create a diverse team of people, thinking, and way of doing Career Services.
  • Some Experience. We do not need you to be an expert when you apply, but if you have experience in retail, customer service, sales, HR, teaching, or similar - tell us about it.
  • Preferences: We like Work Study applicants, but that is not required. Ideal candidates have at least 3 semesters prior to graduation.

All applicants will be contacted via email after the closing date (March 17th) notifying them if they have been invited for an interview or not. Interviews will take place in person at Career Services on March 24th-28th. New Career Assistants will start fall 2025!