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Booth Career Services FT: Employer Relations 1
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
Join the dynamic, high-energy Employer Relations team at Chicago Booth
as an Associate Director! Your mission: know our diverse student groups
(full-time, evening/weekend, executive MBA, specialized masters) and
alumni inside out - and bring those populations to industry partners.
You\'ll be the face of Booth, building and maintaining our brand with
employers. While this is a sales role, it\'s really all about
cultivating long-term partnerships. Expect to engage in one-on-one
outreach and site visits, while also orchestrating events as needed.
Responsibilities
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.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related
field.
Work Experience:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7
years of work experience in a related job discipline.
Certifications:
Preferred Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor\'s degree.
