Description:
The Career Advisor is responsible for providing coaching, mentorship, and career support to our bootcamp students and graduates. This is done through building excellent relationships with our students throughout their bootcamp experience, providing ongoing one-on-one career coaching, and continually innovating on ways to best support our students and graduates.
Responsibilities:
The success of our bootcamp is determined by the outcomes we provide to our students, and specifically the jobs we help enable them to secure after graduation. These responsibilities are designed to help our students get hired in the field of data science:
Metis Student Support
- Build relationships with each student to best understand his/her background, skills, and career objectives
- Review and provide feedback on each student’s resume, LinkedIn profile, blog and GitHub
- Coach students on interviewing and networking skills
- Identify industry experts who can join our Speaker Series
- Attend tech events and meetups to build greater brand awareness and meet potential employers who are hiring data scientists
- Work closely with the Head of Careers to ensure seamless student and graduate support
Metis Graduate Support
- Tirelessly help graduates to find career opportunities
- Provide ongoing support through additional resume and cover letter reviews, interview practice, salary negotiations, and general advice and pep talks
You should apply if you are...
- Organized and can work autonomously
- Understands when to ask for help and seeks timely support
- A strong communicator, in writing, on the phone, and in person
- Someone who operates well with little day-to-day oversight
- Excited and energized about the opportunity to work and build relationships with students
- Engaged in the local tech community
- A keen listener who possesses a ton of empathy
- A lifelong learner with an innate curiosity
- A passionate believer in technology
- A team player who enjoys collaborating with others
- Committed to ensuring every student finds the best-fitting job for him/her
- Someone who is accountable and consistently strives to do things better
- An entrepreneurial, roll-up-the-sleeves, think-out-of-the-box, get-it-done person
If you're interested in becoming a Metis Career Advisor, please email your cover letter and resume to [email protected] with the subject "Career Advisor Application"