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Department:
Career Advising
Pay Rate Type:
Salary
Employee Type:
Job Summary:
Colby invites experienced, relational professionals to apply for this reimagined full-time Career Design Advisor and Financial Services and Consulting Professions Specialist role housed within Colby’s nationally-recognized DavisConnects Office. Reporting to the Director of Career Design Advising, this professional will develop and lead Colby’s financial services and consulting professions advising system, educating Colby students about and collaboratively supporting their trajectories in those fields from a developmental and experiential standpoint. This leader will help students understand these fields, assess fit, build relevant skills and experiences, navigate competitive recruiting processes, and connect with alumni, employers, and opportunities. The Specialist will also have the opportunity to provide generalist, exploratory career development coaching to a designated portfolio of students and, pending interest and capacity, teach an associated January Plan course.
The hiring range for this position is $60,000 - $70,000.
Essential Functions
To be successful in this position, an individual should be able to perform the essential duties and bring the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities that support the role. This list of duties is intended to be representative rather than exhaustive, and additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.
Specialist Advising — Financial Services and Consulting Professions (60%)
- Serve as the primary DavisConnects advisor to students and alumni interested in financial services and consulting, helping them assess interests, understand career pathways, identify opportunities, and develop plans leading to post-graduate success.
- Provide industry-specific guidance on internship and job searches, recruiting timelines, networking, resumes, cover letters, technical and behavioral interview preparation, case interviews, and other selection processes common to financial services and consulting.
- Design and deliver workshops, alumni conversations, employer programs, industry forums, job treks, and other experiences that increase students’ exposure to the professions and prepare them for competitive recruiting processes.
- Cultivate strong relationships with faculty, coaches, staff, alumni, parents, employers, and other partners to expand mentorship, experiential learning, internship, and employment opportunities for students.
- Maintain current knowledge of labor-market trends, recruiting practices, employer expectations, and emerging opportunities in financial services and consulting.
- Collect and use advising, program, and outcomes data to assess effectiveness, identify gaps, and inform continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with DavisConnects colleagues on communications and outreach that increase awareness of advising, programs, resources, and opportunities.
- Advise and support relevant student clubs and organizations and collaborate with student leaders to strengthen peer learning and access to career resources.
- Pending capacity and qualifications: Teach a JanuaryPlan course to Colby students relevant to the Advisor’s subject matter expertise and pertinent in bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Career Design Advising (30%)
- Advise a designated portfolio of students on career and life design, including exploration, self-assessment, experiential learning, opportunity searches, networking, application materials, interviewing, decision-making, and transition to post-graduate life.
- Contribute to a comprehensive advising model that supports students from exploration to action and provides consistent, high-quality advising across class years and professional interests.
- Create and deliver programs, workshops, drop-in advising, and resources responsive to student needs, including programming outside regular business hours when appropriate.
- Collaborate with academic and administrative partners to integrate career and life design into the student experience.
- Contribute to DavisConnects online and on-demand resources and participate in assessment of advising and program outcomes.
Connections and Opportunity Development (10%)
- In collaboration with the Industry and Community Partnerships team and the Director of Career Design Advising, engage alumni, parents, employers, and friends of the College to expand mentorship, internship, externship, and employment opportunities in financial services and consulting.
- Partner with external constituents on educational and recruiting events, including information sessions, interviews, job treks, panels, and networking opportunities.
- Help external partners understand effective ways to engage Colby students and broaden access to opportunities.
Position Qualifications
Education and/or experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required. A graduate degree in a relevant field, or equivalent professional experience strongly preferred, along with demonstrated experience coaching, advising and/or mentoring individuals interested in financial services and consulting professions, whether in a formal or informal capacity.
- Ability to coach students in clarifying interests, strengths, values, and goals and translating those insights into effective career decisions and action plans.
- Knowledge of labor-market trends, recruiting timelines, and hiring practices in financial services and consulting, or demonstrated ability to develop and maintain such expertise.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to build productive relationships with students, faculty, staff, alumni, employers, and other external partners.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities, programs, and deadlines in a dynamic environment.
- Team orientation and commitment to collaborating across DavisConnects in support of students and graduates.
- Commitment to expanding access to career information, networks, and opportunities for students with varied backgrounds and levels of prior exposure to financial services and consulting.
- Willingness to maintain a flexible schedule, including evening and occasional weekend programs and events.
- Comfort using career-management platforms, productivity tools, and other technologies that support advising and programming.
Physical/Mental Demands
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this position and/or may be encountered while performing essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- To perform this role effectively, an employee is expected to handle employee information, documents, and sensitive matters with care, professionalism, and respect for privacy.
- This position involves working with a variety of timelines, including some that require quick turnaround and responsiveness to urgent needs.
- In this role, the employee will interact with members of the public and others in a variety of situations and conversations. Presenting oneself in a professional, respectful, and thoughtful manner at all times is an important part of the role.
- This position includes regular movement throughout office spaces, hallways, meeting rooms, and other campus locations.
- Daily work will involve extended use of a computer, including keyboard and mouse.
- Physical requirements differ by position. In general, most roles involve lifting up to 10 pounds regularly, with some positions requiring occasional lifting of up to 35 pounds.
- Vision requirements for this position include the ability to see clearly at close and far distances and to adjust focus as needed.
- The work environment is dynamic and engaging, often involving multiple tasks and projects that require shifting focus and strong organizational skills. The noise level is generally moderate; however, there may be occasional moments of louder sounds depending on campus activity.
Colby College supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
To Apply:
Interested candidates should apply electronically by clicking the “Apply Now” button on the Colby College website. Please upload a cover letter and resume to your application.
Job Description
Department:
Career Advising
Pay Rate Type:
Salary
Employee Type:
Job Summary:
Colby invites experienced, relational professionals to apply for this reimagined full-time Career Design Advisor and Financial Services and Consulting Professions Specialist role housed within Colby’s nationally-recognized DavisConnects Office. Reporting to the Director of Career Design Advising, this professional will develop and lead Colby’s financial services and consulting professions advising system, educating Colby students about and collaboratively supporting their trajectories in those fields from a developmental and experiential standpoint. This leader will help students understand these fields, assess fit, build relevant skills and experiences, navigate competitive recruiting processes, and connect with alumni, employers, and opportunities. The Specialist will also have the opportunity to provide generalist, exploratory career development coaching to a designated portfolio of students and, pending interest and capacity, teach an associated January Plan course.
The hiring range for this position is $60,000 - $70,000.
Essential Functions
To be successful in this position, an individual should be able to perform the essential duties and bring the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities that support the role. This list of duties is intended to be representative rather than exhaustive, and additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.
Specialist Advising — Financial Services and Consulting Professions (60%)
- Serve as the primary DavisConnects advisor to students and alumni interested in financial services and consulting, helping them assess interests, understand career pathways, identify opportunities, and develop plans leading to post-graduate success.
- Provide industry-specific guidance on internship and job searches, recruiting timelines, networking, resumes, cover letters, technical and behavioral interview preparation, case interviews, and other selection processes common to financial services and consulting.
- Design and deliver workshops, alumni conversations, employer programs, industry forums, job treks, and other experiences that increase students’ exposure to the professions and prepare them for competitive recruiting processes.
- Cultivate strong relationships with faculty, coaches, staff, alumni, parents, employers, and other partners to expand mentorship, experiential learning, internship, and employment opportunities for students.
- Maintain current knowledge of labor-market trends, recruiting practices, employer expectations, and emerging opportunities in financial services and consulting.
- Collect and use advising, program, and outcomes data to assess effectiveness, identify gaps, and inform continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with DavisConnects colleagues on communications and outreach that increase awareness of advising, programs, resources, and opportunities.
- Advise and support relevant student clubs and organizations and collaborate with student leaders to strengthen peer learning and access to career resources.
- Pending capacity and qualifications: Teach a JanuaryPlan course to Colby students relevant to the Advisor’s subject matter expertise and pertinent in bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Career Design Advising (30%)
- Advise a designated portfolio of students on career and life design, including exploration, self-assessment, experiential learning, opportunity searches, networking, application materials, interviewing, decision-making, and transition to post-graduate life.
- Contribute to a comprehensive advising model that supports students from exploration to action and provides consistent, high-quality advising across class years and professional interests.
- Create and deliver programs, workshops, drop-in advising, and resources responsive to student needs, including programming outside regular business hours when appropriate.
- Collaborate with academic and administrative partners to integrate career and life design into the student experience.
- Contribute to DavisConnects online and on-demand resources and participate in assessment of advising and program outcomes.
Connections and Opportunity Development (10%)
- In collaboration with the Industry and Community Partnerships team and the Director of Career Design Advising, engage alumni, parents, employers, and friends of the College to expand mentorship, internship, externship, and employment opportunities in financial services and consulting.
- Partner with external constituents on educational and recruiting events, including information sessions, interviews, job treks, panels, and networking opportunities.
- Help external partners understand effective ways to engage Colby students and broaden access to opportunities.
Position Qualifications
Education and/or experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required. A graduate degree in a relevant field, or equivalent professional experience strongly preferred, along with demonstrated experience coaching, advising and/or mentoring individuals interested in financial services and consulting professions, whether in a formal or informal capacity.
- Ability to coach students in clarifying interests, strengths, values, and goals and translating those insights into effective career decisions and action plans.
- Knowledge of labor-market trends, recruiting timelines, and hiring practices in financial services and consulting, or demonstrated ability to develop and maintain such expertise.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to build productive relationships with students, faculty, staff, alumni, employers, and other external partners.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities, programs, and deadlines in a dynamic environment.
- Team orientation and commitment to collaborating across DavisConnects in support of students and graduates.
- Commitment to expanding access to career information, networks, and opportunities for students with varied backgrounds and levels of prior exposure to financial services and consulting.
- Willingness to maintain a flexible schedule, including evening and occasional weekend programs and events.
- Comfort using career-management platforms, productivity tools, and other technologies that support advising and programming.
Physical/Mental Demands
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this position and/or may be encountered while performing essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- To perform this role effectively, an employee is expected to handle employee information, documents, and sensitive matters with care, professionalism, and respect for privacy.
- This position involves working with a variety of timelines, including some that require quick turnaround and responsiveness to urgent needs.
- In this role, the employee will interact with members of the public and others in a variety of situations and conversations. Presenting oneself in a professional, respectful, and thoughtful manner at all times is an important part of the role.
- This position includes regular movement throughout office spaces, hallways, meeting rooms, and other campus locations.
- Daily work will involve extended use of a computer, including keyboard and mouse.
- Physical requirements differ by position. In general, most roles involve lifting up to 10 pounds regularly, with some positions requiring occasional lifting of up to 35 pounds.
- Vision requirements for this position include the ability to see clearly at close and far distances and to adjust focus as needed.
- The work environment is dynamic and engaging, often involving multiple tasks and projects that require shifting focus and strong organizational skills. The noise level is generally moderate; however, there may be occasional moments of louder sounds depending on campus activity.
Colby College supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
To Apply:
Interested candidates should apply electronically by clicking the “Apply Now” button on the Colby College website. Please upload a cover letter and resume to your application.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Career Consultant
Document your credentials before targeting employers
Gather official transcripts, performance evaluations, and any professional certifications before applying. PERM requires the employer to prove your qualifications match the job description exactly, so gaps between your documents and the posted role can stall the application.
Use O*NET to frame your specialty accurately
Career Consultants span several O*NET occupational codes, and the one your employer selects determines the SOC-based prevailing wage PERM uses. Confirm the code matches your actual duties before the OFLC Wage Search is run, or the wage requirement may be set incorrectly.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate by role
Search Migrate Mate to identify employers with verified EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship history for Career Consultant roles. Targeting companies already familiar with the PERM process reduces the risk of an employer withdrawing mid-filing due to process complexity.
Ask employers about the PERM recruitment timeline upfront
PERM requires the employer to run a full recruitment test before filing, including job postings, newspaper ads, and internal notices. This can take three to six months before DOL even sees the application, so confirm the employer is prepared for that timeline before accepting an offer.
Understand your EB category before the I-140 is filed
EB-2 requires an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in career counseling or a closely related field. If your credentials sit at the boundary, ask your employer whether EB-2 or EB-3 is being filed so you understand your priority-date exposure early.
Track your priority date against the Visa Bulletin
Once your I-140 is approved, your priority date determines when you can file for adjustment of status. Nationals of India and China often face multi-year backlogs in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories. USCIS publishes the Visa Bulletin monthly, so check it regularly to anticipate your filing window.
Green Card Career Consultant: Frequently Asked Questions
What does PERM labor certification mean for Career Consultant roles specifically?
PERM requires your employer to demonstrate through a formal recruitment process that no qualified U.S. worker is available for the Career Consultant position. DOL reviews the recruitment test, the prevailing wage determination, and the job requirements before certifying the application. Only after PERM certification can the employer file the I-140 petition with USCIS to begin your green card case.
How is green card sponsorship different from H-1B sponsorship for Career Consultants?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant status requiring renewal every few years with no guaranteed path to permanence. Green card sponsorship through EB-2 or EB-3 leads to lawful permanent residence, but requires PERM labor certification first, a step H-1B does not. The process is longer and more document-intensive, but the outcome is permanent authorization to live and work in the United States without employer dependency.
Which green card category fits a Career Consultant with a bachelor's degree?
A bachelor's degree in counseling, psychology, human resources, or a related field generally qualifies under EB-3 as a professional. If you hold a master's degree or have a bachelor's degree plus at least five years of progressive experience in career consulting, your employer may file under EB-2 instead, which can offer a more favorable priority-date position depending on your country of birth.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor green cards for Career Consultant positions?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history, searchable by occupation. Because not every HR or education employer has completed PERM for consulting roles before, targeting companies with an established sponsorship track record significantly reduces the risk of a prolonged or abandoned process after you've accepted an offer.
Can I change employers after my green card case is filed?
AC21 job portability allows you to change to a same or similar occupation once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for at least 180 days and your I-140 has been approved. A previously approved I-140 can also transfer your original priority date to a new employer's petition, preventing you from losing your place in the queue if you change jobs before your I-485 is filed.