Career Services- Graduate Assistant

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF GRADUATE ASSISTANT’S ROLE:

The GA’s role includes providing individual resume review and job searching assistance to students and alumni, presenting career service workshops and seminars, assisting with employer relations, planning and marketing career fairs, and assisting with Career Service events.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES OF GRADUATE ASSISTANT:

· Provide individual resume critiques and job search assistance

· Assist with presentations to classes, clubs and organizations

· Assist with employer relations

· Help with the planning of career fairs

· Assist with data collection for annual follow up study of graduates

· Maintain strict confidentiality

· Finding and creating social media content for office platforms

· Participate in meetings, training sessions and one-on-one supervision meetings

· Special projects as assigned

 

CLIENTELE:

· Students, prospective students, alumni, employers, SMSU faculty, staff, administrators and community members

 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ORIENTATION AND TRAINING PROVIDE BY AGENCY:

The beginning of the Graduate Assistantship will focus on orientation and training to the Career Services office, procedures and services.

 

APPLICATION PROCESS FOR GRADUATE ASSISTANT POSITION

Interested individuals should send a resume, cover letter and three references to Melissa Scholten at melissa.scholten@smsu.edu or by mail/in-person to:

Career Services

Southwest Minnesota State University

1501 State Street

Career Services, BA 156

Marshall, MN 56258