[Hiring] Business & Finance Career Accelerator @Bucknell University

Role Description

The Business & Finance Career Accelerator provides direct, targeted career coaching for undergraduate students pursuing business pathways, with a heavy emphasis on financial services (e.g., investment banking, wealth management, corporate finance) and consulting. This role focuses on high-impact, individual student appointments to expand coaching capacity during peak recruitment cycles.

The position is gift funded for an initial 7 months, with the possibility of renewal subject to the availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

Job Duties

• Reporting Structure: This role will report to the Director of Career Readiness & Education.
• Work Location: This is a 100 percent remote position. Must reside in the state of Pennsylvania (PA) only.
• Work Schedule:
  • This position is designed as a casual/temporary appointment.
  • Non-benefits-eligible staff position.
  • Working up to 15 hours per week.
  • Monday - Friday, flexibility needed to work with students.
• What You Will Do:
  • Case-manage portfolio of graduating seniors through active, customized final-semester job search processes.
  • Perform weekly advisory outreach to still-seeking students and engage live with each student at least biweekly.
  • Assess each specific student’s job search readiness, challenges, and opportunities.
  • Diagnose deficits in essential career building skills, such as:
    • Writing resumes and cover letters
    • Optimizing LinkedIn and online profiles
    • Networking
    • Researching roles and potential employers
    • Managing behavioral and technical interviews
  • Lead students through remediation processes that may include:
    • Mock interviews
    • Workshops
    • Career fairs
    • Corporate information sessions
    • Significant one-on-one coaching
  • Collaborate with each student to co-create a proactive and individualized near-term search plan.
  • Connect students with resources (on campus and beyond) that can accelerate search success.
  • Monitor each student’s execution of their personalized plan and provide ongoing, actionable feedback.
  • Deliver weekly updates on student progress and outcomes to leadership in the College of Arts & Sciences and the Bucknell Center for Career Advancement.
  • Recommend new initiatives, programming, and resources to address emerging student needs, as necessary.
  • The job description's listed responsibilities and tasks are not exhaustive; additional non-essential tasks and responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Five (5) years experience in a related field
• Knowledge Areas and Skills:
  • Ability to give fair and constructive feedback
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work proactively and independently
  • Perseverance
  • Demonstrated follow through
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Preferred, but not required:
  • Familiarity with Bucknell
  • Experience in formal hiring or recruiting roles or prior career coaching experience in finance
  • Experience working with undergraduate students
  • Proficiency with recruiting or career management platforms such as LinkedIn

Physical Requirements

• Basic office environment. No extraordinary physical demands required.

Salary Range

• $30.00 - $30.00
• The offer rate will be based on a review of the candidate's credentials compared to the qualifications of the position, internal equity, and our overall compensation philosophy.

Inclusive Excellence

Bucknell is committed to fostering an environment that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports the growth and development of a diverse campus community. We encourage all individuals to apply and do not discriminate in admissions, employment, educational programs and/or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

E-Verify

Bucknell University participates with the United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) E-Verify program. We will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.