Job Title: Career Services Employer Relations & Outreach Intern
Location: Clayton State University
Regular/Temporary: Temporary
Full/Part Time: Part-Time
Job ID: 245233
About Us

Located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta, Clayton State University offers employees a diverse environment which fosters both professional and personal development. The university is committed to cultivating an environment of engaged, experienced-based learning, enriched by active community service. Clayton State offers multiple Bachelor and Master Degree programs which currently enrolls over 6,900 students in challenging campus and on-line courses.

The campus is situated just 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta on 214 beautiful acres, making access to the metropolitan area a breeze. We’ve been named a Top Workplace in Atlanta by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution for six consecutive years. And we also were named one of 79 higher education institutions across the nation in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of 2017 Great Colleges to Work For.

Job Summary

Must be a currently enrolled Clayton State University student.

The employer relations & outreach intern will play an integral role in assisting the employer relations team with the planning and implementation of all recruiting events and activities (career fairs, information sessions, on-campus interviews, on-campus recruiting and special events, etc.) to aid in increasing the career employment opportunities available to our students and alumni.

Learning Objective #1. Learn about Career Services structure of employer relations.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities for meeting objective

• Attend Career Services workshops and events

• Meet with appropriate Career Service staff

• Research and learn how to be successful at recruiting at Clayton State, Scheduling OCR and OCI dates, Posting in LCZ, and Policies/Procedures of recruiting at Clayton State

• Write, record, and video taglines/promotions for workshops and events to be advertised on social media

Learning Objective#2. Learn how to professionally communicate with potential, current, and past employers

Duties, responsibilities, and activities for meeting objective

• Conduct regular phone and email outreach

• Attending multiple networking activities with employer relations team members as available

• Assist employer relations team with providing customer service and recruitment information to employers participating in OCI, OCR, Meet Up Networking Night, Part-Time Job Fair, Internship Job Fair and EIS as needed

Learning Objective #3. Learn how to effectively conduct employer outreach that will assist employer relations team to recruit employers for recruiting events and posting opportunities at CSU.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities for meeting objective

• Conduct research on available career employment opportunities including Clayton, Henry, Fayette, DeKalb, and Fulton counties and prepare spreadsheet with company information

• Compile resource sheet for students seeking positions in focus majors of healthcare, business, IT, communication and media, social services, and natural science

• Prepare resource of target companies from printed and electronic resources for AD

· Conduct interviews with employers after events to build profiles for marketing use.

The University Internship Program Initiative is part of the Laker Bridge to Completion Program, funded by a Predominantly Black Institution Formula Grant through the U.S. Department of Education.

Required Qualifications

Qualifications: Sophomore-Senior classification. Outstanding professional and work ethic, written and verbal communication skills, excellent customer service experience, ability to establish and maintain relationships, experience with Microsoft excel preferred.

Conditions of Employment

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with Clayton State University, as determined by Clayton State University in its sole discretion, confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check. Applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug test.

Offers are made expressly subject to the applicable federal and state laws, to the statutes, rules and regulations of this institution and to the Bylaws and Policies of the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia (USG), which are available for your inspection upon request.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Clayton State University is an equal employment, equal access, and equal educational opportunity and affirmative action institution. It is the policy of the University to recruit, hire, train, promote and educate persons without regard to race, color, national or ethnical origin, age, disability, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status as required by applicable state and federal laws (including Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, Sections 503, and 504, AREA, ADA, E.O. 11246, and Rev. Proc. 75-50). Clayton State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution. For questions or more detailed information regarding this policy please contact the Clayton State University Office of Human Resources at (678) 466-4230. Individuals requiring disability related accommodations for participation in any event or to obtain print materials in an alternative format, please contact the Disability Resource Center at: (678) 466-5445.