★ Senior Career Coach (Remote) ★ Remote EduTech YC Company

★ About the Company:

NexGenT was founded on the belief that education is for everyone, that the ideal educational system should be based on real-world skills training; that it cannot leave people in debt with degrees that don’t teach the required skills needed to succeed in the workforce. Education should prepare people to be job-ready just like military training does. We’re on a mission to disrupt tech education and help 1M people level up with real world training developed by world class engineers and mentors by 2030.

★ Our Values
Kaizen → Continuous Improvement. 1% Better Everyday Mindset
Extreme Ownership → Owns 100% accoutability on projects
Customer Obsession → Obsession over our students success!
Gratitude & Respect → Understands and embraces gratitude and respect for others
Being Data-Driven → Makes decisions based on data to drive growth
Excellence → Quality over quantity.

★ Key Responsibilities:**

• Content Creation (10%): Develop materials and resources that support career development and job readiness for students.
• Workshops and Presentations (10%): Conduct engaging workshops and presentations on career-related topics, job search strategies, and professional development.
• One-on-One Student Coaching (50%): Provide personalized coaching to students on career development, job search strategies, and professional growth.
• Job Leads (10%): Source and share job opportunities with students and graduates. Maintain communication and track job leads.
• Employer Outreach (20%): Build and maintain relationships with employers to facilitate job placements. Regularly communicate with employers to understand their staffing needs.
• Administration (10%): Manage student records and communication in the campus database, ensure all data is up to date, and report daily and weekly metrics.

★ Core Duties:**

• Provide guidance and information on career development, job searches, and industry trends.
• Maintain regular communication with students and graduates, offering professional development advice.
• Follow up with graduates who have not yet secured placement and provide additional support as needed.
• Assist students in developing job readiness skills and effective job search strategies.
• Keep student records organized and updated in the campus database.
• Report key metrics on student engagement, placement, and outreach activities.
• Employer Outreach & Job Leads:
• Establish and nurture relationships with employers through consistent communication and networking.
• Gather and follow up on job leads from employers, sharing them with graduates and tracking the leads in the campus database.
• Oversee job postings, registrations, and applications on the job placement website.
• Keep databases updated with employer contacts and the placement status of students.
• Maintain student portal and shared sites with relevant job announcements, links, and employment-related documents.

★ Employer Relationship Development:**

• Initiate contact with potential employers to build hiring partnerships that meet both immediate and long-term recruitment needs.
• Cultivate and sustain employer relationships to better understand their hiring preferences.

★ Other duties as assigned.**

★ Work Schedule:**

• Remote
• Monday-Friday: 9AM PST - 530PM PST. Flexible hours available

★ Qualifications:**

• Exhibit professionalism and integrity through excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and cooperatively as a member of a team.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to multicultural, socioeconomic, and regional differences among students and staff from diverse backgrounds.
• We want people who are amazing culture fits over anything else
• We have found that some of our best sales reps have had little sales experience and/or college degrees, but were extremely hungry, coachable, and driven to be the best.
• As long as you can prove to have the track record and vision for this role, we want to talk to you.

So if that’s you, feel free to apply below.

★ The Pay & Benefits:**

• Base Starts at $65,000/year plus $10K in performance bonuses
• Work remotely - save $1000’s in commuting costs and weeks worth of time by working remotely from home