Published: Jan 10, 2025 - The Employment Consultant monitors and assesses job-related skills, providing employment training and follow-up support. This position assists individuals with developmental disabilities by facilitating job placements, advocating for equitable access, and offering consultations to employers. Additionally, this role involves upskilling clients with resume writing and interview techniques, managing compliance, and sourcing work trials while completing labor market analysis and health/safety assessments.

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1. Employment Consultant, Career Path Solutions, Hendersonville, TN
Job Summary:
- Coordinate services and supports (i.e. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, employers, Social Security, TANF County offices, local service agencies)
- Develop and maintain current and organized case files
- Conduct assessments to determine barriers to employment and work readiness
- Assist individuals in overcoming barriers to employment
- Provide training on topics including job search skills, job-keeping skills, budgeting and goal setting
- Assist consumers in obtaining resources, make referrals, and provide follow-up
- Assure all rules and regulations, and agency policy and procedure are adhered to in service coordination, and provision of services
- Develop Individualized Plans (IPs) based on goals for achieving self-sufficiency, and monitor the progress of TANF participants
- Maintain contact with Count eligibility technicians and attend monthly staffing to collaborate with County staff in order to best serve TANF consumers
- Communicate with service providers and health care professionals to help determine limitations, abilities and restrictions to self-sufficiency for individuals receiving TANF supports
- Request supportive service payments from the County to assist TANF participants in removing barriers to self-sufficiency
- Complete and maintain current all County training requirements required for the TANF case management provision
- Enter and maintain data in Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS) for individuals receiving TANF support, meet required deadlines
- Coordinate with individuals receiving supports, family and multidisciplinary teams to develop goals
Skills on Resume:
- Case Management (Hard Skills)
- Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Communication (Soft Skills)
- Training (Soft Skills)
- Resource Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Goal Setting (Soft Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
2. Employment Consultant, Horizon Employment Services, Canton, OH
Job Summary:
- Monitor and assess job-related skills and provide employment skills training and follow-along support
- Assist individuals receiving support with employment leads and job placement
- Facilitate natural support for individuals in services and provide consultation and education to employers
- Advocate for equitable access to integrated employment for individuals with developmental disabilities
- Complete Health/Safety Assessments and Incident Reports
- Calling potential employers regarding the clients to understand if they have availability to take on clients thinking of skill sets
- Upskilling clients with resume writing and interviewing preparation and techniques
- Monitor and provide support, manage compliance
- Completing Labour Market Analysis for each client
- Sourcing work trials or work placements
Skills on Resume:
- Job Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Employment Placement (Hard Skills)
- Consultation Education (Soft Skills)
- Employment Advocacy (Soft Skills)
- Safety Assessments (Hard Skills)
- Employer Outreach (Soft Skills)
- Resume Coaching (Hard Skills)
- Labour Analysis (Hard Skills)
3. Employment Consultant, Bridgeway Careers, Pueblo, CO
Job Summary:
- Conduct individual appointments with job seekers face to face or (virtually over the phone)
- Achieve KPI’s linked to placing jobseekers into sustainable employment
- Organize appropriate interventions and strategies to help job seekers find and maintain employment
- Deliver high quality, timely, professional recruitment services to job seekers
- Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with employers and community groups
- Adhere to contractual compliance processes and procedures
- Identify and utilize employment opportunities for candidates
- Deliver training to develop job-seeking skills, job applications and how to nail an interview
- Develop process improvement opportunities
- Market the IOH company and promote services to potential customers
- Participate in performance reviews, complete admin tasks, and produce relevant reports
Skills on Resume:
- Individual Appointments (Soft Skills)
- KPI Achievement (Hard Skills)
- Employment Strategies (Hard Skills)
- Recruitment Services (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Compliance Adherence (Hard Skills)
- Employment Opportunity Identification (Hard Skills)
- Training Delivery (Hard Skills)
4. Employment Consultant, Thrive Workforce Partners, Lubbock, TX
Job Summary:
- Providing support for clients, preparing them for new employment
- Achieving employment outcomes by placing clients into employment and providing post-placement support
- Contacting prospective businesses to discuss staffing solutions
- Assisting clients with resume drafting
- Delivering job-seeking training (specific training modules)
- Career planning, job matching and coaching
- Phone marketing to potential employers to secure job trials
- Educating potential employers on the incentives to offer job trials
- Developing local relationships with prospective employers
- Attending face-to-face meetings with prospective employers
- Post-placement check-in support
Skills on Resume:
- Client Support (Soft Skills)
- Employment Outcome Achievement (Hard Skills)
- Business Outreach (Soft Skills)
- Resume Assistance (Hard Skills)
- Job-Seeking Training (Hard Skills)
- Career Coaching (Soft Skills)
- Phone Marketing (Soft Skills)
- Employer Education (Soft Skills)
5. Employment Consultant, Empower Career Development, Augusta, GA
Job Summary:
- Sales to area businesses to establish agreements
- Interviewing and screening job seekers
- Networking at area events with community members
- Fill job vacancies urgently
- Manage accounts and Recruiting
- Provide positive feedback and immediate follow-up
- Nottingham people to understand and trust abilities and remove perceived barriers
- Creating individually tailored plans
- Supporting people to find sustainable employment
- Building a network of local employers
- Advocating for people living with disability, injuries or health conditions
Skills on Resume:
- Interviewing Screening (Hard Skills)
- Networking (Soft Skills)
- Job Placement (Hard Skills)
- Recruiting Management (Hard Skills)
- Feedback Follow-Up (Soft Skills)
- Trust Building (Soft Skills)
- Plan Creation (Hard Skills)
- Disability Advocacy (Soft Skills)
6. Employment Consultant, Pathfinders Employment Group, Yakima, WA
Job Summary:
- Implement persons’ individual plans (IP) and behavioral plans (BP).
- Make recommendations to pull the team together to discuss changes to the plan or development of new goals,
- Make referrals for assistance in behavioral situations, and make recommendations on new techniques or procedures in an effort to improve plans
- Develop relationships with interns and families, in order to better assess holistic skills, abilities and support needs, at internship, home, and in the community (home visits, community activities, support meetings, etc.)
- Create and implement general and individualized tools (job analyses, task analyses, checklists, etc.).
- Communicate with intern supervisor, and family and assist intern in resolving any grievances, or ongoing internship concerns
- Provide ongoing training for interns on tasks and advocate for additional tasks, as suitable for the intern and site.
- Manage ongoing assessment of interns’ strengths and weaknesses and determine appropriateness of internship site for each person.
- Make recommendations to supervisor and team as to the level of “fit” for internship roles and responsibilities
- Conduct and/or coordinate any needed travel training (and/or other means of transportation) for a person to travel to and from the internship as independently as possible.
Skills on Resume:
- Plan Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Behavioral Referrals (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Tool Creation (Hard Skills)
- Conflict Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Intern Training (Hard Skills)
- Intern Assessment (Hard Skills)
7. Employment Consultant, Elevate Job Services, Bakersfield, CA
Job Summary:
- Working alongside the Operations Director and team to support the successful delivery of this contract
- Liaising with funding bodies, delivery partners and all other stakeholders including mentor team
- Engaging with businesses across Lancashire within the aerospace and AEM (Advanced Engineering Manufacturing) sectors
- Identifying businesses that are recruiting or those that have staff at risk, within the sector
- Understanding and undertaking initial diagnostics with businesses to understand needs, challenging and future objectives, accurately completing relevant paperwork
- Proactively promoting the program aims and encouraging businesses recruiting, to retain the highly skilled workforce that may have engaged with, creating introductions and placing them into alternative employment
- Supporting at-risk individuals with the development of bespoke learning plans, ongoing mentoring, and skills workshops including CV writing, mock interviews, and introductions to other opportunities and provisions
- Collecting and tracking all relevant data to provide feedback on the overall sector and skills within
- Cross-referring to other support providers and gaining an understanding of the business support landscape within Lancashire
- Ensuring that all contractual requirements are being met by the funder
Skills on Resume:
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Business Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Needs Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Program Promotion (Soft Skills)
- Individual Support (Soft Skills)
- Data Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Contractual Compliance (Hard Skills)
8. Employment Consultant, Next Step Workforce, Mobile, AL
Job Summary:
- Arrange and participate in meetings, networking events, conferences and project team activities plus all marketing activities to raise awareness
- Working towards weekly and monthly targets to ensure that project targets and KPIs are being met
- Ensure that all documentation relating to a project is accurate, complete, current, and stored appropriately and to be available in formats as requested.
- Upload data and documents to the various CRM and funder software systems
- Help to identify new processes and efficient ways of working
- Complete required documentation for employment plans, time cards, monthly training reports, etc. in an accurate and timely manner
- Maintain and update client files in an accurate and timely manner
- Stay current on the program and/or funding source changes
- Make recommendations to amend the program accordingly
- Provide Job Coaching at local businesses (might include nights and weekends).
Skills on Resume:
- Event Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Target Achievement (Hard Skills)
- Documentation Management (Hard Skills)
- Data Entry (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Report Completion (Hard Skills)
- Client File Management (Hard Skills)
- Job Coaching (Soft Skills)
9. Employment Consultant, Aspire Employment Solutions, Fort Wayne, IN
Job Summary:
- Conduct intake and assessment evaluations for clients
- Identify vocational interests, strengths, abilities, and potential obstacles in preparing for job entry
- Complete detailed reports and psycho-social assessments on clients
- Evaluate the eligibility of clients for services (i.e., nature of needs, funding availability and/or arrangements, etc.)
- Develop individualized career/job plans focusing on job readiness skills (i.e., developing resumes, completing applications, etc.)
- Assist clients in developing strategies for successful job outcomes and making informed choices
- Build and maintain relationships with employers
- Assist employers with job training for supported clients
- Serve as liaison between job sites, facilitate communication between professionals, paraprofessionals, and employees
- Provide support during the hiring process and throughout employment
- Provide information for best practices with employers working with individuals with disabilities (IWD)
Skills on Resume:
- Intake and Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Vocational Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Report Writing (Hard Skills)
- Eligibility Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Career Plan Development (Hard Skills)
- Job Strategy Development (Soft Skills)
- Employer Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Job Training Assistance (Soft Skills)