Graduate Career Advisor

The GCA must be a doctoral student in good standing in the Clinical Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or Counselor Education programs. At the time of application, the student must be available for a potential three-year commitment (3 years of the fellowship is not guaranteed, but is contingent upon acceptable performance and continued funding of the program; the current grant funding is scheduled to end following the 2018-19 academic year). The applicant should express interest in career development/vocational psychology and articulate how such training and experience will benefit their professional career. 

Specific Duties

Training

• The GCA will receive extensive training in career development/vocational psychology. A portion of this training will be delivered on-site at the CC&C in trainings, through job shadowing, and by attending/observing workshops and events.
  
• The GCA will also be expected to independently complete modules on career development research, theory, and practice developed by Lynette Bikos, Ph.D., Department of Clinical Psychology.
  
•  GCAs are expected to begin service-delivery through job shadowing but become increasingly independent such that they are providing services independently within the first year of service and assisting with new GCA training in subsequent years of service. 

Service Delivery

• GCAs can be expected to participate in all aspects of CC&C functioning including workshops, groups, classes, individual counseling, career fairs, resume reviews, and so forth.
  
• GCAs may be assigned projects such as resource development for worksheets, internet, and so forth. 

Professional Contribution

• As class schedules permit, GCAs may be asked to attend staff meetings and work on committees related to the work of the CC&C. 

Hours of Service

The initial concept of the three year appointment is that GCAs will be hired hourly for approximately

• 18 paid hours during the first year of their appointment,
  
• 12 paid hours during the second year of their appointment,
  
• 8 paid hours the third year of their appointment.
  

This design is intended to accommodate the extensive training required to function as a GCA (the first year) and the annually increasing rigor of the doctoral programs from which the GCAs are chosen.

*Note: Because the annual hiring process may result in a different configuration than intended (e.g., the program intends one 3^rd year, one 2^nd year, one 1^st year, but GCA availability might result in something different), the exact hours-per-week are not guaranteed. Rather, they will be presented to the applicant when the fellowship recipients are determined.

·The GCA fellowship has the expectation of some unpaid hours, especially devoted to training/supervision, projects (e.g., resource development), and special events.