Placement Interviewer

UCI Series Concepts

Class Specifications - A.25
Placement Office Manager (4210)
Principal Placement Interviewer (4211)
Senior Placement Interviewer (4212)
Placement Interviewer (4213)
Assistant Placement Interviewer (4214)

March, 1973

SERIES CONCEPT

The Placement Interviewer performs or administers the activities of the
student and alumni placement program and services and performs other related
duties as required.

Incumbents are primarily involved in professional career planning for 
Students and alumni that focuses on both short-range employment needs and 
long-range career objectives.  It entails a continuity of service 
relationships with students throughout their academic and working careers.  
Although employers and institutions make use of the placement programs as a 
recruitment source, the programs exist to serve the employment needs and 
objectives of students and alumni.

Incumbents interview applicants and determine and evaluate their education,
training, experience, skills and aptitudes; assist in reaching decisions
that relate employment opportunities to academic goals and objectives;
provide applicants with information about employment and training 
opportunities and employer and institutional requirements; refer applicants 
to employer and institutional representatives; interview employer and 
institutional representatives and solicit job openings and training 
opportunities; advise employer and institutional representatives of 
applicants' abilities and potentialities; coordinate and publicize on-campus 
recruiting visits of employer and institutional representatives; develop and 
maintain contacts with faculty members and employer and institutional 
representatives; keep abreast of labor market trends, new developments in 
occupations, and manpower needs; and represent the placement program at 
meetings and conferences.

In the normal course of work, incumbents may interview persons who have 
serious financial, academic, emotional, and personal problems, determine 
the possible need for advice and counseling, and refer them to other student 
service agencies for professional counseling, medical care, financial aid, 
legal information, or for other services.

CLASS CONCEPTS

Placement Office Manager

Under direction, the Placement Office Manager plans, organizes, and directs a
placement program for a campus, including the supervision of Placement
interviewers.  The scope of the program is such that the full range is 
provided to undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni, in all 
occupational fields represented on the campus.  Work is reviewed in terms of 
meeting the goals and objectives of the placement program.

Incumbents typically recommend placement policies and establish or modify
procedures; prepare and present budget requests; select staff members; make
assignments to staff members and evaluate performance; encourage the
professional development of staff; and represent the placement program in
on-campus and off-campus meetings and conferences.

Principal Placement Interviewer

Under direction, the Principal Placement Interviewer assists in the
administration and/or supervision of the professional and support staff of a 
large placement program for a campus.  As the head of a major function, there
is supervision over several Placement Interviewers.  This class may also be
used for the head of a campus placement program.  Incumbents typically perform
administrative and/or supervisory duties as the principal assistant to the
Placement Office Manager or as the supervisor of a major function or segment
of a placement office staff; assist in the establishment of office policies
and procedures; assist in selection and training of staff members; make work
assignments to staff members and evaluate performance; represent the
placement program in on-campus and off-campus meetings and conferences; and 
may perform the most difficult placement activities for a selected clientele.

Senior Placement Interviewer

Under minimal supervision, the Senior Placement Interviewer performs the most
difficult and complex professional placement activities.  Work is periodically
reviewed in terms of meeting specific goals and objectives.  This class may
also be used for the head of a campus placement program.  Incumbents typically
are assigned a client group at a career level or advanced degree level in a
related body of academic disciplines; interview and assist clients in reaching
career decisions over a period of years, upon initial employment and
subsequent employment changes; develop placement opportunities for clients in
occupations with limited openings or for clients with limiting qualifications;
develop and maintain faulty and employer contacts in order to expand placement
opportunities and services; develop knowledge of changing manpower needs
and occupational requirements; and may train or assist in supervision of other
Placement Interviewers.

Placement Interviewer

Under general supervision, the Placement Interviewer performs difficult and
complex professional placement activities.  Incumbents establish their own
procedures within broad policies and guides, with work periodically reviewed
in terms of overall efforts.  This is the full operational level in the series
with incumbents performing those duties as outlined in the Series Concepts.
Assignments at this level may focus on the short-range employment needs of
undergraduate students, with only limited substantive involvement in career
planning activities.

Assistant Placement Interviewer

Under supervision of a higher level Placement Interviewer, the Assistant
Placement Interviewer performs professional placement activities.  Assignments
are more limited than those at the higher level, with the primary distinction
being the degree of supervision exercised over the position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Placement Office Manager

Graduation from college and five years of increasingly responsible placement
experience, including one year in an administrative capacity; or an equivalent
combination of education and experience.

Principal Placement Interviewer

Graduation from college and four years of increasingly responsible placement
experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Senior Placement Interviewer

Graduation from college and three years of recruitment, selection, or placement
experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Placement Interviewer

Graduation from college and one year of recruitment, selection, or placement
experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Assistant Placement Interviewer

Graduation from college; or an equivalent combination of education and
experience.