Career Counselor (64116)
Exeter, RIFull-time$55K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed today
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The Career Counselor provides personal and career counseling to Job Corps students to support employability, continued enrollment, and program success. The role identifies barriers, develops individualized career education plans, and provides case management throughout students’ enrollment. It also assesses student progress, coordinates services, documents performance, and transports students as needed. The position is full-time, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Salary Range $55,000.00 - $55,000.00 Salary/year
Position Type Full Time
Education Level 4 Year Degree
Category Education
Description
Do you have a passion for helping underprivileged youth succeed in life? Do you want to use your education and life experience to help shape young lives? Then we have the career opportunity for you at Exeter Job Corps!
Here is the schedule for this role:
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Salary: $55,000.00/annually plus monthly incentive opportunity
POSITION SUMMARY
This role is primarily responsible for providing personal/career counseling for students to enhance student employability and to ensure continued enrollment and quantifiable success in the Job Corps program. Identifies and remediates student barriers to success and develops individualized student career educational plans.
WHY WORK FOR US?
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Highly competitive pay and exceptional health benefits
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Onsite cafeteria with affordable prepared food options designed and cooked by our talented culinary students and staff
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Fully equipped gymnasium with basketball hoops
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State-of-the-art workout room with free weights, treadmills, and nautilus equipment
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A beautiful 22-acre campus, ideal for lunchtime walks
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Located less than 10 minutes from the highway
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Courteous, diverse, team-oriented staff
Job Responsibilities:
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Ensures student case load meets or exceeds DOL/Company performance goals
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Responsible to provide students with comprehensive and individualized case management ensuring student progress, retention and completion of the Job Corps program
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Establishes supportive/mentoring relationships with students throughout their enrollment and provides personal, educational and career counseling
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Provides ongoing assessment of student progress in Academic, Career Technical and Independent Living
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Develops and updates student Personal Career Development Plans
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Coordinates services for students (on-Center and off-Center) to ensure student retention and success in the program
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Transports students as needed/required
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Routinely evaluates and documents student performance using case management system
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Contributes to the Center's culture by treating students with care and respect, assisting students achieve personal and career goals and ensuring students feel safe and welcomed during enrollment
Qualifications
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Bachelors degree (including at least 15 semester hours in Social Services-related instruction) from an accredited school required (transcript required)
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A minimum of one-year experience in counseling or related field
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Previous Job Corps or related program experience preferred
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Must possess a valid in-State Drivers License and meet Company insurability requirements (relatively clean driving record)
“Adams and Associates, Inc. abides by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to their protected veteran status or disability.” This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,857 open Counselor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$55K/yr
- US median$62–80K/yr679 salary ranges
This rate, $55K, is 23% below the US median midpoint ($71K) — in the lowest quarter of Counselor salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,857 open Counselor jobs across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Counselor postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (703 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,113 of the 1,857 open Counselor jobs (60%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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