A professional who coordinates activities of job placement service for students and graduates. Responsibilities include:

• Develops placement office procedures.
• Establishes work loads, assigns tasks, and reviews results.
• Conducts in-service training program for placement personnel.
• Interviews applicants to determine qualifications and eligibility for employment.
• Assists individuals to develop employment plans based on appraisals of aptitudes, interests, and personality characteristics, and to plan curriculums accordingly.
• Contacts prospective employers to determine needs and to explain placement service.
• Arranges on-campus interviews between employers and graduating students to facilitate placement of graduates.
• Collects, organizes, and analyzes occupational, educational, and economic information for use in job placement activities.
• Directs maintenance of occupational library.
• Assists in conducting community surveys to gather labor market information, such as prevailing wages, hours, training, and employment possibilities.
• Coordinates program for analyzing campus jobs.