Business services representative

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Job Title: Business Services Representative

Location: Kentucky Career Center, Bowling Green, KY

Reports To: Executive Director

The Business Services Representative (BSR) serves as the primary liaison between the Kentucky Career Center and regional employers, fostering collaboration to address workforce needs and trends. This role develops and maintains relationships with employers; plans, coordinates, and facilitates employer-site, regional, and Kentucky Career Center hiring events; and secures work experience (WEX) and on-the-job training (OJT) contracts to benefit both jobseekers and businesses. The BSR ensures effective communication and follow-up with employers, Career Advisors, and participants to support successful workforce solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Employer Engagement

• Advise employers on regional workforce trends and provide insights to help meet their hiring needs
• Gather input from employers regarding workforce challenges and opportunities to align services accordingly
• Build and maintain strong relationships with regional employers to foster trust and collaboration

Program Coordination

• Secure WEX and OJT contracts with employers, ensuring opportunities align with participant goals and employer needs
• Regularly check in with employers to monitor participant progress during WEX or OJT placements

Hiring Event Planning and Coordination

• On-Site Hiring Events: Partner directly with employers to organize and conduct hiring events at their facilities, including identifying hiring needs, coordinating dates and schedules, confirming available positions and candidate qualifications, arranging event logistics, and helping connect qualified jobseekers with employers
• Regional Hiring Events: Plan and coordinate multi-employer hiring events across the service region in collaboration with employers, Kentucky Career Center staff, community organizations, and other workforce partners; recruit participating employers and coordinate venues, event schedules, setup, and staffing
• Kentucky Career Center Hiring Events: Organize and host hiring events at the Kentucky Career Center, including employer scheduling, space and equipment coordination, candidate outreach, registration or check-in procedures, and on-site support for employer interviews and recruitment activities
• Promote all hiring events through coordinated outreach with Career Advisors, workforce partners, and appropriate communication channels to attract qualified jobseekers and support employer participation
• Serve as the primary point of contact for participating employers before, during, and after events; address logistical needs, provide responsive support, and ensure a professional experience for employers and jobseekers.
• Track employer participation, jobseeker attendance, interviews, referrals, job offers, hires, and other available event outcomes; conduct timely employer follow-up and use results to improve future hiring events

Collaboration and Communication

• Provide timely updates to Career Advisors regarding participant performance, hiring opportunities, event outcomes, and employer feedback
• Lead a weekly meeting focused on employer assistance, hiring event planning, and event outcomes
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure seamless delivery of workforce services to employers and participants

Qualifications

• Strong relationship-building, communication, and negotiation skills
• Ability to analyze workforce trends and align services with employer needs
• Proficiency in event planning and management, with attention to detail
• Ability to coordinate multiple events, communicate with diverse stakeholders, and document hiring-event outcomes
• Competence in Microsoft Office Suite, Salesforce and workforce data systems

Preferred Experience

• Previous experience in business outreach, workforce development, human resources, recruiting, or employer-facing event coordination
• Familiarity with WEX, OJT, and other workforce development programs is a plus

Work Environment

This is an in-office role requiring frequent interaction with employers, team members, and community stakeholders, as well as travel to employer locations and regional hiring-event venues. The BSR must be adaptable and committed to fostering partnerships that benefit both jobseekers and employers.

Compensation

Beginning annual salary range: $42,000–$52,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications. A comprehensive benefits package is provided.

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter highlighting their qualifications and interest in the role.

Career Team is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace.

About Career Team:

Founded in 1996, Career Team, LLC is a private workforce development organization. Career Team’s outstanding record of accelerating the human condition has resulted in numerous honors: Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest growing privately held companies, Recipient of the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation, Featured by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, Inc. Magazine and the British Broadcasting Network as an innovative, government funded solutions program, Invited to the White House after being cited by the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business as a top 10 US training provider. As a socially conscious organization, Career Team has found a healthy balance between for-profit innovation and community enrichment. Looking ahead, the organization will continue to close the nation’s opportunity divide with additional government-funded workforce sites; while also building staff capacity of workforce funding sources and industry providers. See www.careerteam.com for more information.

Career Team is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

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