How To Become A Career Services Assistant: What It Is and Career Path

What is a career services assistant and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

Quoted expert

William (Bill) Gentry Ph.D.

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a career services assistant. For example, did you know that they make an average of $13.52 an hour? That's $28,130 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 12% and produce 52,400 job opportunities across the U.S.

What's a day at work look like for a career services assistant?

William (Bill) Gentry Ph.D.

Assistant Vice President, High Point University

It depends on the organization. With more vaccines coming out and some clamoring to actually get out of their house and get back to being in an office, organizations will see that it is safer for people to come back to work, to fly to meetings, to be like it was a couple of years ago. In fact, some have already gone back to that. Other organizations have seen that people can indeed work from anywhere and production and work output still remain at a high level in quality or quantity, and they may allow virtual work in part or in full. Philosophy graduates need to be prepared for either of these. I and our office of Career and Professional Development encourage graduates to first think about what style they like best. In talking with graduates, I know some of them are burned out with video and miss being around people in person. For those graduates with that type of preference, we encourage them to be strategic and targeted in their approach to looking for jobs, ensuring that working in an office, around people, in person, should be a major priority when searching and applying for jobs. For other graduates who have enjoyed and become skilled at video meetings, like that type of interaction, and feel they want to work from home, they should make sure that any job they are applying to would allow the ability and flexibility to work from anywhere.

ScoreCareer Services AssistantUS Average

Salary

2.2

Avg. Salary $28,130

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

8.9

Growth rate 12%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

10.0

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 2.18%

Asian 6.66%

Black or African American 13.07%

Hispanic or Latino 19.73%

Unknown 5.20%

White 53.16%

Gender

female 76.02%

male 23.98%

Age - 43

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 43

Stress level

8.9

Stress level is very high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

8.1

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance

6.2

Work life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a career services assistant

Explore career services assistant education requirements

Most common career services assistant degrees

Bachelor's

54.1 %

Associate

23.7 %

High School Diploma

7.1 %

Start to develop specific career services assistant skills

Skills	Percentages
Career Services	26.65%
Database Management	8.79%
Career Fairs	8.35%
Career Development	5.76%
Front Desk	4.77%

Complete relevant career services assistant training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 1-3 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New career services assistants learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a career services assistant based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real career services assistant resumes.

Research career services assistant duties and responsibilities

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Prepare your career services assistant resume

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