Who we are:
Based in Toronto, Ontario, Career Cruising
(www.careercruising.com) is an online career guidance tool used by schools
across North America to help over 5 million K-12 students achieve their full
potential in school, career, and life.
(www.careercruising.com) is an online career guidance tool used by schools
across North America to help over 5 million K-12 students achieve their full
potential in school, career, and life.
Who we need:
We are looking for a Content Support Specialist to
help manage and update the large amount of data and other information required
to keep Career Cruising current regarding career salaries, job outlook,
industry profiles, school programs, and many other feature
help manage and update the large amount of data and other information required
to keep Career Cruising current regarding career salaries, job outlook,
industry profiles, school programs, and many other feature
s of our software. We
need someone who displays consistent, eagle-eyed precision when it comes to
both data entry and doing research, and who also enjoys coming up with creative
solutions for making complicated data more accessible, engaging, and
informative for our student users.
You will be:
- Assisting with annual and ongoing data updates
for Canadian and US undergraduate, graduate, and vocational schools and
programs; apprenticeship programs; career profiles; labour market
information, wage data, and job outlook projections; and other
miscellaneous projects - Conducting web-based research to gather data and
maintaining records of resources - Supporting other aspects of maintaining our
written content, including proofreading and fact-checking, as well as
collecting and managing non-written content such as photo files and videos
If you’d like to apply, you should have:
- A college diploma or bachelor’s degree
- Experience working with Microsoft Access and
Excel - Proven experience completing research projects
independently and efficiently, including collecting and verifying large
data sets - Proven experience with in-depth, web-based
research - Strong analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Bonus skills:
- Experience using SQL Server, CuteFTP, SOLR,
and/or content management and communication systems (we currently use
JIRA, Confluence, and Umbraco) - Experience writing and/or proofreading web-based
content, preferably for a high school student audience - Experience working with video and photo editing
software and multimedia content management systems or websites
You should be:
- Self-motivated, detail oriented, and a quick
learner - Very comfortable working with and manipulating
large data sets - A problem-solver who enjoys troubleshooting
technical or data-related problems - Able to remain focused on repetitive or routine
tasks - Able to multitask and easily adapt to changing
priorities and/or deadlines - Able to work independently or in a group to
accomplish tasks - Comfortable working in an office environment, and
able to travel to our (TTC-accessible) Toronto office during regular
Monday to Friday hours
If you’d like to join our team, please submit a brief
cover letter telling us why and your resume to Craig Bell at
craigb@careercruising.com.
cover letter telling us why and your resume to Craig Bell at
craigb@careercruising.com.
