Become a Peer Advisor - the Career Centre Needs You!

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Peer Advisors are a very important part of the success of the Career Centre.  Read what they have to say by reading their blog.

Being a Career Centre Peer Advisor provides you with an excellent opportunity to increase your knowledge of job search and career development strategies and materials.

• designing promotional videos to assist in recruiting new volunteers 
• interviewing alumni and authoring career profiles for the website
• contributing to an ongoing career centre blog
• authoring articles for special publications
• co-ordinating career education information in residences

Outreach to other students is a very important part of being a Peer Advisor. Therefore, familiarizing students with the many resources offered by the Career Centre is a key aspect of your job. This will include staffing Career Centre Information Booths in the Concourse, Science Building and Schlegel Building.

Being a Peer Advisor is a great experience; you will work individually and as a part of a team, building skills in communication, organization and promotion. You will also have a chance to improve your presentation and leadership abilities through working both in and out of the Career Centre. The Peer Advisor program is a part of the co-curricular record.

After you have a year of solid in-centre experience, you will have the opportunity for additional responsibility. For example, senior Peer Advisors may deliver specialty workshops.

Recruiting for Peer Advisors begins each year in February.  New Peer Advisors begin preparation for their duties in advance by completing training packages sent to them over the summer months and then they participate in approximately three days of on-site training during Orientation Week in September each year.