Job description
Are you interested in a career with Social Impact (non-profits, human & social services, environmental sustainability, social entrepreneurship and social & racial justice)?
Do you enjoy helping your fellow students?
Are you passionate about making career exploration & development more inclusive and equitable?
Are you hoping to gain core competency skills that will impact your own career development?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should apply to be a Peer Career Advisor!
The Career Exploration & Development Center (CED) is looking to hire Peer Career Advisors to support their efforts to make career exploration & development more equitable and inclusive for all Oberlin students beginning in the 2023 Fall semester. Peer Career Advisors work independently and collaboratively to guide their peers on their career journeys, advise them on career-related topics, organize monthly workshops, raise awareness of the CED on campus, and assist with creating helpful resources for students to access. The Peer Career Advisor reports directly to the Assistant Director for Career Readiness.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Conduct career-related one-on-one advising appointments with students on the following topics: resumes, cover letters, interviewing, networking, and job searching (training will be provided on resume and cover letter review as well as advising on networking, interviewing, and job searching)
- Organize monthly workshops as a team on career exploration & development topics to encourage the integration of career readiness across campus
- Assist professional staff with special projects such as: creating and maintaining online resources, designing marketing materials, conducting industry research, and other duties as assigned
- Raise awareness of the Career Exploration & Development Center across campus by creating posters and social media and presenting to student organizations and academic departments
- Support the programmatic efforts of the Career Exploration & Development Center
- Facilitate workshops and events as needed
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility (DEIA) work
- Ability to work well independently and as a member of a team
- Strong organizational skills and demonstrated reliability and responsibility
- Flexible and positive attitude
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Comfortable with advising peers and presenting information to groups and individuals
- Enrolled as a student for the 2023-2024 academic year
Preferred Qualifications:
- Interest and/or experience in any of the following career fields is highly desirable: the education, nonprofits, environment & sustainability, human & social services, and public sector fields
- Experience designing posters/flyers and other graphic marketing materials
- Experience with Digication ePortfolio development
Compensation
Compensation:
$12.00/hr
Special Instructions to Applicants
Required Application Materials:
- Resume
- Cover Letter (no more than one page): Please indicate why you are interested in this position, your skills, and what resources you utilized at the Career Exploration and Development Center.
Special Instructions: After you have completed the application and uploaded your cover letter and resume to the platform, you can also send Vilmarie Perez (vperez1@oberlin.edu), Assistant Director for Career Readiness for Careers with Social Impact.
Documents Needed to Apply
Required Documents
Optional Documents
- Cover Letter
- Resume
- List of References
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