Career Peer Educator Program

Career Peers are student experts on the resources available through the Career Services Center. They advise students on resume writing and internship opportunities. Career Peers deliver workshops, plan related programs and assist with logistics at job and recruiter fairs.

The Career Peer Educator Program (CPEP) is a paid internship opportunity for a selected group of students to gain extensive hands-on training and experience within a state-of-the-art career center. Peers will develop transferable work-related skills such as communication, advising, counseling and presentations skills, in addition to leadership and teamwork experience.

Students selected to be Career Peer Educators must pay UC student services fees and commit to the program for the entire academic year for 10-15 hours/week.

General Responsibilities

Advise students regarding resume writing, internship opportunities, career exploration resources and general Career Services Center questions
Deliver workshops and conduct outreach presentations on the following topics: overview of the Career Services Center, internship search, resume writing
Participate in job and graduate school fairs and other Career Services Center employer events
Participate in outreach and marketing activities to various student groups and units on campus
Participate in student advisory functions with the Career Services Center director
Assist students with the location and use of resources in the Career Services Center Library and on Career Services Center website
Complete additional career-related projects as directed
Attend peer staff meetings, trainings, and occasional off-campus training/workshops throughout the year

In addition peers will be assigned focused areas they will be responsible for in content delivery and services in two specific areas:

CAREER DEVELOPMENT PEERS: (4 peers)

Assist with the coordination and promotion of career exploration programs (i.e. Career Discovery Week, career exploration panels and other career exploration activities)
Update and research links on the CSC webpage, including the Internship Supersite and Career Exploration pages
Serve as liaisons to colleges, campus department peer programs and student organizations for marketing CSC programs
Coordinate and identify peers to meet presentation requests from campus-wide community
PRE-HEALTH PEERS: (2 Peers)
Help students identify courses that are required for various health professional school programs
Provide general information regarding the timeline process for applying to pre-health schools
Be familiar with pre-health volunteer and research opportunities both on-campus and off-campus
Assist with the coordination and promotion of pre-health programs (i.e. workshops, panels and other activities)
Update and research links on the CSC webpage, including the Pre-Health pages

Now is your chance to apply as a Career Peer Educator for 2012-2013 academic year. We are now accepting online applications for the Career Peer Educator Program. If you have any questions regarding your interest in being a Career Peer Educator, please contact Internship Coordinator, Roxanne Farkas at rfarkas@ucsd.edu.

Listen to what our current peers have to say about CPEP: