ALUMNI AND PROFESSIONAL MENTOR PROGRAM

The Alumni and Professional Mentor Program can match you with employed alumni and other professionals who can answer career related inquiries, helping to facilitate your career choices and preparation. To prepare students for their mentor contact, students meet with a career counselor at the Office of Career Services. Counselors coach students on how to conduct a productive informational interview that can help you gain real world input sot that you can better assess your career objectives as well as obtaining cutting edge information about trends in your field and about career opportunities.

The Alumni and Professional Mentor Program offers varied options for mentoring involvement, with choices to fit your schedule and communication preference: e-mentoring, phone mentoring, or face to face mentoring.

JOB SHADOWING PROGRAM

The Office of Career Services in conjunction with the Alumni Office and the Alumni Association co-sponsors a Job Shadowing Program. This program can provide you the opportunity to visit your worksite and “shadow” you, observing some of the activities of an actual day-in-the-life of a mentor. Shadowing experiences are unique for every mentor and mentee, but the goal is ultimately the same- to assist students to assist students to be able to visualize themselves in their future careers. You can volunteer to observe a mentor on the job for as little as a total of five hours within a 14 week semester.