Student Peer Mentor — Career Services & Resume Coaching

Colorado Mesa University; United States; On-site; USD 19,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Colorado Mesa University invites applications for Alumni & Career Services Peer Mentors to assist students with resume and cover letter evaluations and mock interviews. This role provides dynamic career coaching and programming to support professional development and lifelong career success.

You will meet with students, provide guidance, and help with Handshake data entry, event assistance, and campus outreach to connect students with career resources and employers.

Qualifications

• Interest in helping other college students
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication
• Be able to work independently, take initiative, and solve problems
• Must be reliable, punctual, organized, and detail-oriented
• Be outgoing and energetic and have excellent customer service skills (in person and over the phone)
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
• Maintain professional behavior and dress appropriately (business casual)
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality of student information
• Ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively with a team of professionals and other students
• Ability to show high proficiency in reviewing resumes, cover letters, and mock interviews
• Be a current undergraduate CMU student in good academic standing

Responsibilities

• Meeting with students one-on-one to revise resumes and cover letters, and facilitating mock interviews
• Mentoring students about their professional and academic goals
• Assisting students with compiling application materials for finding employment
• Accurately tracking and entering student appointment data in Handshake
• Actively promoting Career Services resources and information through creative mediums (i.e. campus tabling, classroom presentations, etc.)
• Completing tasks and projects, as assigned, including Career Services event assistance
• Instructing students on networking for career fairs and tabling events
• Preparing paperwork for your student appointments
• Completing special outreach projects for Career Services
• Assisting our Career Coordinators with planning and preparing for networking events
• Conduct workshops and classroom and special group presentations, job and career fairs, campus recruiting, Handshake management, and etiquette dinners/lunches.

Skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Initiative

Punctuality

Customer service

MS Office

Confidentiality

Team collaboration

Resume review

Education

Undergraduate CMU student

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Colorado Mesa University invites applications for Alumni & Career Services Peer Mentors to assist students with resume and cover letter evaluations and mock interviews. This role provides dynamic career coaching and programming to support professional development and lifelong career success.

You will meet with students, provide guidance, and help with Handshake data entry, event assistance, and campus outreach to connect students with career resources and employers.