Career Advisors can assist you with choosing a major, deciding whether to attend graduate school, developing your resume, preparing for the interviewing process, negotiating a compensation package and making a career change. If you are just starting to plan your career or develop your resume, or have some questions about how to best use the Career Center's services, walk-in to one of our locations and visit a Peer Career Advisor.

Each Career Advisor specializes in a particular college and can assist you with applying your major to a career path and identifying career trends in your particular field. To schedule a one-on-one or telephone appointment, please contact the Career Center at (312) 362-8437 (Loop) or (773) 325-7431 (Lincoln Park).

For Electronic Advising, send an e-mail to the Career Advisor who specializes in your major or field, including your full name and e-mail address with your career-related question. You should receive a response within three business days.

Career Advisors

Peer Career Advisors

Peer Career Advising is a good place for students and alumni to begin the process of career planning. The Peer Career Advisors are undergraduate and graduate students who have been carefully selected and trained by the Career Center to work with students and alumni in an advisory capacity. A Peer Career Advisor can provide:

• An overview of Career Center services
• Help with the Recruiting online system to participate in Career Center services such as workshops, on-campus recruiting, job listings, online resume books and searching for mentors
• Assistance with finding on campus employment
• Resume and job search correspondence critiques
• Interviewing tips
• General guidance with job search strategies
• Graduate school search and application tips

You may talk with a Peer Career Advisor as often as you want. Peers can be a great resource even for the most experienced students and alumni, because they know what Career Center services are available and can give you pointers on how to best maximize those services.

Peer Career Advisors can be reached by phone at (312) 362-5415 or by email at peercareeradvisor@depaul.edu or in the Loop or Lincoln Park Career Center offices during walk–in hours.

Contact the Peer Career Advisors via Instant Message.

If the Peers are offline, please email your question to peercareeradvisor@depaul.edu.

Meet the Peer Career Advisors

Click on the below picture to read the Peer Career Advisor bios. Several of our Peers also blog over at My Two Cents DePaul.

Become a Peer Career Advisor

If you are interested in becoming a Peer Career Advisor, please contact:

Hilarie Longnecker
Peer Career Advisor Program Coordinator
hlongnec@depaul.edu
(773) 325-7395 phone
(773) 325-7432 fax

Qualifications

• Applicants must be enrolled at DePaul.
• An interest in career development or career related issues.
• A one year commitment to the program is required.

Benefits of Becoming a Peer Career Advisor Include

• Learn the career planning process from professional career advisors
• Help students and alumni with career planning
• Build your resume — the job responsibilities look great on a resume and students who become Peer Career Advisors improve their own professional skills
• Earn credit — Peer Career Advisors have earned experiential learning credit for their work through the University Internship Program (UIP)
• Earn money