Peer Career Assistant program at Career Services helps to guide fellow students

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As Penn State students have adapted to navigate a digital job market, so, too, have those students who have trained to support their peers in achieving their career goals.  The eleven students who represent the Peer Career Assistant program at Career Services have continued to adapt to meet their fellow students needs. Started in 2013, the Peer Career Assistant program connects highly trained students with others to provide resume and cover letter editing and development, resource assistance, interview preparation, and mock interviews.         As the pandemic shifted the job market, the peers were forced to adapt and educate themselves on how to better help their classmates. The peers have been coaching students throughout the semester to stay positive, leverage technology, and be open to exploring different industries is key to success. Some peers, such as Faith Rule, a junior majoring in labor and human resources, started the position during the pandemic, and therefore only knows the peer role from a virtual standpoint.  “This is my first year being a Peer Career Assistant,” she said, “we are all just on the same boat of navigating this new normal together.” Staying positive, active and flexible has…
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