Alumni Career Mentors

alumni partner with students - students partner with alumni

Contact the Director of Career Services if you are interested in being a mentor

After students have been matched with a mentor it is important to know how to facilitate this relationship? You begin with a simple email, phone call or note identifying yourself, expressing your gratitude for their interest and provide them with basic information about yourself: name, address, phone, email, major area of study, career interests, and campus activities to which they might relate. A second email or phone call might include the following questions:

• Where do you work and what do you really do?

• How did you get this job?

• How did you get your first job in the field?

• How did Eureka College prepare you for this type of work?

• Does it require any specialized education or graduate training?

• What advice would you give someone looking for this type of job?

• What would a typical first job in this field be today?

• Can you suggest someone else with whom I can have an informational conversation?

• Would it be possible to "shadow" you at work for a day or two, so I can get a sense of day-to-day activities?

Visit Emily Lee in Career Services (467-6421 in SPS) or Shellie Schwanke in Alumni Relations
(467-6313 in Burrus) to learn more about EC Career Connection and how it can help you.