There are three ways to get involved with WorkLink!
Volunteer Allies:
- Social Allies: help students get to know Penn State, make friends, and find fun things to do. This includes things such as one-on-one times with students, or group meetings (ex: game nights, movie nights, lunch meetings, etc.), and walking students to their classes at the beginning of the semester until they are comfortable enough to do this on their own.
- Academic Allies: Students take Penn State classes for audit and are paired with academic mentors for help with homework and studying. Mentors can also help in class if needed. Academic mentors will meet once a week with the student at a certain time and day that will remain the same throughout the whole semester.
Interested in volunteering? Contact Rosemary Schwoerer at rcs291@psu.edu.
Intern
- Interns work 40 hours per week and are paid $10/hour. Interns may also receive academic credit for this experience.
- The WorkLink Intern has a variety of responsibilities that they manage throughout the semester, working closely with WorkLink faculty:
- Coordinate the schedule for one-on-one and group meetings with the mentors and students.
- Keep a log for volunteer mentor hours.
- Manage the Teams page and store and upload important WorkLink information to it.
- Identify and advertise campus events for the students to attend.
- Host one-on-one meetings with each student to either work on homework or to socialize and do something fun.
- Prepare class activities to do with the students during class time each week and help teach each week’s lesson.
- Help students pick classes for next semester that align with their future job goals and things that they are interested in.
- Help students prep for jobs by working on resumes with them, practice mock interviews, find jobs near them that they have an interest in, and help them look for internship opportunities that align with their future career goals.
Interested in an internship? Contact Rosemary Schwoerer at rcs291@psu.edu