Dear Notre Dame Alumnus,
Thank you for visiting The Career Center’s Irish Mentor page! Here you have the opportunity to sign up and share your career expertise with current Notre Dame students in a variety of meaningful ways! Learning from successful alumni is one of the most valuable resources our students and graduates have in their career development. We are looking to build a strong contingent of alums from a variety of majors and industries who will volunteer their time to support students on a case by case basis.
What is an Irish Mentor?
The term “mentor” can mean any level of involvement depending on whom you ask. We distinguish an Irish Mentor as someone who:
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Avails himself/herself, as professionally suitable, to promptly support students throughout their transition from academia to the professional sphere
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Is encouraging, realistic and responsive
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Maintains the commitment to support a preferred initiative throughout the stated duration (one academic year, one summer, over a semester break, or through one-off phone calls)
What does an Irish Mentor do?
As an Irish Mentor, you may participate in ways that work best for you. These may include:
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Job Shadows
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Externships/Career Treks
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Informational Interviews
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Industry Specific Advising
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Mentorship (for one full academic year or one summer)
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Speaking in career classes or workshops, conducting mock interviews or participating in other career related on-campus events
In conjunction with the Alumni Association, we are building an online platform which will house our mentor database and will be available for students to search and select a mentor. Our goal is to launch this online database in the 2016-2017 Academic Year. In the meantime, we are manually processing all Irish Mentor requests only for the 2015-2016 school year.
If you are interested in supporting students through Irish Mentor, or have any questions about the program, please email Mary Ladewski at mladewsk@nd.edu. Register to be part of an as-needed list of alums by clicking here to complete a Google Form.
Thank you again for enhancing and making a difference in the lives of fellow Domers!
Most sincerely,
The Career Center Experiential Team
Mary Ladewski
LoriAnn Edinborough
Monica Laidig