University of Wisconsin - Madison
Career Exploration Center SOAR Peer
🇺🇸
Madison, WI
🕑
Part-Time
💰
$14
per Hour
💻
Career Services
🗓️
March 12th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a Career Exploration Center SOAR Peer. The role requires representing the Career Exploration Center at the 2026 Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR) Resource Fair by engaging with students and guests to provide information about career exploration services and resources, while working alongside peers and professional staff to support career development initiatives.
Highlights
- Represent the Career Exploration Center professionally at the SOAR Resource Fair.
- Communicate clearly with diverse audiences including students and their guests.
- Promote career advising resources and the importance of strategic career exploration.
- Gather and track contact information of students and guests attending the fair.
- Set up and take down resource fair table materials.
- Collaborate closely with CEC and other UW professional staff and participate in ongoing trainings.
- Compensation: $14.00 per hour.
- Qualifications: Current undergraduate student at UW-Madison with at least one semester completed and continuing status for Fall 2026.
- Work schedule requires about 7 hours weekly including multiple SOAR Resource Fair dates from June to August 2026.
- Focus on developing interpersonal communication, teamwork, and client engagement skills.
Career Exploration Center SOAR Peer Full Description
Department Overview:
| The Career Exploration Center is the leading campus resource for UW-Madison undergraduates who are looking to explore major and career options. Our office provides advising and tools to help students examine their interests, values, strengths, and skills, so they can make informed decisions about their major and career paths.
Anticipated Start Date:
| Friday, May 29th
Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):
| Thursday, August 6th
Remote Work Eligibility Detail:
| Not Remote
Anticipated Hours Per Week:
| 7
Schedule:
| In-person training will tentatively take place on Friday, May 29th and Monday, June 1st.
CEC SOAR Peers must be able to work most of the 28 SOAR Resource Fair dates listed below. Flexibility will be granted on an as-needed basis for absences, not to exceed 4 absences total. Preference will be given to applicants who can commit to all/most dates.
The SOAR Resource Fair will take place from 4:00-5:15pm on the dates below. CEC SOAR Peers will work from 3:30-5:15pm each shift, for a total of 7 hours per week.
2026 SOAR Resource Fair Dates:
Monday, June 1st
Tuesday, June 2nd
Wednesday, June 3rd
Thursday, June 4th
Monday, June 8th
Tuesday, June 9th
Wednesday, June 10th
Thursday, June 11th
Monday, June 15th
Tuesday, June 16th
Wednesday, June 17th
Thursday, June 18th
Monday, June 22nd
Tuesday, June 23rd
Wednesday, June 24th
Thursday, June 25th
— 2-week break —
Monday, July 13th
Tuesday, July 14th
Wednesday, July 15th
Thursday, July 16th
Monday, July 20th
Tuesday, July 21st
Wednesday, 22nd
Thursday, July 23rd
— 1-week break —
Monday, August 3rd
Tuesday, August 4th
Wednesday, August 5th
Thursday, August 6th
CEC SOAR Peers must be able to work most of the 28 SOAR Resource Fair dates listed below. Flexibility will be granted on an as-needed basis for absences, not to exceed 4 absences total. Preference will be given to applicants who can commit to all/most dates.
The SOAR Resource Fair will take place from 4:00-5:15pm on the dates below. CEC SOAR Peers will work from 3:30-5:15pm each shift, for a total of 7 hours per week.
2026 SOAR Resource Fair Dates:
Monday, June 1st
Tuesday, June 2nd
Wednesday, June 3rd
Thursday, June 4th
Monday, June 8th
Tuesday, June 9th
Wednesday, June 10th
Thursday, June 11th
Monday, June 15th
Tuesday, June 16th
Wednesday, June 17th
Thursday, June 18th
Monday, June 22nd
Tuesday, June 23rd
Wednesday, June 24th
Thursday, June 25th
— 2-week break —
Monday, July 13th
Tuesday, July 14th
Wednesday, July 15th
Thursday, July 16th
Monday, July 20th
Tuesday, July 21st
Wednesday, 22nd
Thursday, July 23rd
— 1-week break —
Monday, August 3rd
Tuesday, August 4th
Wednesday, August 5th
Thursday, August 6th
Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:
| $14.00
Number of Positions:
| 2
Qualifications:
| Minimum qualifications:
-- Current, degree-seeking undergraduate student
-- At least one semester at UW-Madison in progress/completed at time of application
-- Continuing student status for the Fall 2026 semester
Employment will require UW-Madison to verify your identity and employment eligibility. The employee must physically present original, unexpired documents (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents) as evidence of identity and employment authorization.
-- Current, degree-seeking undergraduate student
-- At least one semester at UW-Madison in progress/completed at time of application
-- Continuing student status for the Fall 2026 semester
Employment will require UW-Madison to verify your identity and employment eligibility. The employee must physically present original, unexpired documents (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents) as evidence of identity and employment authorization.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
| Students eligible for hire will demonstrate an interest in developing:
-- Strong interpersonal communication, listening, and customer service skills
-- Ability to handle multiple tasks and problem-solve in the moment
-- Willingness to learn, ask questions, and seek information
-- Interest in interacting with students, parents/guests, and supporting career services and SOAR staff
-- Commitment to creating an inclusive environment for students, guests, and colleagues
-- Ability to self-reflect and grow from feedback
-- Strong interpersonal communication, listening, and customer service skills
-- Ability to handle multiple tasks and problem-solve in the moment
-- Willingness to learn, ask questions, and seek information
-- Interest in interacting with students, parents/guests, and supporting career services and SOAR staff
-- Commitment to creating an inclusive environment for students, guests, and colleagues
-- Ability to self-reflect and grow from feedback
Position Summary/Job Duties:
| -- Represent the CEC in a professional and friendly manner to all SOAR students and guests
-- Provide excellent customer service to diverse audiences; communicate effectively to:
* Provide information about Career Exploration Center advising and resources
* Promote CEC as an excellent resource to support students’ career development
* Promote the value of strategic exploration
* Promote the value of frequent engagement with CEC and UW career services
-- Gather and accurately track student and guest contact information
-- Routinely interact with CEC professional staff and other UW career services and SOAR professional staff; welcome feedback & coaching from these staff
-- Responsible for setting up/taking down resource fair table materials
-- Routinely and proactively communicate with CEC supervisor
-- Participate in ongoing trainings
-- Provide excellent customer service to diverse audiences; communicate effectively to:
* Provide information about Career Exploration Center advising and resources
* Promote CEC as an excellent resource to support students’ career development
* Promote the value of strategic exploration
* Promote the value of frequent engagement with CEC and UW career services
-- Gather and accurately track student and guest contact information
-- Routinely interact with CEC professional staff and other UW career services and SOAR professional staff; welcome feedback & coaching from these staff
-- Responsible for setting up/taking down resource fair table materials
-- Routinely and proactively communicate with CEC supervisor
-- Participate in ongoing trainings
Physical Demands:
| N/A
Institutional Statements:
| Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.Institutional Statement on Diversity:Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.eduAccommodation Statement: If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
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