Friday, September 27, 2019

Peace Corps Recruiter to NIU


The Peace Corps recruiter will be here Tuesday, October 1st.  The details are below: 
Jill Conway, Chicagoland Regional Recruiter, jconway@peacecorps.gov
Oct. 01, 2019, 12:45 PM-4:00 PM
Peace Corps Q&A Session
Description:  Meet with Jill Conway, from the Peace Corps, to learn about their opportunities in a one on one setting. RSVP through Huskies Get Hired or stop by Career Services in Campus Life, suite 260.
Location:  Campus Life Building - Suite 260

Particular areas of opportunity are:
Fall Recruitment (Connecting with seniors)
  • Education
    • BA/BS in any subject with desire to teach English or TEFL/ESL/TESOL certificate
    • Tutoring, mentoring, experience working with youth highly desired
    • Education majors are highly qualified
  • French and Spanish speakers
    • 4 years of HS language classes with the past 8 years or 2 semesters of college language within the past 4 will qualify students for programs in Latin America and Francophone Africa
  • Math Education
    • Accepting applicants with any prior math tutoring/teaching experience
    • Other possible relevant degrees to qualify: Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering
  • Science Education
    • BA/BS or minor in General Science, Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
  • Agriculture (specifically French speaking for Francophone Africa)
    • BA/BS in Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Science, Botany, Biology, Zoology, Nutrition, Chemistry, or Life Sciences fields preferred
Or BA/BS in any discipline with expressed interest in working in agriculture