GT Tour Guide Application
2013
Thank you for your interest in giving campus tours at Georgia Tech! Tech Tours operates out of the Undergraduate Admission Office which is located in the Bill Moore Student Success Center. Our office cannot fully operate without the amazing time and effort our tour guides put in assisting visiting families.
Tech tours are available Monday-Friday at 11am and 2pm, and tours usually take about an hour. Tour guides are expected to arrive 15 minutes prior to their tour to check in. Each tour guide is expected to give one tour per week during school sessions (except holidays) and two tours per week during High School spring breaks, which is typically the last week of March and first week of April.
Minimum Criteria for Applying
1. The completion of one semester at Georgia Tech
2. A 2.5 cumulative GPA
3. Availability to give one tour a week during one of these time slots: 10:45-12:15 or 1:45-3:15 (Please provide at least two dates and times you have available for scheduling purposes)
4. Availability to attend the mandatory Training Session on Saturday, January 26 from 10:00am-2:00pm
5. Availability to attend mandatory monthly meetings on Sunday (2/17, 3/10, and 4/7) from 3:00pm-4:00pm
6. Availability to give a tour at Preview Georgia Tech on 2/18 and 3/29 (mandatory)
Minimum Expectations for Tour Guides
1. Tour Guides are expected to arrive 15 minutes prior to their tour time each week
2. Each week during their tour time, Tour Guides should be prepared to either give a tour or help in the office
3. Tour Guides are expected to look polished and professional by adhering to the Tour Guide Dress Code
4. If you are unable to give a tour during your time slot because you are sick, you are required to find a substitute by going through the procedure outlined in the Tour Guide manual. If you can’t find a replacement guide, you are required to contact Jayme Shepherd 24 hours prior to your tour.
5. If you are sick and follow the appropriate procedure to get a replacement Guide, you will not receive a strike. You will, however, need to make up your missed time by coming into the office to help with Campus Visits related work. It is your responsibility to set this time up with Jayme or Kathryn within a week of the tour time that you missed.
6. Georgia Tech Tour Guides operates on a three strike policy. Failure to fulfill any of the above expectations (tardiness, absence at tour time, missed Training Session, missed monthly meeting, or failure to make up your excused missed tour) will result in a strike. Tour Guides with three strikes will not be asked to return.
2013 Georgia Tech Tour Guide Application
Name: _____ Local phone:___________________ GT-ID#: _____
Birthday: __________ Gender:____ Year: Anticipated Grad. Date: __________ GPA: ____________
Major(s): ____________________ Minor: ______________________ Polo Shirt Size: _______
Email (will be the primary mode of communication with us!): _________________ __________________
Local Address:______________________________________________________________________________
Permanent Home Address: ________________________
Please answer the following questions (typed or written) in the space provided.
1. Why do you love Georgia Tech?
2. What is your favorite building on campus? Why?
3. What is your least favorite thing about Georgia Tech?
4. In what ways have you gotten involved in and contributed to the Tech community since you’ve been here?
5. Why do you think you would be a great Tour Guide?
6. What role do you believe Tour Guides play in the Georgia Tech community?
7. How would you attempt to connect with prospective students and their parents?
8. If you could only tell prospective students one thing about Georgia Tech/being a Tech student, what would it be?
9. What experience do you have that has prepared you for being a great Tour Guide (which includes excellent public speaking skills)?
10. Please indicate your availability to give tours, ranking it in order (List at least 2. The more options, the better):
___ Monday, 10:45-12:15
___ Monday, 1:45-3:15
___ Tuesday, 10:45-12:15
___ Tuesday, 1:45-3:15
___ Wednesday, 10:45-12:15
___ Wednesday, 1:45-3:15
___ Thursday, 10:45-12:15
___ Thursday, 1:45-3:15
___ Friday, 10:45-12:15
___ Friday, 1:45-3:15
If selected, I am able to commit to being a Tour Guide for:
______ Spring 2013
______ Spring and Summer 2013
______ Spring, Summer, and Fall 2013
Preference will be given to applicants who are available for more time. If you are not available in the Spring, we will post a new application for Summer and Fall guides as needed.
I, , hereby certify that I meet the minimum application criteria and that my answers to the questions on this application are accurate to the best of my knowledge. I am aware that by intentionally or knowingly falsifying any of this information, I am disqualifying myself as a Tour Guide Applicant. My signature below denotes both that I want to be a Georgia Tech Tour Guide and that I fully understand what will be required of me if selected.
Signature: ________________________________________________
Applications are to be handed to Kathryn Witzke at the Front Desk of the Bill Moore Student Success center by 4:00 p.m. on January 17, 2013. Late applications will not be accepted.
You will be notified on January 18 to let you know whether or not you have been extended an invitation to interview with us. Interviews will take place between January 22 and January 24. Final notifications will be sent on January 25 by 5:00pm.