Summer 2019 Applications are to be submitted electronically by 11:59pm on Friday, April 5, 2019.
Thank you for your interest becoming an official Georgia Tech Tour Guide! Campus tours operate out of the Undergraduate Admission Office located in the Bill Moore Student Success Center. The admission office cannot fully operate without the amazing time and effort the tour guides put in assisting visiting families.
Prior to completing the application, all prospective applicants should take a moment to become familiar with the following requirements and responsibilities expected of each member of the Tour Guide organization.
Georgia Tech Tour Guide Requirements:
- Must maintain a 2.5 cumulative GPA.
- Must be enrolled at Tech through at least Fall 2019 or Spring 2020.
- Must demonstrate excellent communication skills.
- Must be adaptable and able to market Tech to a wide variety of visitors (prospective students, faculty, alumni, or other).
- Must demonstrate a positive, enthusiastic attitude and strong customer service/interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to commit fully to responsibilities and represent the Institute in a professional, positive manner.
- Must commit to a minimum of two semesters (alternating semesters for co-op students).
- Must be available to give two tours a week at 11:30 a.m.-12:45p.m. or 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Tour Guides must arrive 15 minutes prior to the start time. (Please provide at least three dates and times you have available for scheduling purposes)
- Must be available to attend the mandatory training session on Sunday, May 19.
Expectations for Tour Guides
- Tour Guides serve as information resources and friendly representatives of Georgia Tech for visiting families, faculty, staff and students.
- Tour Guides are expected to arrive 15 minutes prior to their tour time each week (e.g. arrive by 11:15 a.m. for 11:30 a.m. tours and arrive by 2 p.m. for 2:15 p.m. tours).
- Each week during their tour time, Tour Guides should be prepared to either give a tour or help in the office.
- Tour Guides are expected to look polished and professional by adhering to the Tour Guide Dress Code.
- Twice weekly tours are mandatory. Tardiness and missed tours/meetings are not tolerated. If a Tour Guide is sick or has an appropriate reason for missing their weekly tour, they may attempt to find a replacement guide by the procedures outlined during training.
- Summer Tour Guides are paid $16 per tour and are encouraged to take classes or participate in other on campus activities such as FASET. During the Fall and Spring, Georgia Tech Tour Guides is a volunteer position.
Georgia Tech tours are available Monday-Friday at 11:30am and 2:15pm, and tours should arrive back no later than 1:00pm and 3:45pm. Tour guides are expected to arrive 15 minutes prior to their tour to check in. Each tour guide is expected to be available to give two tours per week during summer school sessions (except holidays). During the Fall and Spring semesters each guide is required to give one tour per week. Once you are assigned your weekly tour times, you will not be able to change it in the middle of the semester. These do change each semester based on your schedule.
