Volunteer to empower people at work
Give back while gaining new professional skills
Become a volunteer counselor
You’ll receive robust training–all online–that improves your professional skills. Our training is based in core coaching areas including establishing trust, active listening, powerful questioning, and forward momentum. We also delve into key management, rights, and workplace dynamics.
We ask that you commit at least two hours a week for six months. All done remotely.
How to apply:
Fill out the Volunteer Peer Counselor Application
Get invited to join the Cohort Peer Counselor Training
Watch the Orientation video and confirm your enrollment for the Cohort Peer Counselor training
Complete 30 hours of Training
Get promoted to become a Peer Counselor!
Serve 50 hours on the Empower Work text line
Sharpen your professional skills and support people in the workplace
Our training program builds critical skills that make volunteers better leaders, team members, and managers in their own workplace. Volunteers invest in their own careers while lifting others up, all online.
Make a difference
Over 90 percent of people who used Empower Work say they feel better after talking to a counselor, and are able to take a next step that works for them.
Improve your professional skills
Over 95 percent of volunteer peer counselors report learning new skills in our training that they use in their workplaces.
Be part of a community
Join a community of committed, accomplished professionals making workplaces more welcoming and equitable for all.
Create your own remote schedule
Volunteer when you want, from anywhere, during our open hours. Set your schedule each week or flex at busy times.
Meet our dynamic volunteer counselors
Empower Work volunteers are working or retired professionals from a range of industries and geographies. They are executive coaches, business analysts, chefs, HR specialists, firefighters, career advisors, product managers, social workers, engineers—and more.
