Information for students
Information for mentees
Becoming involved in the employability mentoring programme means you have access to a community of sector specific insiders. You give yourself the opportunity to learn from the experience and knowledge of the working world which they have acquired in a way which is safe, secure and specific.
Your mentor will support you in developing your employability prospects. You will develop skills needed to secure placements and jobs when your time comes. You will learn how to communicate with professionals verbally, in writing and face to face.
If you complete the steps in this programme you will begin:
- to build your own personal professional contacts,
- start to show people in the sector who you are and what you can do.
It has never been more important in the world of work to be able to demonstrate what you can do, just having the potential is not enough. This programme will give you a real life experience to discuss at interviews of where you saw an opportunity and used it as a resource to aid your personal and professional development.
You will be able to share your experience of moving from having the capability to taking action, demonstrating and building your abilities through a step by step process which required commitment, teamwork, building relationships, self-assessment, goal setting, action planning, reviewing, evaluating and using the information at each step to inform the next.
The benefits of having a mentor on the employability mentoring programme
You will benefit from the experience of a mentor who:
- has experienced the world of work.
- understands sector recruitment.
- has knowledge about the culture of the sector and where it is heading.
- has experience of working in the sector.
- wants to support you, they will encourage you and offer feedback with sensitivity.
What will my role as a mentee be?
You will take the lead role in improving your employability prospects, participating in this programme is one step on the road to doing this. You will be responsible for assessing your employability prospects and sharing the outcome of that assessment with your allocated mentor. This step in the process will support you to identify goals and create an action plan to achieve them. You will be responsible for aiming to create a relationship which is honest, open, supportive and focused on improving your employability.
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