Overview
What is Employability Mentoring?
This programme is designed to improve NTU students employability prospects. Through the development of a mentoring relationship with an experienced professional alumnus, working in the students sector of interest, will provide them with an insight into industry.
The programme is designed to:
- Encourage the student to begin to move self-sufficiently towards enhancing their employability prospects
- Create the opportunity to begin building personal professional networks and develop the skills to become proficient networkers
- Allow the student to assess their employability and make informed choices about areas they need to develop
- Create a mentoring relationship with a focus dedicated to the needs of the student.
Graduates who have participated in the Employability Mentoring Programme will not only have their degree, but in addition, they will have built themselves a reflective record of how they improved their employability prospects, highlighting the skills and attributes which were necessary to do so.
Designed to fit the individual needs of the student, this programme:
- Offers the opportunity to self-assess employability and determine what's required to compete in todays competitive job market
- Allows for feedback and guidance from a professional with experience in a relevant sector
- Develops the ability to reflect on learning and evaluate progress, aims and goals.
New technologies give us the opportunity to network far and wide, enhancing traditional face to face mentoring and allowing the working alliance to be strengthened. The use of e-mentoring also helps by providing flexibility and reduces restrictions based on time and place constraints
New technologies also allow us to honour our commitment to environmental sustainability while still delivering an efficient service and maintaining our commitment to NTU’s gold standard customer service drive.
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