How to find your alumni mentor
13 November 2017
Want advice on how to make the most out of your °×С½ãÂÛ̳ student experience? We've got an alumni mentor for you.
Having a mentor is a unique opportunity to develop your career direction, your professional skills and your network. It can give you a positive edge that can shift your mindset and progress your learning and career.Ìý
A mentor can help you provide you with:
- Tips on settling in and getting the most out of student life.
- Inside information on your dream employer.
- Tips on interviews and assessment centres.
- Advice on perfecting your CV.
- Help to stimulate your personal and professional growth
Find your perfect
match
To find your mentor you first need to register for the . This
will give you access to an exclusive networking area where you can search for
mentors from a pool of thousands of experienced alumni.
You can search the alumni directory by a number of
criteria including location, industry, year of graduation and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ department.
You can contact a potential mentor directly and establish a mentoring
relationship that works for you both. There is no limit on the number of alumni
you can contact or the duration of a mentoring relationship.
Alumni have actively volunteered to give their time to
help students like you and they are always happy to give you advice. If you are
struggling to think of mentor you would like to contact then try using you the
keyword search to look for alumni with the same interests as you such as
'sustainability', 'fashion' or 'media'. Or you could look for experienced
alumni by searching for job titles such as 'CEO', 'Director' or 'founder'.
Don't hesitate, you
have nothing to lose. At worst you'll get some friendly advice at best you'll
secure yourself a job - Esme Stallard, MSc Environment and Sustainable
Development student.
We have launched our own °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Alumni app to allow students to access the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Alumni Online Community on the move. You can if you are on iOS or the .