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Careers, Employability and Skills offers an opportunity for students to be mentored (one to one) by alumni who are employed in a managerial, leadership or other significant graduate job role.

 "My whole experience of this mentoring scheme has been fantastic."  "The structure was very effective". "Valuable networking skills and contacts were opened to me"  "It was good to talk to someone who was in a role that I would aspire to.  The mentor-mentee match was excellent".  (Mentee comments from Schools of English, Maths and Physics and Queen's University Management School mentees, 2013)

• Who should apply?  The scheme  provides an opportunity for 20 -50 able and ambitious students, from any discipline in Level 2 or above, who have a strong interest in pursuing a specific career path or profession within local, UK and/or global graduate employment markets.  
• Who are the mentors? The mentors are volunteers who are typically alumni with 5 to 25 years (or more)  experience in a particular career path or profession (for further information see list of recent mentors career experience below).
•  What happens during the mentoring stage?  Students who are matched with a mentor will engage in a series of 4 positive and constructive conversations about their career and employability plans via telephone, email and/or Skype. 
• How do I apply?  Submit a fully completed application form before 5pm on Friday 20.12.13 to alumnimentoring@qub.ac.uk .  The quality of your application will be important and those who would like to be considered for early matching should submit their application before 5pm on Thursday 31.10.13. 
•  Are there any other types of career mentoring?  A 2 hour Career Mentoring evening (Speed Mentoring) is held in February each year.  This is a shorter, group event and interested students will find details and be able to book a place via the Careers Events booking system.

To see a list of the main areas of career experience of recent mentor volunteers, click here. 

 Please note that, as places are limited and depend upon finding a suitable match of interests, it may not be possible to pair all students and alumni who apply on this particular occasion.  Matched mentors and students will also need to participate in a training activity before commencing the scheme.  This will take the form of an introductory workshop for student mentees (bookable on the via CES - Events) and a brief online training activity for mentors.  For further details about the scheme and the application process please read the information provided below, or e-mail us at alumnimentoring@qub.ac.uk. 

 APPLICATION FORMS AND OTHER INFORMATION