Mentoring scheme

Want to inspire the next generation of professionals?

Huddersfield Business School's Mentoring Scheme provides final-year students from all business-related subject areas access to an industry mentor to support them in their final year at University of Huddersfield, particularly in terms of managing the transition from student to graduate. As a mentor you can offer support in areas such as industry-specific advice, job application support, confidence building, and help with building their professional network.

Why be a mentor?

As a mentor, we feel you have a lot to offer final-year students in terms of helping them manage their transition from student to graduate. As a mentor you can make a meaningful difference in the lives of students, but mentors also benefit in many others ways too:

Enhance your own professional development
An opportunity to reflect on your own career
Stay plugged into early career trends
Talent spotting and joining the dots
Grow your own network

Read our blog "5 Reasons Why You Should Become a Student Mentor", by Chris Webb, Career Consultant to learn more!

How it works

Understand the process, timeline and level of commitment

Who you'll mentor

Find out more about who you could be supporting

What can you bring?

Your experience can make a real impact

Resources for mentors

Hints and tips to support you as a mentor

Process:

All mentors and mentees will be invited to network at the 'Meet the Mentors' launch event. A short ‘networking’ training session will be delivered to mentees before the mentors arrive on the launch event date. After the event, students will be matched with a mentor based on their career aspirations, organisation type, knowledge or skills gap, or personal preferences, forming a mentor-mentee relationship between December to March.

Timeline:

Month	Activity
November	Meet the Mentors launch event
December	Matching process
December to March	Mentoring process in action

Commitment:

Mentors will be required to commit to:

3 x 121 meetings – these can take place online or face to face with the suggested monthly arrangement of December, January and February
CV feedback

Hear from past mentors

Lloyds Banking Group

Sam Wood - Platform Transition Lead

"I got a lot from the scheme, keeping myself in touch with the current graduate market is essential from both a personal and professional point of view as an employer of local talent. Equally, I benefited from being able to develop my own coaching and mentoring skills, as well as developing my network further. I believe the scheme provides significant benefits to students when preparing to enter the world of work."

Yorkshire Water

Beth Mapp - Project Manager

"The process has been super useful both personally and professionally. I have loved seeing my mentee's confidence grow. Not only did we focus our time on applying for roles but we also looked at how we can build personal soft skills. I have seen a difference in myself in how I approach situations and how to have more empathy with graduates within my role."

Hear from our mentees

Joanne Charlton

Joanne Charlton, MSc Digital Marketing alumna at the University of Huddersfield, shares her experience in taking part in the Student 2 Graduate Mentoring Scheme and how it led her to securing a graduate role!

Harrison Knapton

Harrison Knapton, Accounting and Finance BSc alumnus at the University of Huddersfield, shares how participating in the Student 2 Graduate Mentoring Scheme resulted in him securing a graduate position!