Your mentoring questions answered
What is a mentor?
- A mentor is someone with experience and expertise that can help develop the career of a mentee.
- A mentor guides, advises and inspires the career development of the mentee.
How does the mentoring scheme work?
Here at Greenwich, each faculty have their own mentoring scheme suited to the needs of students and mentors.
- The Faculty of Business: One to one meetings with a professional that runs for 4-6 months.
- The Faculty of Engineering and Science: SPARK Mentoring is also one to one meetings with a professional running for 4-6 months.
- The Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Each school has their own scheme ranging from E-mentoring to face to face meetings.
- The Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences: SHARE Mentoring is one to one meetings with a professional running for 4-6 months.
With each scheme, we'll support mentors and mentees with workshops, one-to-ones, and regular catch-up sessions with our staff to make sure you're getting the most out of mentoring.
What will I get out of the scheme?
Mentoring schemes offer plenty of personal and professional benefits.
For mentees, you'll be able to:
- Get valuable advice from an established professional
- Explore your chosen industry
- Improve your communication skills
- Gain industry contacts
- Build your confidence and boost your job prospect
For mentors, you can:
- Develop your leadership skills
- Be trained in mentoring and coaching
- Boost your CSR activities
- Find graduate talent
How do I apply?
Careers Mentoring is available on Ask Alumni+
- Join Ask Alumni+
- Set up your profile
- Select your programme via the 'Communities' tab
- In the Community page, you will find access to resources and networks
- Your pairing information will appear in your inbox
General queries should be directed to the central Employability & Careers Service (ECS)
- Telephone: 020 8331 8810
- Email: mentoring@gre.ac.uk
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The mentoring scheme is a great opportunity to get to know yourself better as an individual and make you more employable after graduating. I definitely feel more confident in finding a job that I like.
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After working alongside my mentor, I feel a lot more confident about my future career prospects after university and open-minded about my options.
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By being a part of this mentoring scheme, I have been able to gain confidence and experience that wasn't possible just through university.
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My tutor encouraged me to go and take a placement with the local council. That’s where I developed my interests further.
Contact the Careers Service
If you would like to find out more or take advantage of one of our services, get in touch!
Mentoring for career success
Terayi credits the support he got from his industry mentor for his success. Upon graduation, he was offered a job as an analyst at Northern Trust.
Take a placement
A placement is your chance to gain relevant industry experience in preparation for your future career.