What is a typical mentor like?
Again, there is no such thing! We have had mentors from all backgrounds and these have included individuals from both the private and public sector. In recent years we have had mentors who are (in no particular order): Police Officers, Genetic Counsellors, IT Managers, Human Resource Managers, Speech Therapists, Accountants, Bank Managers, Dieticians, Lawyers and Museum Curators (to name a few!) Mentors offer their support to the programme for a variety of reasons such as wanting to develop their skills in mentoring, giving something back to the student/local community, enhancing their chances of promotion and wanting to learn from the scheme to set up their own in-house schemes. However, one of the common traits of our successful mentors has been their commitment to supporting their mentee and being comfortable in referring back to Career Development Services when they need support themselves.
