Singapore Career-Mentoring Program

Student Introduction Session• “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress.

Working together is success.”

• - Henry Ford

Introduction

Mr Niranjana Kumararaj

• Consultant, Protiviti• Completed Master of Finance at RMIT University• Mentor in last year's RMIT Career Mentoring Program and a student

mentor in RMIT's Student Learning Adviser Mentors (SLAMs) program.

Ms Seva Shanjini Kunasekaran 

• Operations Senior Specialist, Service Source International • Completed her Master of Finance at RMIT University• Mentor in last year's RMIT Career Mentoring Program and was also a

student mentor in RMIT's Student Learning Adviser Mentors (SLAMs) program.

Outline of Session

• What is Mentoring?

• Program Objectives

• What Others Say

• Time Commitments

• Mentoring Topics

• Career Management Resources

• The matching and mentoring process

What is Mentoring?

Take a few minutes to think about and write down the following:

• What do you think defines a successful mentor?

• Name at least 3 areas you would like to receive support in.

• Can you write down one thing you think of mentoring is not?

Mentoring is…

a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person.

Mentoring is a process for the informal transmission of knowledge, social capital, and the psychosocial support perceived by the recipient as relevant to work, career, or professional development

Wikipedia

Joyce and her mentor Stanley, Singapore Career Mentoring program 2014

How does Mentoring help – What’s in it for me?

• You are provided with individual support while transitioning from RMIT to professional life

• It increases your career awareness and helps developing your knowledge, skills and personal qualities that are valued by employers

• It helps you identify and develop the skills and personal qualities required for entry level positions

• It develops your understanding of the employment market

• It creates (global) networking opportunities

• It builds your job search skills and confidence

In Short: YOU BECOME MORE EMPLOYABLE

Program Objectives – What’s in it for Mentors?

• Mentors can share their passion for their profession with YOU, a highly-motivated student

• It’s an investment in the workforce of the future and ‘give back’ to their discipline area

• It develops their skills in coaching and mentoring

• It makes them reflect on their own knowledge and work practices

• It gives them exposure to students as potential employees and raise the profile of their organisation on campus

What Others Say

Time Commitments

• 12 weeks total

• A minimum of a 1 hour meeting per fortnight, however more frequent contact is encouraged

• Email correspondence, virtual meetings or phone calls are all part of mentoring, if agreed

• Completion of a short online mid-program and final evaluation survey is required

Our Mentors

• Mostly RMIT (SIM) Alumni• Minimum of 3 years management or supervisory experience• Diverse professional backgrounds• All volunteers

•What has been your career story to date?

•What does your day-to-day work involve?

•What has been the role of training and further study in the development of your career?

•What would you have done differently?

•What have been the changes in your work role over time?

•How has your work affected your lifestyle?

•What are your long-term goals?

•What have been the key challenges in your career?

•What motivates you to continue in this work role?

 

 

 

What you may want to learn from your Mentor

The Mentoring Agreement

Resources to Help You

Visit theRMIT Careers Toolkit to

prepare well for your mentoring sessions

Ok, I’m in! What next?

• Students attend an info session about the program

• You register online and create a mentoring profile within the new mentoring software system

• The system generates your top mentor matches based on the criteria you have filled out

• You contact your preferred mentor to introduce yourself and send a partnership request

• Once the mentor has accepted your request you can schedule a first meeting

• Partnerships continue until program ends

For those who have registered already

• Your current registration has been received by RMIT (in the old system)

• Your profile is being moved over to the new software

• You will receive an email asking you to complete your new profile

• Once you have done so your new profile is activated and you can start searching for your ideal mentor

The Mentoring Team: here for YOU

EMAIL mentoring@rmit.edu.auPHONE +61 (0)3 9925 4006WEB www.rmit.edu.au/careers/career-mentoring-program

Hasnain Kim Andy Hanneke

QUESTIONS?