{"id":1410,"date":"2020-04-16T17:14:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2022-08-17T16:45:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:45:56","slug":"ask-a-mentor-service-recent-grads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/ask-a-mentor-service-recent-grads\/","title":{"rendered":"Our &#8216;Ask a Mentor&#8217; service can support you as a recent graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As a recent graduate, you are still eligible to take part in our mentoring schemes, including the Ask a Mentor service. Through the service, you can get in touch with mentors who will help you find your feet, ensuring you have the confidence to take your next steps to a successful future career.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our Ask a Mentor service offers you the opportunity to have a one-off conversation with an experienced professional from our diverse and hugely talented pool of mentors. This service is available all year round.<\/p>\n<p>Our mentors have an incredible breadth and depth of knowledge, and through Ask a Mentor you can benefit from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Specific application advice<\/li>\n<li>Interview preparation or tips<\/li>\n<li>Career advice and industry insight<\/li>\n<li>Guidance on seeking opportunities to further your career<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have a question or a query which you would like to discuss with one of our mentors, please complete this short <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.westminster.ac.uk\/Form.aspx?id=809327\"><strong>Ask a Mentor request form<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once we have received and reviewed your application, we will shortlist suitable mentors according to your needs. We will then email you with details of mentor(s) who would be available to have a one-off conversation with you.<\/p>\n<p>This conversation can take place over the phone, via videocall or by email. Once we have confirmed a match for you, you will be expected to contact the mentor and arrange a time your conversation to take place.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:askamentor@westminster.ac.uk\">askamentor@westminster.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a recent graduate, you are still eligible to take part in our mentoring schemes, including the Ask a Mentor service. Through the service, you can get in touch with mentors who will help you find your feet, ensuring you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":1411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-1410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-graduates","category-opportunities","tag-mentoring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2118,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions\/2118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}