Jack, a second year Politics student, interested in Media, Publishing and Journalism was assigned a mentor who is the Home Affairs Correspondent for BBC South West, based in Exeter.
This mentor graduated with a Natural Sciences degree in 1990 and went onto do a Postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism. Previous to his current position at the BBC he was a Deputy News Editor and before that he worked as an ITV news reporter.
Jack said that he felt he’d achieved his objectives through the Career Mentor Scheme. The following are a few that he mentioned:
- It improved my confidence to seek graduate level employment and helped to prepare me for my next steps after graduation
- It improved my personal skills needed for graduate employment
- The scheme developed my professional contacts and networking opportunities as well as making a professional contact with my mentor
- I gained an insight into the profession/sector as well as receiving advice and tips for applications and CVs
- Gained academic support from mentor for degree programme
What was the highlight of the scheme for you?
Meeting with my mentor was both enjoyable and insightful. Having him as my mentor was a huge highlight in itself!
When we asked Jack for his feedback he said he’d like to stay in contact with his mentor after the scheme had finished and would recommend the Career Mentor Scheme to a friend.
We spoke to Jack’s mentor who said that some of the highlight of the scheme for him was:
“Meeting and getting to know an excellent, highly motivated young man who wanted to do his best in the world and being able to help in that.”