1. The Nottingham Experience – Building on Firm Foundations
Sharon Bell
Associate Director – Careers and Employability Service
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5. Think about your own journey
Who are the people who have inspired you – pointed you in the right direction along the way
Think about that person
What were their characteristics?
Discuss with person beside you
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7. Outline History Building blocks Design principles Nuts and bolts
Challenges and successes
The future
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8. Fourth level
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9. The story begins in 2008 Joint project with Alumni relations
To investigate ways of encouraging our alumni community to support and benefit the career development needs of current students and recent alumni.
Within a “mutually beneficial” relationship
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10. Students
Alumni
Careers
Alumni Relations ?
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11. Recommendations Create alumni profiles for students
Introduce the Careers Alumni masterclasses
Engage alumni in social media campaigns targeting students
Run a pilot e-mentoring scheme
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12. Student and school pupil Colleague and colleague
Student and student
Student and applicant
Student and school pupil
Colleague and colleague
Student and alumni
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13. Be clear about the purpose – not to replace CA’s etc
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14. Information Technology Accountancy, banking and finance
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
Active pairs 43 59 85
106
138
Dissolved pairs 6 2 1 3 8
Popular sectors
Information Technology
Accountancy, banking and finance
Education
Law
Public sector
Arts , entertainment and leisure
Advertising, marketing & PR
Management consultancy
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16. 2010 Spring / summer / autumn semesters
Immersed ourselves into the world of Alumni Relations:
attending Events
writing articles for the Alumni magazine
attended meetings on alumni engagement
s/meeting with academics (career link) and societies to raise awareness of plans
development office telephone campaign
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17. 2010 Spring / summer / autumn semesters
Began laying the foundations within Careers:
Created Online Alumni Career Profiles which included:
Employment Information (current role, responsibilities and job description)
Career Path History
Career Path Decisions
Value of your Degree
Hints & Tips to students
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18. The deign phase
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19. Basic principles
Students identify 3 possible mentors – manual match takes place
or skype
Grow slowly
Fixed term commitment
Self directed and confidential
Focus on quality rather than quantity
Welcome workshop
Evaluation workshop
Evaluation at fixed points
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21. Niall Booth – E-mentoring Project Officer
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22. Guidance on using a mentor Subject topics Frequency of comms
Appropriate style of communication
Etiquette
Ongoing support
Welcome workshop
Mentee and mentor guidelines
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23. 1st feedback one month in Final feedback at close of scheme
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24. E-mail to close the scheme Student encouraged to thank
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25. Guidance on positive ends Reflecting on the experience Reflective log
Mark the end
Guidance on positive ends
Reflecting on the experience
Reflective log
NAA
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28. Manual processes to ensure the quality match Alumni demand!
Engaging the students
Manual processes to ensure the quality match
Alumni demand!
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31. 2014/15 Scheme Breakdown Arts – 27% 7 Engineering – 5%
19 Medicine and Health – 14%
31 Science – 22%
45 Social Science – 32%
Male – 32%
Female – 68%
UK – 70%
EU – 8%
Overseas – 22%
Penultimate Year – 28%
Final Year – 45%
Postgraduate – 22%
Other – 5%
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32. The mentor view!
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33. The mentee view
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35. Aim to upscale – fantastic entry route to alumni volunteering
Keep a quality match at the heart
Give more responsibility to the student
Approval of applications to ensure buy-in to the scheme
Flexible durations
Automated prompts from admin
Reporting
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@sharonbellUON
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