The Industry Connect program is a one-to-one career mentoring program which connects CQUni students with industry representatives who are also CQUni graduates.
Career mentoring develops knowledge and insights about work in your discipline post-graduation, builds understanding about current industry trends and workplace expectations and skillsets, and helps create professional networks within your industry.
Connect with industry representatives at all levels of their career who are ready and waiting to answer questions, provide advice and share their best tips and tricks based on their own experiences as students, employees and leaders in the workplace.
Take positive steps for your professional development and networks by joining Industry Connect today!
Why Become a Mentor?
A mentor is a guide, and a resource to pave the way for others to succeed. It’s not about having all of the right answers, but to inspire, encourage and support your mentee, contributing to their development. It's sharing your experiences including the pitfalls, so your mentee can learn and grow.
Many mentors enjoy the opportunity to reflect on their career journey and get a sense of satisfaction from extending their support to a mentee.
Being a mentor can provide you with great opportunities for professional development of your coaching and mentoring skills, a chance to give back to current students by sharing your experience and advice, and useful insights into the content that the future workforce of your industry is learning.
Need some help building your mentoring skills? Access our free online learning module here.
Why Become a Mentee?
With the help of a mentor, you can learn from someone who has already been where you are now. Gain support with the transition out of uni to work or further study, learn new knowledge and skills sets and broaden your career opportunities. Gain important professional connections through CQUni graduates working in your industry, and develop the confidence to tackle short and longer-term goals to accelerate your personal and professional growth.
Need some help preparing to connect with a mentor or further info about what mentoring is all about? Access our free online learning module here.
One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination. - John C. Maxwell
