Cranfield’s Career mentoring programme offers you the opportunity to be supported with your career goals by a fellow member of our alumni community.

Working with a mentor can help you to achieve your ambitions. It's an opportunity to learn from a Cranfield graduate who has ‘been there and done that’ and benefit from their insight and experience - whether you are looking for a job, trying to understand how to move up the career ladder, or thinking about changing career.

You can:

  • Develop your career management skills.
  • Gain insights on the skills and qualities required for specific careers.
  • Enhance your employability skills.
  • Expand your personal networks.
  • Increase your self-confidence and resilience.

Taking part in the Career mentoring programme will allow you to explore a particular profession or employment area, develop work-related skills and confidence, and connect with relevant professionals to build effective career networks. There are a variety of ways in which mentors can support you – you can find out more in our mentee handbooks on the right.

When approaching a mentor it is important to have clear objectives and understand what kind of help you are looking for. When you make the approach explain the help you are looking for in detail so the mentor can understand how they can help you. We would suggest having a call with your mentor to check that you are a good ‘fit’. If you decide not to progress the relationship please do let the mentor know so they know they are open to mentor other alumni and students.

Join the programme - register as a mentee

Graduate alumni mentees

Graduate alumni can access the mentoring programme through the Cranfield Careers portal, Symplicity using your Student ID. Once you are registered and logged in you will be able to review the profiles of alumni mentors to gather insight into their careers and how they may be able to support you.

This is a new initiative for alumni, if you participate in the programme you will be asked to complete a survey to provide feedback so we can continue to improve the programme. Unfortunately, career mentoring is not available to alumni from non-award bearing courses.

Student mentees

Students interested in becoming a mentee should email the Career and Employability Service to join the programme.

What is expected of me as a mentee?

Will my mentor get me a job?

How do I log on to Symplicity?

What professions and industries do mentors work in?

Do I have to choose a mentor from my own profession or industry?