Mentoring can be a powerful tool to provide support and direction in your career. Career mentors are usually people who are already working in the job you aspire to and can give you advice and feedback. Mentoring can be found through formal mentoring schemes and we have listed some below. You can can also choose to take a proactive approach by doing some research and writing to organisations and individuals that you think would make good mentors.

 

The latter option can seem daunting, but with a bit of research you can find the employers that are diversity friendly or use your network to find suitable contacts. You could get started by picking up one of the many diversity publications in your Careers Service that include employer advertisements. You can then talk through your approach with a Careers Adviser and work together to write a letter or email.

 

A selection of some of the formal mentoring schemes available:

 

The Museums Association's Diversify scheme makes museum careers more accessible to ethnic minorities and deaf or disabled people who are under-represented in this sector.

 

Legal Gateway Scheme from BLD 

BLD highlight and promote diversity in Law.

 

SEO London
Provides hundreds of outstanding undergraduate students from under-represented ethnic minority backgrounds the unique opportunity to gain summer internships at the most prestigious investment banks and corporate law firms in the UK. SEO London also provides students with extensive training, mentoring and networking with experienced professionals throughout the industry. Since its establishment in 2000, more than 80% of SEO interns have gone on to secure full-time graduate positions at our partner firms.

 

Windsor Fellowship for BME students
Highly regarded organisation supporting talent including internships and the Leadership Programme for Undergraduates which is designed for Black, Asian and minority ethnic undergraduates who have already exhibited talent and potential.

Mentoring can be a powerful tool to provide support and direction in your career. Career mentors are usually people who are already working in the job you aspire to and can give you advice and feedback. Mentoring can be found through formal mentoring schemes and we have listed some below. You can can also choose to take a proactive approach by doing some research and writing to organisations and individuals that you think would make good mentors.

 

The latter option can seem daunting, but with a bit of research you can find the employers that are diversity friendly or use your network to find suitable contacts. You could get started by picking up one of the many diversity publications in your Careers Service that include employer advertisements. You can then talk through your approach with a Careers Adviser and work together to write a letter or email.

 

A selection of some of the formal mentoring schemes available:

 

The Museums Association's Diversify scheme makes museum careers more accessible to ethnic minorities and deaf or disabled people who are under-represented in this sector.

 

Legal Gateway Scheme from BLD 

BLD highlight and promote diversity in Law.

 

SEO London
Provides hundreds of outstanding undergraduate students from under-represented ethnic minority backgrounds the unique opportunity to gain summer internships at the most prestigious investment banks and corporate law firms in the UK. SEO London also provides students with extensive training, mentoring and networking with experienced professionals throughout the industry. Since its establishment in 2000, more than 80% of SEO interns have gone on to secure full-time graduate positions at our partner firms.

 

Windsor Fellowship for BME students
Highly regarded organisation supporting talent including internships and the Leadership Programme for Undergraduates which is designed for Black, Asian and minority ethnic undergraduates who have already exhibited talent and potential.