Meet A Mentor – Queen Mary, University of London

Meet a Mentor events are all about looking ahead to when you graduate. Now is the time to begin hacking your career!

Career hacking is about learning from experienced people about their careers so you can improve yours. Start now and you’ll be able to make better choices about your studies, your work experience and personal projects and the jobs you apply for. We strongly advise checking out this presentation before you come along as it explains what the Career Hacking concept is all about: http://blog.recworks.co.uk/career-hacking/

Our Meet a Mentor sessions give you the best opportunity to meet experienced people who have already made it to a variety of awesome career destinations in IT.

What you can expect: To meet some experienced seniors in the career (the ‘wise folk’ in the presentation) who are happy to give their time to tell you about what it’s like working in their field of the IT sector right now and about their career paths and journeys. If you’re lucky you may meet a few people that will be happy to build a longer relationship with you and advise you in the future.

How it works: This is a 'speed dating' style event where groups of 5-8 students have 10-15 minutes with each mentor. Mentors will tell you about their work and their company – be they in start-ups or huge multinationals - the tech they are using right now, and what it’s like to work in their chosen field, and they’ll answer your questions too. We have an amazing group of mentors, covering everything from startups to the financial and media industries, open source enthusiasts, senior developers, entrepreneurs and CTOs, so there will be a wide range of experience to learn from at the session. There will also be an experienced recruiter on hand who will be able give you advice and answer your questions regarding your career options and the different jobs that are available within the software industry, CVs and job applications.

The first Meet a Mentor event of the 2015/16 academic year was very popular, so this event is certain to fill up soon. It’s open to students on tech courses at all universities, so sign up now to be guaranteed a place at this event and please pass the news to fellow students at your own and other London colleges so they don’t miss the opportunity.

Event organised by the awesome folk at RecWorks - check out the blog here: http://blog.recworks.co.uk/ (http://recworks.co.uk/)

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