CILIPS Career Mentorship and Job Shadowing – applications open

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As part of our commitment to expanding opportunities for new professionals in the sector, we recently invited CILIPS members to put themselves forward as career mentors and have a growing list of volunteers. With an initial application deadline of Friday 26th August, we are now opening up the scheme for members to apply to be mentees!

Career Mentoring scheme

A career mentor may help with exploring careers, setting goals, developing contacts, and identifying resources. This is separate from the mentor scheme connected to CILIP Professional Registration and it will be up to the career mentor and the mentee to set out how their mentoring sessions will operate within agreed time boundaries. As part of this, CILIPS will provide guidance on how the relationship should operate, as well as checklists and confidentiality agreements before you start.

If you would like to find a career mentor, the first step is to fill in this form. We will then send you our list of career mentors and other additional guidance in the next few weeks. The initial deadline for mentee applications is Friday 26th August.

If you would like to be a career mentor, you can apply here and we will get back to you with more information. Whilst members at any stage can offer to be career mentors, this opportunity may be better suited to members with a few years’ professional experience.

Job Shadowing scheme

This will be useful to members who are keen to move sectors, for new professionals trying to find their chosen sector, and for all members undertaking Professional Registration. The shadowing can be as little as a couple of hours, either in person or online, or can be for a longer spell if required. Please note that we currently have a limited number of people offering job shadowing, so it may take longer to match you with someone to shadow.

If you would like to find someone to job shadow, the first step is to fill in this form. We will then send you the list of options and other additional guidance in the next few weeks.

If you would like to offer job shadowing, you can apply here and we will get back to you with more information.

If you have any questions about CILIPS Career Mentoring or Job Shadowing, please email us at admin@cilips.org.uk.