Growing Together

Alumni professional mentoring programme

Will you help other alumni in their new professional career? or would you like a former student to guide you in your professional career?

The Growing Together programme aims to establish a professional relationship between an alum mentor with experience who can guide other alums in their concerns or professional development, providing clarity and effectiveness in decision-making.

What benefits does it have?

MentorMentee
  • Improvement of people development
    skills: social, relational, emotional
    and conversational intelligence.
  • Transfer of knowledge and
    experience.
  • Enrichment of their own approaches
    and perspectives.
  • Access to new ideas and trends,
    regeneration of knowledge.
  • Clarification of objectives and planning of
    actions, at a professional or personal
    development level.
  • Development of personal and professional
    capacities: proactivity, empowerment,
    motivation, resilience and self-leadership.
  • Improves problem-solving and decisionmaking ability
  • Access to more resources and
    opportunities useful for the professional
    career.

Programme phases and duration 

  • October-December 2024
    Phase 1. Registration and pairing
  • January 2025
    Phase 2. Initial training and kick-off
  • January-April 2025
    Phase 3. Individual mentor-mentee sessions
  • May-June 2025
    Phase 4. Joint closing session 
     

I want to be a Mentor 

As a mentor you will share your experience and knowledge to guide minds in professional development.

Requirements: 

  • Alumni of UIC Barcelona (bachelor’s, master’s or postgraduate degree or doctorate)
  • Professional career of between 8 and 15 years
  • Commitment and availability to help the mentee
  • Empathy and assertiveness
  • Vocation of service

What will I do as a mentor?

  • Listen actively
  • Identify skills, competencies or areas for improvement
  • Share information and ideas about your professional environment
  • Encourage the use of a work plan
  • Give constructive feedback
  • Help establish professional relationships
  • Stimulate reflection on the process and goals to be achieved

Link to mentor form

 

I want to be a mentee 

Because you want to grow professionally, change sector, get promoted or look for a job and you don’t know how to do it. 

Requirements: 

  • Be a former student of UIC Barcelona (degree, master’s degree, postgraduate or
    doctorate)
  • Graduated less than 5 years ago.
  • Commitment, availability.
  • Proactivity and desire to learn.

What will I do as a mentee?

  • Prepare each session
  • Share needs and areas for improvement with your mentor
  • Explore the recommendations given by your mentor
  • Be self-critical of the feedback received
  • Be proactive and committed to the action plan 

Link to form

If you have any questions, you can contact us at careercenter@uic.es