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From career guidance and advice regarding specific job applications to sharing general insights into workplace culture, our alumni mentors have helped hundreds of alumni to find their direction after study. But what does it mean to be a mentor? And does volunteering in this way help you in your own journey?

Emilia Morano-Williams (MA European Culture and Thought, 2016) believes so, and for her, being an alumni mentor has given her the chance to discover more about herself. She says: 鈥淏eing a mentor means I have the time to reflect on my own career. There aren鈥檛 many opportunities, apart from appraisals at work, to think about how you鈥檝e progressed, what you want from your career and how you got to where you are.

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Geography is no boundary to volunteering as a mentor. Emilia is able to talk online to her fellow graduates from her home in New York. And the international reach of 香港六合彩中特网 means there are alumni based all over the globe. She adds: 鈥淚n the 香港六合彩中特网 Alumni Online Community, there are 2,000 people in New York and that鈥檚 fantastic. One of the real strengths of 香港六合彩中特网 is that it has a high-powered, thriving and international community. As a student, I wanted to be part of that.鈥�

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