Speed Up Your Career with Alumni - Study guide

Students who have completed this course or have acquired equivalent competence will be able to

- clarify and strengthen their expert identity
- build their professional network
- understand the value of and gather experiential and tacit knowledge in working life
- reflect on their expectations and ambitions in relation to their job roles
- have a better understanding of their future in their work, career and life in general
- define their own learning objectives

The course should be chosen towards the end of the studies or when you are looking for a traineeship or job in your field. Those who have completed their studies the longest and answered the preliminary questionnaire will be selected for the course.

Speed up your career course is delivered through mentoring. The mentoring process involves the student being assigned a personal mentor from an alumnus/alumna, i.e. a previous graduate of Haaga-Helia.

You can only enrol for the course during the actual enrolment period. A mandatory pre-registration questionnaire will be sent to your email within one week after the enrolment deadline. You must reply within one week.

Post enrolment for this course is not possible.

The mentoring program is a developmental process between the mentee (Haaga-Helia student) and the mentor (alumni). Mentoring is about learning together, sharing experiences and knowledge through interaction. The aim is to support the student's professional growth, graduation and employment. The individual goals of the mentoring program arise from the personal needs of the mentee.

As the aim of the programme is to find a dedicated mentor for the participants, those who are accepted for the course must answer the pre-application questionnaire by 8 January at the latest. A link will be sent by email. The course is recommended to be taken towards the end of your studies.

The mentoring program consists of mentoring meetings between the mentor and the mentee, as well as joint group meetings and self-study materials in Moodle. The content of mentoring meetings can be related to, for example, career planning, challenges in working life, challenges in the final stages of study, self-development or deepening expertise. The initial group meeting reviews the objectives and rules of the mentoring process, draws up a mentoring agreement, shares experiences of the mentoring process and develops interaction skills.

NOTE! The course is open to all degree students, regardless of campus, programme or orientation. Master's students can enrol, but the credits are not included in the degree.

Material is found in Moodle.

The course is implemented in a work-oriented manner in cooperation with Haaga-Helia's alumni, who act as mentors in the program.

Pasila Campus

There is no exam included in the implementation.

English

A similar mentoring programme will be organised in Finnish. It is called Uralle vauhtia alumnien avulla, STU009HH1A-3005.

15.01.2024 - 17.05.2024

Once you have been accepted for the course, you will receive an email with a link to a pre-assessment questionnaire, which you must answer in time in order to participate. Mentoring pairs will be formed on the basis of the questionnaire. During the course, you will return the mentoring contract and the learning diary in the form of a short report.

02.01.2024 - 12.01.2024

Group meetings 3 x 2 h = 6 h
Mentoring meetings 5 x 2 h = 10 h
Independent study 10 h
Assessment of own learning 1 h

Attendance at group meetings is mandatory. Group meetings are arranged on Wednesdays 31.1., 20.3. and 15.5. at 16.30-18.30, class 3009. Distance learning is not possible during group meetings. It is especially important to attend the first group meeting, as this is the first time you will meet your mentor.

CONTACT
BLENDED

Elina El Amrani

15 - 50

Participation in group meetings (pass / fail)
Mentoring agreement (pass / to be to be completed / fail)
Learning diary (pass / to be to be completed / fail)

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