Speed Up Your Career with Alumni (1 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Introduction to mentoring (compulsory attendance): in Teams, Wednesday 15.1. at 16-17, 1 hour
Group meetings (compulsory attendance): at Pasila campus, 6 hours
• 29 January at 16.30–18.30
• 19 March at 16.30–18.30
• 7 May at 16.30–18.30

Mentor meetings: to be agreed with the mentor separately (remote or on-site), minimum 6 hours
Independent study: 2.5 hours at your own pace
Assessment of own learning: 3 hours at your own pace
Depending on the implementation, the course may also include optional organisational visits..

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

The course consists of three compulsory meetings (2 hours) at the campus and at least of four one-to-one meetings with a mentor (4 x 1,5 h). The format of the bilateral meetings (face-to-face/online) will be agreed between the student and the mentor. Meetings with the mentor should be at least once a month, but may be more if the mentor is willing.

Before the start of the course, the student accepted for the period will receive a questionnaire by email. The student can fill in preferences about the mentor's degree and in which field the mentor is currently working. The course organiser will then try to find the best possible mentor for the student.

The student and the mentor will meet each other at the first face-to-face meeting for the first time. Attendance is therefore essential. If the student is unable to attend the other subsequent on-site meetings, there will be written assignments to make up for the absence.

Intro

One credit point is awarded for the course completed. The benefit of the course comes to the student in the form of a personal mentoring relationship and expanded professional networks. Participation in the course does not automatically promise an internship or a new job, but it does open up new paths to get closer to professional goals.

Students are responsible for setting their own goals and learning in a mentoring relationship. With a mentor, you can look at your goals realistically and strive to achieve them as well as possible.

Materials

Material is found in Moodle.

Teaching methods and instruction

The course will take the form of a mentoring programme. The aim is to deepen professional skills and networking.

The value of mentoring lies in the fact that the student is matched with a personal mentor who has graduated from Haaga-Helia. Mentoring is learning together, sharing experiences and knowledge through interaction.

As the programme is looking for a personal mentor for participants, those accepted for the course must respond in good time to a preliminary questionnaire sent by email.

It is up to the student to define the objectives for the mentoring. The objectives may be related to career planning, finding a concrete internship or job, facing the challenges of a final stage of working life or studying, self-development, getting to know Finnish working life or deepening expertise. The programme aims at the professional growth of the student and the strengthening of professional connections.

In the introduction, you will learn about the basics of mentoring and refine your objectives. The first group meeting will introduce you to your mentor and the rules of mentoring, agree on a schedule of the personal meetings and develop your interpersonal skills. In the second group meeting, you will network with all participants and hear a guest lecture. In the third meeting, networking will be further deepened.

The course is recommended to be taken preferably at the end of studies.


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.

Working life connections

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

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

There is no exam included in the implementation.

Internationality

A similar mentoring programme "Uralle vauhtia alumnien avulla" is also available in Finnish.

Completion alternatives

It is not possible to perform in other ways.

Learning assignments

Once you have been accepted for the course, you will receive an email with a link to a preliminary 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 a mentoring agreement and a learning diary in the form of a short report.

Assessment methods

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