About mentoring with Career Ready
For over 20 years, we’ve connected young people aged 15-18 with inspiring mentors who help them develop the workplace skills, self-esteem, and social capital they need to kickstart their futures.
For over 20 years, we’ve connected young people aged 15-18 with inspiring mentors who help them develop the workplace skills, self-esteem, and social capital they need to kickstart their futures.
Over the course of our Career Ready programme, students meet with a mentor at one of our employer partners to speak about different career options and pathways, the world of work, and the skills needed to kickstart a rewarding future.
Each monthly session builds on the last, with students reflecting on their progress against our Skills for Career Success learning outcomes. Including:
- Communications & Networking
- Organisational Skills
- Managing Myself
- Problem Solving & Analysis
Find out more and how you can get involved:
As a volunteer you can make a transformational difference to a young person’s future. Using your experience, skills, and knowledge, you can give them the support they need to achieve their true potential.
Volunteering is also a fantastic way to develop your own professional skillset, enjoy a rewarding experience, and enhance your CV.
Over the course of our Career Ready programme, students meet with a mentor at one of our employer partners to speak about different career options and pathways, the world of work, and the skills needed to kickstart a rewarding future.
Each monthly session builds on the last, with students reflecting on their progress against our Skills for Career Success learning outcomes. Including:
- Communications & Networking
- Organisational Skills
- Managing Myself
- Problem Solving & Analysis
Find out more and how you can get involved:
Employers & volunteers
Becoming a Career Ready mentor is an inspiring, flexible way to help a young person unlock their true potential and discover the right career path for them.
It’s also a fantastic way for employers to provide rewarding volunteering opportunities for their team.
It involves a series of monthly meetings between a young person and a volunteer from the world of work. Each meeting lasts an hour and the mentor and mentee speak about different career options and pathways, as well as the skills needed for the world of work.
We provide ongoing support and training to volunteers, ensuring they have a rewarding and impactful experience. And we particularly welcome applications from volunteers from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds.
As well as providing mentoring support, we also ask that our employer and volunteer partners work with us to provide paid internship opportunities for young people. Funding is also available for SMEs to cover the cost.
Discover where you can volunteer across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Volunteering in Scotland is only possible via an employer partnership
Young people
Having a Career Ready mentor is your opportunity to tap into the workplace knowledge, skills, and experience of a volunteer from the world of work.
You will meet with your mentor once a month and chat about your career and education journey, helping you to discover different career options, pathways, and skills. You will also have the opportunity to gain further skills through our series of our masterclasses and then get to put them into action with a paid internship.
And once you’ve completed the programme you can join our Alumni Network and build your professional network even further by connecting with other students across the UK.
Zahrah Aljurani, Career Ready Alumna
Having a Career Ready mentor is your opportunity to tap into the workplace knowledge, skills, and experience of a volunteer from the world of work.
You will meet with your mentor once a month and chat about your career and education journey, helping you to discover different career options, pathways, and skills. You will also have the opportunity to gain further skills through our series of our masterclasses and then get to put them into action with a paid internship.
And once you’ve completed the programme you can join our Alumni Network and build your professional network even further by connecting with other students across the UK.
Zahrah Aljurani, Career Ready Alumna
Zahrah Aljurani, Career Ready Alumna
Schools & colleges
Our mentoring programme is a high-impact, no-cost way of ensuring that your learners have additional support in making informed decisions about their future education and career.
We work across the UK, in partnership with 400+ schools and colleges, to provide young people aged 15-18 with inspiring mentors from the world of work.
We specialise in supporting young people who lack the opportunities, networks, and confidence to reach their potential, providing them with the support they need to kickstart a rewarding and successful future.
How it works
Our mentoring programme is a series of monthly meetings, each one building on the last, between a Career Ready student and a volunteer from the world of work.
Our mentoring programme in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland supports young people aged 16-18 and runs from January-December. We also aim to ensure that each student is provided with a paid work place experience as part of our programme.
In Scotland, we support young people aged 15-17 (S5/S6), running for 18 months from October, with each student guaranteed a paid internship at the workplace of their mentor.
Over the course of the programme, students, with their mentors, reflect on their progress mapped against our Skills for Career Success learning outcomes. Including:
- Communications & Networking
- Organisational Skills
- Managing Myself
- Problem Solving & Analysis
All Career Ready mentors are DBS-checked and advised on safeguarding principles and codes of conduct prior to being matched with a young person.
There is no cost to our partner schools & colleges for our mentoring programme.
Our mentoring programme is a high-impact, no-cost way of ensuring that your learners have additional support in making informed decisions about their future education and career.
We work across the UK, in partnership with 400+ schools and colleges, to provide young people aged 15-18 with inspiring mentors from the world of work.
We specialise in supporting young people who lack the opportunities, networks, and confidence to reach their potential, providing them with the support they need to kickstart a rewarding and successful future.
How it works
Our mentoring programme is a series of monthly meetings, each one building on the last, between a Career Ready student and a volunteer from the world of work.
Our mentoring programme in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland supports young people aged 16-18 and runs from January-December. We also aim to ensure that each student is provided with a paid work place experience as part of our programme.
In Scotland, we support young people aged 15-17 (S5/S6), running for 18 months from October, with each student guaranteed a paid internship at the workplace of their mentor.
Over the course of the programme, students, with their mentors, reflect on their progress mapped against our Skills for Career Success learning outcomes. Including:
- Communications & Networking
- Organisational Skills
- Managing Myself
- Problem Solving & Analysis
All Career Ready mentors are DBS-checked and advised on safeguarding principles and codes of conduct prior to being matched with a young person.
There is no cost to our partner schools & colleges for our mentoring programme.
