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Mentoring
Associates can opt into being matched to a professional mentor
who can aid their professional development through helping
them explore their career options and expand their commercial
awareness.
161 of the 2019 graduates participated in a total of 209
mentoring sessions during their time on the programme.
111
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Cumulative Attendances
Impact spotlight: Mentoring
45%
of Associates mentored by
industry professionals went on
to apply for Graduate Roles,
Internships, Placements and
Spring Weeks at at least one of
their mentors’ employer
25%
of Associates applying for Graduate
Roles at their mentors’ employer
were successful, compared to 15%
of applications to the same firms
made by Associates without a
mentor from that firm
When you haven’t grown up around people working in top professions
it can be
to choosementorship
a career toprogramme
pursue. You
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the professional
were
pivotal
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people
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ask
about
jobs,
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have
to
rely
on
what
me pursuing a career in consulting. My mentor Daniel Lister equipped
youwith
read or
in the media. When
I joined the
programme
me
an is understanding
of Deloitte
andupReach
consulting,
whilst I
had
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real
idea
what
I
wanted
to
do
as
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career.
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Programme
strengthening my core consulting skill-set through case studies,
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took theand
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to understand
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sessions,
ultimately
and encouraged
me to
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horizons
and explore
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helped
me to achieve
both
a grad
with Deloitte
and careers
the 2018
tap
into
this
passion,
that
I
might
never
have
considered
otherwise.
Student Social Mobility Award for Consultancy.
The programme allowed me to attend a number of Insight Days and
Since,
I’veabout
had the
opportunity
to identify
forI’d
learn
different
employers
and multi-million
professions, dollar
some savings
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consumer
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an EV
battery
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never heard
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organisations
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within several sectors from the public sector, to professional services
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Civil Service
Fast Stream
supported
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and the
skills they arewhich
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Consultant at Deloitte production,
the
2021
CIPS
Consultancy
Project
of
the
Year.
I
am
incredibly
keen
that
More importantly, I had the opportunity to see and speak to professionals, many of whom from a
others background
have access as
to the
same
support
did, and
to make This
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others in Deloitte
continue as
to it
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topwork
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was invaluable
engage in
similar
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myconfidence
team’s social
impactfor
agenda.
allowed
me
to expand
my network
and gave
me the
to apply
top grad schemes
because I could see people I relate to in the positions I hoped to be in.
Ultimately, I decided to pursue a career with the Civil Service and have really enjoyed my time here
so far.
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