Career mentoring at QUT has run for almost 30 years. We have a community of mentors from diverse industries, professions, locations and experience levels volunteering their time to help shape and support the professional development of QUT students.

With the support of mentors from all disciplines, our students are given the opportunity to

  • learn from industry professionals
  • better understand their future careers and ways to be successful.

Why get involved?

Many mentors list their passion for helping others as a reason to mentor students. Mentors help support and shape the next generation of graduates to achieve their professional goals, and this is reciprocal as mentors are given the opportunity to develop themselves further as leaders.

If these are important to you, then you may be a brilliant fit as a mentor. Mentoring is also a great way to build professional networks with future talent.

How does it work?

The mentoring community is a space to network with students, industry professionals, and QUT academic and professional staff. You can:

  • discuss topics
  • join interest groups
  • answer student questions
  • access resources
  • build your professional networks.

We also run a formal career mentoring each year (February-October) where you can be paired with a student to build a longer-term, fortnightly connection.

How to get involved

You can join our QUT career mentoring community online.

Join the QUT career mentoring community

Join the mentoring community online

Our community gives mentors a new, flexible way to connect with mentees, the opportunity to learn from other mentors, and access to supportive mentoring resources.

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My mentoring experience

'I’ve been able to make a difference in someone’s life and ultimately the pathways they’ve taken for their career - and that’s very satisfying.'

Alan McAlpine, QUT mentor

Formal Career Mentoring

QUT Formal Career Mentoring runs from February to October each year and provides students with the opportunity to connect with industry professionals to support their career development.

Flash mentoring

Available all year round, you can connect with mentors for quick, informal chats and get instant advice via the mentoring platform.