Applications for the My Generation Career Coaching will be closing on 7 January 2022. Find out if you fit the criteria below, and apply via the My Generation website.
If you are the first member of your family to attend university, or are unaware if your parents participated in Higher Education, then this opportunity is for you! Here at the University of Southampton Careers and Employability Service we recognise your unique perspective and skills because of your background. We also believe in working to achieve fair graduate employment outcomes in the contemporary labour market.
The Careers and Employability Service is running the My Generation Career Coaching Programme to support first generation students to reach their career goals. You now have the opportunity to apply for a career coach, with the following benefits:
- 12-months intensive careers and employability support
- Set and achieve career goals through career-planning
- Improve your application and interview technique
- Make the most of work experience opportunities
- Career Coaching from qualified/experienced Career Consultants
To be eligible to apply for My Generation Career Coaching, you must be the first person in your family (apart from siblings) to go to university or be unaware of whether your parents have participated in Higher Education. You will also need to commit to:
- 1-hour career coaching training session
- 4 x 1-hour confidential career coaching sessions over 12-months
- Ongoing two-way communication via email with your career coach
- Taking the Career Readiness Test at the beginning and end of the career coaching year.
Applications are open to UK undergraduate students until this Friday 7 January. Find out more about the programme and apply via the Careers and Employability Team’s website.
