Our Careers in Ideas mentoring scheme, established in the autumn of 2021, aims to help would-be recruits navigate their way into the IP professions. Mentors in IP-related careers offer their time for free to provide a fixed number of mentoring sessions and answer questions about applying to join the UK’s IP sector: where and when to look, the skills you’ll need, how to frame an application, what to expect of the recruitment process, etc. The scheme is designed in particular for mentees who don’t already have access to this information through, for example, family, friends, school, university or careers advisers.
Like everything else to do with Careers in Ideas, our ultimate aim is to attract a more diverse range of recruits into the IP professions. We want to help people access these fantastic careers when they might not otherwise have been able to.
There’s some initial information about the scheme in this information sheet for mentees and this one for mentors. You’ll find more below.
Careers in Ideas is the outreach and access arm of IP Inclusive. You can find out more about Careers in Ideas generally here.
