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Orange Coast College is partnering with Mentor Collective to offer students a career mentor to help them set and achieve goals, make connections, and prepare for their future career.
Mentors will be identified and recruited from pools of alumni, as well as local industry partnerships and advisory boards. “We’ve set a goal of 100 matches for the Fall 2022 semester,” says Director of Workplace Development and Career Services Ginger Neel.
OCC’s mentoring program is a free service offered to students, who will be matched with their mentors based on career interests, goals, needs and preferences. Once a student is matched with a mentor, they will be expected to check in monthly, at minimum, either virtually or in person.
“A key measurement of student success is how students navigate the path from higher education to employment,” says Neel. “We want to help our students overcome any barriers that may exist between them and their chosen careers. What better way to do that than to match them up with a mentor who can show them the ropes?”
Mentor Collective has delivered 700+ unique mentorship programs, established 160+ institutional partnerships and formed 160,000 mentoring relationships through expert-led research, services and technology. As an impact-first investment of the Lumina Foundation, Mentor Collective partners with forward-thinking institutions that are committed to equity, inclusion, and relationship-centered education.
