Empower business students with your knowledge
Join our Lucy Program as a mentor and help shape the future careers of women and gender diverse business students.
About Lucy
Lucy is a mentoring program in the Macquarie Business School for currently enrolled students in their second year and above who identify as women, including cis- and trans-women and gender diverse students.
The program empowers students to identify the skills they need to become future leaders and map their career paths by establishing relationships between them and senior executives from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
As a mentor, you will:
- guide a motivated leader of the future by planning small work-based activities for your mentee such as attending mock interviews and team and client meetings
- attend the program launch, a mid session check-in, and end of program event to meet and network with other mentors and mentees
- learn fresh perspectives, new technologies and new ways of working from your mentee.
2024 Program timeframe
| Mentor applications open | 9am, 26 February |
| Mentor applications close | 5pm, 28 March |
| Lucy Mentoring Program Launch | 8am – 9.30am, 8 May |
| Mentor & Mentee Networking Event | TBC |
| End of program event | 6pm – 8pm, 24 October |
| Mentor applications for 2025 open | 9am, 4 November |
As a mentor, you should be able to commit to approximately 20 hours of mentoring throughout the program.
2025 Program timeframe
Expression of Interest | All year |
Applications open | 9am, 4 November 2024 |
Applications close | 5pm, 28 February |
Interviews | from November until March |
Program Launch | 6pm, 7 May |
Mid-Program Networking Event | 6pm, 3 September |
End of program event | 6pm, 29 October |
Mentor eligibility
- Women, men and gender diverse people from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
- We particularly encourage professionals with at least 10 years' industry experience to apply.
- Mentors will be considered based on their industry experience in areas of business, these can include:
- Accounting
- Marketing
- Finance
- Economics
- Business Analytics
- Management
If you are unsure please feel free to reach out and we will see if we can match you with one of our students
You should show a commitment to:
- spending time with your mentee
- sharing your personal and professional experience
- developing the next generation of leaders.
Why become a mentor
You will be given the opportunity to:
- guide future leaders in their career paths, by immersing students in your work environment and allowing them to observe and discuss business issues with you
- prepare your mentee for their career by encouraging them to think about the range of available career options and explaining ways of overcoming challenges experienced by women and gender diverse people in the workplace
- share your skills and passion for your industry
- gain positive visibility and demonstrate you can work successfully with the next generation.
Apply
Apply to be considered for the next program intake.