Recruitment of Alumni Mentors – your chance to bring forward your knowledge and competences and extend your network

SAA offers a new Alumni Mentor concept for E*MBA participants:

As for SIMI, it is the intention for SAA to encourage life long learning. A strong and living network is the breeding ground for the exchange of knowledge, up date of skills and extension of present network. Recent research reveals that “access to building a strong network” is rated as the fourth most important parameter when choosing a supplier of a MBA education. To keep improving the E*MBA product and awareness of SIMI’s many qualities the SAA networking committee is offering an Alumni Mentor concept for E*MBA participants.

The background for the initiative is an identified need among SIMI participants to draw from graduates’ experiences and their network in solving group assignments and by this improve the value of process and the result of the final product.

The goal is to assist the process of building and improving networking across participants and graduates regardless class membership. The stronger the perceived value of networking between SIMI participants and SAA graduates is experienced the stronger likelihood that retention rate among SAA members will improve to mutual benefit to all members.

At this point in time the offer is only directed toward the E*MBA participants however depending on the success extension to Diploma will be considered as well.

SAA networking committee has now opened for recruitment of Alumni Mentors. Latest day for applying will be the 1st March 2007. Recruitment will take place only amongst E*MBA graduates.

Below please find in short, details of Alumni Mentor program

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Concept description
SIMI offers mentoring of participants by former graduates in order to improve quality of assignments and enhance quality of learning

Both parties are drivers in the process. Alumni Mentors take responsibilities to establish first contact hence groups are responsible for exploiting offer.

• SAA provides mentors for the participants
• Each group is offered 2-3 Alumni Mentors with different background/skills
• Alumni Mentors are assigned to the groups but can also be used on an individual basis
• Alumni Mentors are offering their SIMI and professional knowledge and competencies

Profile looked for
All graduates from E*MBA program
Proactive attitude and networking interest/skills

What’s expected from the Alumni Mentor?
• Help and guidance but no solution to projects
• Guidance and connection of participants to relevant resources in SAA network or industries
• Enhanced using of the SAA network e.g. the SAND database

When are the Alumni Mentors introduced?
• In Module I (Industry & Competition Analysis)
• In Module II (International business expansion for external client company)

Benefits for the Alumni Mentors
• Receives insight in newest up date of program
• Creating network with new participants and classes
• In some cases; building personal friendships
• Develop as a mentor
• ”Life long network and learning” with fellow participants
• ½ day kick off for Alumni Mentors by professional facilitator in April 2007