Career Accelerator Application: Westminster College Summer 2024

Use this application form to apply for Career Accelerator mentoring

Career Accelerator supports students to prepare for careers in the professional sector through business mentoring led by employees from top companies including Centrica, Just Eat, Cisco, LinkedIn and AstraZeneca, alongside exciting tech start-ups.


Students who get selected onto the programme will take part in 3+ x 1 hour virtual mentoring sessions to help them prepare for their future careers. They will also take part in 2 workshops which will help you get the most out of your mentoring sessions.


Students who take part in Career Accelerator will get to benefit from the following:

Receive support to get into top Universities and Apprenticeships.
Learn about a wide range of careers in the professional sector.
Make informed subject and post-school decisions.
Build your network with professionals in leading companies.
Develop ambitious career goals.

We encourage you to apply for the programme if you are interested in finding out more about careers and enhancing your prospects after school. We’re looking to work with a variety of students who are interested in both technical roles and non-technical roles. We’re also looking to work with a variety of students who are at different stages of making decisions about their future.

Everyone who completes an application will have the opportunity to be interviewed for a position on the Career Accelerator programme.

If you have any questions at all about this application form, please email Jhanay at Jhanay@careeraccelerator.io
1.Please tell us your full name and year group
2.Tell us a bit about yourself. Please include: 
  • Your favourite subject or subjects at school,
  • The subject you think you are doing best in at school,
  • What you enjoy doing in your spare time,
  • Any clubs or hobbies you do,
  • Any jobs that you are specifically interested in for your future
3.Why do you want to take part in Career Accelerator mentoring?
4.Why are you interested in finding out more about career and educational opportunities?
5.There are some key skills that we are looking for in students who take part in the programme. These are:

Motivation
Enthusiasm
Curiosity
Organisation
Resilience

Describe a time where you have demonstrated one of these skills. This could be inside or outside of school.
6.Why do you think you should have the opportunity to join the Career Accelerator Schools Programme?
7.Please tell us your school email address.
8.The next questions are for Career Accelerator's monitoring programme, so that we can see how much impact our programmes have. They will not impact your application in any way, so please be as honest as possible.

How many different professional job opportunities are you currently aware of?
9.The next questions are for Career Accelerator's monitoring programme, so that we can see how much impact our programmes have. They will not impact your application in any way, so please be as honest as possible.

How many different university, apprenticeship or training options are you currently aware of as options for your future?
10.The next questions are for Career Accelerator's monitoring programme, so that we can see how much impact our programmes have. They will not impact your application in any way, so please be as honest as possible.

How many different educational or career goals are you currently working towards? This can include short-term goals, such as revising for exams, or longer-term goals, such as a particular career.
11.The next questions are for Career Accelerator's monitoring programme, so that we can see how much impact our programmes have. They will not impact your application in any way, so please be as honest as possible.

How many different business professionals have you spoken to within the last month?
12.The next questions are for Career Accelerator's monitoring programme, so that we can see how much impact our programmes have. They will not impact your application in any way, so please be as honest as possible.

How confident do you currently feel about interacting with adults in a professional context?
13.Career Accelerator is committed to Diversity and Inclusion, and making sure that students from all backgrounds feel welcome to take part in our programmes. The next few questions on diversity and inclusion are totally optional, and are used by Career Accelerator to make sure that students from all backgrounds are able to take part in our programmes.

Please share your gender
14.Career Accelerator is committed to Diversity and Inclusion, and making sure that students from all backgrounds feel welcome to take part in our programmes. The next few questions on diversity and inclusion are totally optional, and are used by Career Accelerator to make sure that students from all backgrounds are able to take part in our programmes.

Please share your ethnicity.
15.Career Accelerator is committed to Diversity and Inclusion, and making sure that students from all backgrounds feel welcome to take part in our programmes. The next few questions on diversity and inclusion are totally optional, and are used by Career Accelerator to make sure that students from all backgrounds are able to take part in our programmes.

Do you consider yourself to be disabled or neurodiverse?