What Does Passport2Shine Mentoring Network Have to Offer?

Mentoring is one of the most powerful career and development tools today. Mentoring provides personalised guidance, advice and experience on exactly what you need and on the issues that are of interest to you. Mentors’ experience, expertise and inspiration can lead to promotions, more rewarding careers and greater achievements.  Mentoring is a powerful tool that could provide you with the opportunity of finding role models, expand networking circles, share information and look for career advancement strategies.

The Mentoring Network has been established in order to provide a service both for people who want to provide mentoring services as part of their leadership role and for those seeking them. The Network allows participants to identify the right mentor for their needs, to offer your services as a mentor and to take advantage of all the other services available. Once you register yourself as a mentor or mentee you will be able to:

Mentee:

• Find a mentor of your choice matching your specific criteria
• Find resources about mentoring, career development and other personal/professional development products
• Networking opportunities

Mentor:

• Mentoring training
• Create and update your own mentor profile
• Find resources about mentoring & other personal/professional development products
• Networking opportunities

Who is it For?

• Professionals who don’t have access to a mentoring programme through their place of employment  and are looking for a sounding board
• Young professionals seeking advice
• Individuals at a career crossroad
• Executives who want  to be mentored by someone outside their own organisation
• Individuals returning to work after a protracted period of absence
• Individuals who own small, micro or home-based businesses

How to Join

The MentoringComplete online system ensures, through its matching capabilities, that you find the right match for your needs.  Using a profile form that is completed by both potential mentors and mentorees, the system evaluates responses on a number of important criteria to generate potential matches that you can evaluate and come to a quick decision as to the best choice for you.  The matching process is based upon Management Mentors  20+ years of mentoring experience in matching pairs from across the globe. 

Once matched, the system supports pairs through its e-learning functionality so that both partners understand the dynamics for effective mentoring.  Furthermore, it  includes a mentoring agreement to assist pairs in negotiating the areas of development and the ground rules for their relationship as well as additional resources to support the pairs in their work together.

The online system lets you find a mentor in five easy steps:

• Step 1:  Create your account
• Step 2:  Review program details
• Step 3:  Complete your profile form for matching
• Step 4:  Do a search of available mentors using the system’s matching capabilities
• Step 5:  Select your mentor and the system sends an automatic email indicating that you’ve selected that person as your mentor.

It’s that simple and that easy!  You could have your mentor today by completing the application form. Why wait!  Isn’t it time you found a mentor today!