As part of our young professional programme, Co.next, we launched a Mentor Monday series in 2022 offering 1-hour free mentoring sessions with business leaders.
But what is mentoring and how can it benefit young professionals?
A mentor is someone who shares their knowledge and experience to help someone grow and develop as well as providing support and guidance. Mentors can help you identify and set specific goals tailored to your career aspirations and life goals. Not only does a mentor help to motivate you about your career, but they can also help you manage job expectations through the experience of their own career. A mentor can help you work to your best potential, giving you the confidence you need to progress in your chosen career by developing your strengths and identifying weaknesses that you can work on. In addition to this, having a mentor may help improve your wellbeing, by setting out clear career goals and working through potential obstacles giving you a sense of focus and achievement.
How can mentoring benefit young professionals?
A lot of young professionals who are interested in developing their careers seek mentorship. In a post COVID-19 world, career paths have changed, diverted, or completely changed and mentorship has become even more important and beneficial than before. Mentoring goes beyond education and works closely with the mentee to provide long-term goals and steps on how to get there.
Speaking from experience, the mentor can give examples of how they started and how they climbed the career ladder to where they are today. Mentors can provide accountability to ensure that goals are being met and mentees are working towards their ultimate long-term goal. After the huge success of our Mentor Mondays in 2022, we are pleased to bring this offering back to those under 35 for 2023.
Norfolk is full of talented businessmen and women and they’re able to offer a wide range of knowledge and experience during our sessions. View our Mentors and dates here.
Interested in being a Co.next Mentor? Please complete this form to get involved
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