Becoming a mentor

Why become a mentor?

Mentoring can be a tremendously rewarding experience, for both mentor and mentee. As a mentor, you have the chance to:

• enhance your skills in active listening, coaching and counselling
• develop a more personal style of leadership
• learn new approaches and ways of working
• extend your professional networks
• add to your cv
• share your knowledge and expertise
• give something back and help another woman

How can you become a mentor?
If you are a woman working in or studying science, engineering or technology (SET) and would like to be a mentor, you can:

• Contact MentorSET - they provide mentoring opportunities for women in SET.
• Sign up to a mentoring scheme offered by your employer, learning provider, network in your industry or professional body.
• Set up a scheme: if your place of employment, learning provider or professional body hasn't got a mentoring scheme, encourage them to contact us. We help organisations and employers to develop mentoring schemes.