How to Find a Mentor Online

1. Know What You’re Looking for in a Mentor.

How can someone else help you achieve your goals if you don’t even know what they are? 

The most important step before finding a mentor is brainstorming what you want to achieve from the relationship whether it be a promotion or career change or just validation and guidance in your current role stop and think about what success looks like to you first. 

Now that you know what your success looks like, think about the type of person you need to achieve your goals.

• Do you need someone to push you with a firm hand? 
• Or someone detail orientated that will set out each step you need to take to achieve success and walk you through it? 
• Do you have your own timeline or do you need someone who can give you one? 

Apart from having the experience and expertise you need it is also important to find a mentor that fits well with your personality. 

Think about your own strengths and weaknesses and look for a mentor that excels in areas you lack such as organisation skills or problem-solving to ensure you make the best team possible. 

2. Join a Mentorship Platform.

Joining a Mentorship Platform can be the leap you need to take to get started on your success journey. 

 All the mentors you need in one place and you get to choose which one suits you best? Talk about making life easier for yourself. 

Schedule an interview with multiple mentors before you settle on one, shop around to find the best fit for you. 

Mentorship Platforms can also be a great way to research what kind of mentors are out there for future endeavours. 

There is no one size fits all when it comes to a mentorship so do your own research and give each mentor the chance to persuade you to work with them. They are all there to help. 

3. Use Social Media. 

In 2021 we have so much technology and information at our fingertips it would be a waste to not use it.  Do a background check on your mentors when selecting through their LinkedIn, Facebook or even Instagram accounts. Make sure their values and drive match yours and their position in their career matches where you want to be in yours.

 LinkedIn can give you such an insight into your mentor’s professional career, like a CV but also with their personality coming through in what they share, like and comment on also.

 LinkedIn also gives you the chance to see who your mentor networks with and if your mentorship goes well, who knows some of that network could be yours also. 

Never underestimate the power of a good mentor and how with their help and guidance career progression can seem like a breeze. Start the process and journey to success today by signing up to Try A Mentor.