Benefits to mentees

National Mentorship Movement have worked with many groups of mentees, and the some of the benefits that they have identified include the opportunity to:

  • Obtain support and encouragement
  • Solicit advice
  • Learn from another’s experience
  • Increase confidence
  • Be taken out of their comfort zone
  • Define clearer goals and support in achieving them
  • Personal growth
  • Widen their perspectives
  • Learn more about how the world actually works
  • Build leadership skills
  • Have a thinking partner
  • Have a safe environment to bounce ideas off
  • Have someone who believes in them but will also push them
  • Gain inspiration
  • The chance to be a mentor to their mentee and contribute to their growth and knowledge