30 minutes. One career changed.
You already know things somebody starting out would pay for and cannot buy. Mentoring with mentorhero costs you half an hour, on a day you choose, with a person we match to your field.
- Time to sign up
- 5 to 7 minutes
- Time per session
- 30 minutes
- Minimum commitment
- One session
The bar is lower than you think.
Two years or more in your field
A quiet half hour and a browser
Willingness to answer a real question honestly
A completed safeguarding check, which we run for you
From sign up to your first session.
- 01
Tell us what you do
Role, industry, the topics you can speak to. Five minutes, once.
- 02
We check and verify
Identity and safeguarding checks before you are ever matched with anybody.
- 03
Pick your availability
You choose the slots. Nothing lands in your calendar that you did not offer.
- 04
Meet your mentee
You get their question in advance. 30 minutes in the browser, then it is done.
Real questions, from people with nobody else to ask.
A final-year student
Deciding between two graduate routes with no idea what either job is actually like day to day.
A career changer
Ten years in one industry, trying to work out what transfers and what does not.
A rejected candidate
Turned down for a role and wanting to know, honestly, what would make the difference next time.
A first-time manager
Promoted, unsupported, and looking for someone who has already made the mistakes.
Mentoring makes you better at your day job.
Mentoring is not only a good deed: it sharpens the coaching, feedback and communication skills your own job runs on, and gives you dated evidence of leadership for your next appraisal.
You get better at managing people
Thirty minutes of listening, asking and giving honest feedback is the same skill set your team needs from you every week. Mentors practise it on purpose, with someone who is not in their reporting line.
Evidence for your next promotion
Mentoring is leadership you can point at in an appraisal. Every session is logged, so you have dated hours, topics and feedback rather than a vague claim that you develop people.
You explain your work more clearly
Saying what you do to somebody outside your company strips out the jargon. Mentors come back sharper in interviews, pitches, client calls and internal presentations.
You stay close to the market
You hear what people entering your industry are being taught, what they expect from an employer and where they are getting stuck. That is useful the next time you hire.
Your network grows outside your employer
Sessions run across 43 countries, so you meet people and see teams far outside your usual circle without a conference ticket or a commute.
It counts at work, not just outside it
Volunteering hours are recorded and reportable, so your employer can count them towards learning, people development and social impact targets.
It is not only a good deed.
What mentoring gives you back, at work and outside it.
Volunteering hours recorded and reportable
A tree planted for every session you complete
Practice at coaching, which makes you better at managing
Evidence of people development for your next promotion case
Sharper communication with people outside your own field
A read on what is really happening in your industry's talent market
A profile you can point at, in a network spanning 43 countries
Thirty minutes at a time, with no rota and no ongoing commitment
YOUR HALF HOUR, START TO FINISH
What mentoring actually asks of you.
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What mentors say about giving 30 minutes.
Feedback from mentors who consented to their words being used. Mentors rate the session 8.9 out of 10, and 43% score it a full ten.
I enjoyed how open my mentee was. Sometimes mentees can be a little shy at first. I certainly didn't feel that about this session.
She was absolutely lovely to spend time with. She is clearly incredibly passionate, and hopefully I've given her a couple of takeaways that will be helpful for the rest of her job search.
I enjoyed learning about her interest in data science and how she has gone above and beyond to upskill herself in this area.
Every quotation comes from a mentor or mentee who explicitly consented to their words being used publicly to help others access mentoring. Mentees are identified by first name only. Anyone who declined consent has been excluded entirely.
The things people ask first.
How much time does it really take?
30 minutes per session, plus five minutes to read the question beforehand. There is no course, no rota and no monthly meeting.
Do I need to be senior?
No. Somebody two years into a job is exactly the right person to talk to somebody about to start it.
What if I do not know the answer?
Say so. Honest uncertainty from someone who does the job beats confident guessing from someone who does not.
Can I mentor if my employer is not a partner?
Yes. Individuals sign up directly. If your employer would like to run it properly, point them at the Give programme.
How are you keeping people safe?
Every mentor is verified, every session runs on the platform and on the record, and there is a clear route to report a concern.
Somebody is stuck on a question you can answer.
Sign up once, choose your slots, and we will bring you the person who needs what you know.