What a 30-minute conversation changes.
mentorhero connects young people with working professionals for a single, focused 30-minute career conversation. No long commitment, no complicated matching process. One conversation, with someone who has done the thing the mentee is trying to do.
- Mentoring sessions delivered
- 30,000
- Professionals signed up to mentor
- 13,500
- Average confidence gain from one session
- +3.0
Three commitments, and that is all.
5 to 7 minutes to sign up
That is the whole onboarding. Tell us what you do, what you can help with, and when you are free.
1 session with 1 young person
That is the only commitment a mentor makes. Thirty minutes, one person. Anything beyond that is entirely your choice.
Pause or freeze any time
Busy month, big deadline, annual leave. Put your account on hold whenever you need to and pick it back up when it suits.
Mostly at the very start of working life.
Final-year students, recent graduates, and people trying to make a first move into an industry.
- Mentees aged 18 to 25
- 80%
- Mentees aged 25 to 30
- 18%
- Mentees aged 30 and over
- 2%
Mentees choose the focus.
The recurring themes are consistent across programmes and countries.
CV and portfolio review
Interview technique
Building a network and using LinkedIn well
What employers actually look for in early-career candidates
Framing transferable skills when moving between industries
Confidence moves from 5.9 to 8.9.
Mentees rate their confidence on the topic they came to discuss, before and after the session, on a scale of one to ten. 87% of mentees reported an increase. Not one reported a decrease. Those whose score did not move had arrived already highly confident, at nine and ten out of ten.
- Average confidence before the session
- 5.9
- Average confidence after the session
- 8.9
- Mentees whose confidence increased, with none reporting a fall
- 87%
One session, measured before and after.
Improving a CV and finding internships: 3 to 10, a shift of +7
How to enter the professional world: 4 to 9, a shift of +5
CV and interview skills: 4 to 8, a shift of +4
Moving industry and framing transferable skills: 5 to 9, a shift of +4
Marketing yourself online and breaking into a creative field: 6 to 9, a shift of +3
What makes a junior candidate stand out: 7 to 10, a shift of +3
Mentors score the session 8.9 out of 10.
More than four in ten scored it a full ten. Every mentor reported that their mentee left with clear next steps, and 93% found the pre-session briefing gave them enough to run an effective conversation.
- Average mentor rating of the session, out of 10
- 8.9
- Sessions where the mentee left with clear next steps
- 100%
- Mentors who rated the experience a perfect 10
- 43%
Concrete advice, not encouragement.
A representative sample of what mentors actually said in sessions.
Stop asking how to get a job in the industry, and start asking how to become someone the industry wants.
Tailor your CV to each role: one version for the specialist path, one general.
Follow the money: when you describe your work, say what happened next. Sales, referrals, conversion.
Reach out to hiring managers directly on LinkedIn for roles you have applied for.
Map where you are now against where you want to be, then work out the steps between.
Go into interviews confident, and make your key points without waffling.
What mentees said afterwards.
Every quote is from a mentee who gave explicit consent for their feedback to be used publicly.
I went into it nervous and not knowing what to expect, but my mentor was really lovely, and I appreciated her going out of her way to look at my work from an employer's perspective and share her insight into what I could improve.
I'm really grateful to you for being so understanding and supportive during our session. You encouraged me to start my long journey in my field and you made me feel much more confident and positive about what I'm doing. Your spark motivated me to believe in myself.
I'd just like to say a massive thank you to my mentor for taking the time to speak to me. I really appreciate all the advice he has given me and I will start using it straight away. He was really open and honest with me and helped me understand what I need to do to get where I want to be.
She has given me a huge confidence boost and helped me see how my background actually makes me a great fit for new roles. My main takeaway is to customise my CV so it highlights both my personality and my experience.
I really enjoyed how open and practical the conversation was. He shared honest insights from his own experience and gave specific advice I can apply to my career journey.
He was incredibly generous with his time and advice. I really appreciated how honest he was about his own career journey and the decisions he made along the way. It was a thoughtful, encouraging conversation.
Being able to see how recruiters looked at my CV and how I can change that to be clearer about what I expect from a job role.
The warm energy my mentor gave off made me comfortable and I had a fantastic time. I really felt this was pivotal in my career journey.
How easy and natural the communication felt. The mentor was genuinely open to all questions.
What mentors said about giving 30 minutes.
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.
She was lovely to speak with, very open and also well prepared. She is clearly very proactive, open to discussion and keen to learn, which is a delight to see.
He talked openly about his passion and it really shone through. He was articulate and easy to talk to, demonstrating great transferable skills for the workplace.
Keep going. Do not be disheartened. Job hunting is a learning experience.
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.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the platform itself and from feedback forms completed by mentees and mentors after a session. Confidence is self-rated on a ten-point scale before and after.
Are the quotes real?
Yes. Every quotation is from a mentee or mentor who explicitly consented to their words being used publicly. Mentees are identified by first name only.
Do you claim job outcomes?
No. We publish an employment outcome only once it is traced to a named employer. Confidence, next steps and session volume are what we can evidence today.
Can partners use this material?
Yes. Partners can quote these figures and testimonials in their own reporting, with the definitions attached.
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