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The whole thing / four steps

You bring one question. We find the person who has already answered it.

Two minutes to ask, a match from a global network, a time that fits your week, then 30 focused minutes. Nothing else to learn, nothing else to set up.

Ask, match, book, talk

Step through it yourself.

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What are you stuck on?

How do I move from finance into product?
Career changeFinanceProductLondon

Step 01

Tell us where you are.

Your role, your field and the one thing you are trying to work out. It takes about two minutes and there is no form to dread.

I have a question nobody around me can answer.

Students, job seekers and professionals book a session with someone already doing the job they are aiming for.

What is handled for you

You bring the question. We handle the rest.

01Matching on role, industry and topic, in seconds
02Scheduling, reminders and joining links handled
03A 30-minute video session, wherever you both are
04Notes and next steps captured every time
05Safeguarding and verification behind every mentor
06A tree planted for every completed session

Someone has already done the thing you are trying to do.

30,000

people mentored each year

13,500

active mentors across the globe

40

countries with mentors and mentees

Before your first session

The six questions we hear most.

30 minutes. Long enough to get a real answer, short enough that a busy mentor can say yes.

People currently doing the work, from graduates a few steps ahead through to senior leaders. Every mentor is verified before they take a session.

We match on role, industry and the topic you bring, across the whole global network rather than the mentors nearest you.

A partner organisation or university covers the cost for the mentees it reaches. Tell us your situation when you register and we will point you to the right route.

Yes. Most people come back with a different question and are matched to a different mentor for it.

We record the outcome and the next steps, and plant a tree for every completed session.

Start with the question.

Two minutes now, 30 minutes with someone who has done it, and a clear next step by the end of the week.

In their words

What the process feels like

I wrote my question on a Tuesday and spoke to someone on the Thursday.
Leah C.Mentee
There was no matching form that took twenty minutes. That mattered.
Ade B.Mentee
As a mentor I get the question, the time and the link. Nothing else to manage.
Fiona G.Mentor

The numbers so far

The shape of it

3Steps to a sessionSet your question, get matched to someone who has answered it before, join a 30-minute call.
30Minutes on the callTimeboxed on purpose, so both sides know exactly what they are agreeing to.
43Countries in the poolMatching looks at the question first and geography second.

Before you ask

How it works, in short

How are matches made?

On the question you have written, the field it sits in and the experience the mentor has actually had.

What if the match is wrong?

Tell us and we rematch you. A poor match wastes the mentor's half hour as well as yours.

Where does the call happen?

In your browser, on a link sent with the booking. There is nothing to install.