Mentoring for women means that experienced women pass on their knowledge to newcomers or inexperienced women. Mentoring is especially aimed at female career starters or female founders. Increasingly more knowledge is required of younger and younger people in the professional world. The mentor is the advisor, the person who supports the newcomer.
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Mentoring for the personal empowerment of women
Mentoring for women provides support in many life situations. Often important for women is mentoring in matters of personality. These are often the weak points for women. Presenting oneself in the right light, learning and consolidating a confident presence, giving speeches and much more. These programs lay the foundation to successfully master life, both professionally and personally.
Mentoring has long been common in large companies
Large companies discovered the potential of mentoring long ago. It actually already begins at school. Learning partnerships between stronger and weaker pupils in a class. Supporting the weaker to strengthen them. Entrants into a profession are practically taken by the hand in large corporations and familiarized with the company, the conditions of the business world, and the customers.
Mentoring for female students
Especially in the study sector at colleges and universities, mentoring is already a widely known topic. The female students thus enter the profession optimally. The Association of Women Journalists in Germany, for example, set a precedent. The new female entrants were thus given the opportunity to learn not only the basics of their studies but also the unwritten rules of their future working environment and thereby avoid pitfalls.
Getting to know mentoring
Information and possible mentoring programmes in Austria, Europe-wide and in Switzerland are listed, for example in Austria, on the website www.mentoringcenter.at. EU-funded projects exist, for example, in Lower Austria. You can also find books on the subject of mentoring with all kinds of tips and info about the topic and the Europe-wide funding opportunities for young women or women re-entering the workforce.
