Mentoring for women means that experienced women pass on their knowledge to newcomers or inexperienced women. Mentoring is particularly aimed at career starters or new female entrepreneurs. In the professional world, more and more knowledge is being demanded from younger and younger people. The mentor is the advisor, the person who supports the newcomer.
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Mentoring for strengthening women's personalities
Mentoring for women provides support in many life situations. Often important for women is mentoring in personality-related issues. This is often where women's weaknesses lie. Presenting oneself in the right light, learning and consolidating a confident demeanor, giving speeches, and much more. These programs create 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 a long time ago. It actually starts in school. Learning partnerships between strong and weak students in a class. Supporting the weaker one to strengthen them. Newcomers to 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
Mentoring is also a widely known topic, especially in the field of studies at colleges and universities. Female students use it to optimally enter the professional world. The Journalistinnenbund (Association of Female Journalists) in Germany, for example, has led the way. Newcomers were thus given the opportunity to learn the unwritten laws of their future working world alongside the basics of their studies and thus avoid pitfalls.
Getting to know mentoring
Information and possible mentoring programs in Austria, across Europe 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 mentoring with all kinds of tips and information about the topic and the Europe-wide funding opportunities for young women or women re-entering the workforce.
