Matchmaking

... for the Mentor:in

As a mentor:in, you can register as a mentor after successful Registration on the platform: Because the first step to mentorship happens through the:mentee. This:r searches via the search mask of the mentoring platform according to their own search criteria and sends you a mentoring request, if you fit their search profile.

Mentoring request

On receipt of the request, you can add the following content to the:mentee's profile. mentee's profile in addition to the field of study: Current status, goals and "what support I would like". Based on these criteria you decide whether or not to accept the request.

Arrange a meeting

If your assessment is positive, confirm this to the mentee. the:mentee. You:He will then contact you with initial suggestions for dates for the meeting via the chat function on the platform.

At the first meeting discuss the framework conditions and content of the mentorship and finally decide finally determine whether the mentoring is a good fit for both sides. The:The mentee then draws up the mentoring agreement and sends it to you for approval. to you for approval. From this point on, your mentorship has officially started.

... for the mentee . mentee

Mentor:innen-Suche

At the beginning there is the search for a suitable mentor using the search form on the platform. To do this, you make a criteria, such as:

Which mentoring do I want to take advantage of?

What experience/industry do I want from my:m Mentor:in?

Should the person support me with gender & diversity?

Open search field: Free text that I am also looking for.

Send request and enter the alumni community free of charge

If there is a match, you can send the request to the:the mentor (you can also read the blog post: How do I write a mentoring request? I write a mentoring request?. The prerequisite for this is that you are already registered on the platform (In 7 steps to mentorship) 

If this is the case, you will now be asked to enter your mentoring code to activate the request function. This students and graduates receive when they register free of charge in the Alumni Community.

Enter it now with the first mentor request and you will be activated for all subsequent applications.

You are already part of the alumni community? Wonderful! Then please request your access code directly by e-mail to mentoring@uni-graz.at. 

Date for the introductory meeting

The initiation of the first introductory meeting is also the responsibility of the mentee. responsibility of the:mentee. If the mentoring request has been mentoring request has been answered positively, you can now use the chat function to If the mentoring request has been answered positively, you can now contact the:mentor:using the chat function with initial appointment suggestions.

Mentoring agreement

You should already take notes at this meeting, to subsequently include the discussed content and framework conditions in the mentoring mentoring agreement, which you enter on the platform and send to your mentor for approval. send to your mentor for approval. Once this has been accepted, you have mentorship has officially started.