Mentor Connects

Description

Mentor Connects is a user-friendly app designed with and for Arab youth.
It aims to link mentees with relevant mentors from diverse fields of expertise across the Middle East and North African region. The app focuses on fostering the life and technical skills of the youth to enable them to find jobs and excel in their careers. It also seeks to create a hub for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to share events related to career development and inspirational talks, which in turn helps youth search for such events in one space.

Mentees are able to:
- Create a user profile
- Search for and attend events related to mentoring, career inspiration, employability skills-building, and other topics of interest
- Connect and match with Arab Mentors from around the world
- Chat with Mentors that match with their needs
- Book one-on-one virtual mentoring sessions
- Rate the mentoring session after it ends

Mentors are able to:
- Create a user profile
- Accept mentoring session requests from mentees
- Chat with Mentees
- Conduct one-on-one virtual mentoring sessions upon Mentees’ requests
- Rate the mentoring session after it ends
- Host career inspiration talks and webinars on Mentor Connects’ platform
- Attend relevant events in the region
- Network with other Mentors

WHY DOWNLOAD THE APP?

Benefits of Mentoring for the Mentees:
- Develop and maintain a broader perspective on career options and opportunities.
- Support in identifying and achieving career goals, which opens up more opportunities and increases salary potential
- Encourage and empower in personal development, which improves work-life balance, self-esteem, and job-related wellbeing
- Assist in identifying and correcting gaps in generic skills and knowledge in order to prepare for the future and pursue higher-level career aspirations
- Gain access to a senior role model
- Create a network of highly qualified and experienced people and develop networking capabilities

Benefits of mentoring for the Mentor:
- Network with highly qualified young people
- Develop mentoring/coaching skills
- Get recognized involvement in a program of strategic importance to your community
- Explore new perspectives and insights regarding your job, resulting in career rejuvenation
- Gain additional experience in staff management and development
- Have an opportunity for self-reflection and personal satisfaction
- Give back to the next generation of the workforce

Mentor Arabia, a regional non-profit organization, is a branch of Mentor International, founded in 1994 by H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden. Mentor Arabia, chaired by H.R.H. Prince Turki bin Talal, is headquartered in Lebanon since 2006 and operates in 22 Arab countries. Mentor’s mission is to empower children and youth to prevent risky behavior through capacity development, awareness, knowledge dissemination, and strategic partnerships.