Mentor Match

Mentor Match

Easily spark mentoring relationships with our online matching platform

What is Mentor Match?

Mentor Match provides a safe and confidential space to be mentored, support a mentee, or be reverse mentored by a professional from another sector.

It is an online platform, included in your corporate membership package, to support you with finding and securing a mentoring partnership with someone from outside your own organisation and sector, from another trusted WIG member organisation. Find out more about WIG membership here.

After creating a profile and setting preferences, you'll be matched with mentors and mentees using our unique matching algorithm - designed to cater for all your cross-sector mentoring goals.

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"I have really appreciated my experience on Mentor Match. It has gone beyond my expectations as I only expected to make connections with people outside my organisation and learn more about mentorship. But it turns out that Mentor Match has broadened my vision and network, developed me as a person and also a mentor, and finally deepened my aspiration to be a life coach to help more people. "

Pacia Jiang

Head of Account Relationship Management - Exams, British Council

How can I sign up?

Just five simple steps and you are good to go…

  1. Register your interest as a mentor, mentee or both
  2. Create your profile, inputting your mentoring preferences
  3. Explore our network of cross-sector mentors and mentees
  4. Filter according to keywords, job title, industry and sector to tailor your search
  5. Reach out to potential matches to organise a chemistry meeting!

We also have a video guide to the platform available here.

Sign up here

What are the benefits to being involved in Mentor Match?

'Mentoring is to support and encourage people to manage their own learning in order that they may maximise their potential, develop their skills, improve their performance and become the person they want to be.' (Eric Parsloe)

  • WIG’s Mentor Match platform offers all WIG members the chance to connect with professionals from the public, private, not-for-profit and higher education sectors in every corner of the UK.
  • Mentoring is one of the principal ways we learn: 20% of our learning comes from mentoring, coaching and developing through others.
  • Pairing with fellow professionals either as a mentor or mentee will undoubtedly add value to your thinking, refresh your perspective and test you in a constructive but supportive way.

Watch the benefits of mentoring for both mentor and mentees here.

WIG Members can enjoy Mentor Match now, as a mentor, mentee or both.

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"I have really enjoyed working with others in different industries and having a monthly meeting to focus on myself "

Helen Rutherford

Head of Business Change Process and Development, Royal Mail

Do you require a more bespoke mentoring service?

Alongside our mentor match service, our specialist talent team can work with you on an individual basis to find you a dedicated senior mentor for up to a year. To read more about this service, please click here.