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Benefits of Being Mentored !

Young people with mentors report setting higher educational goals and are more likely to attend college than those without mentors.

Young people who have mentors, particularly at risk youth, are more likely to report engaging in productive and beneficial activities, and volunteer projects, than youth without a mentor these activities increase young adults self-confidence and self esteem.

Youth with a mentor are more likely to hold a leadership position in a club, sports team, school council, or another group.

In both structured and informal mentoring relationships the longer the mentoring relationships last the greater the value for youth and the stronger the outcomes.

At risk youth are less likely to have mentors and more likely to want one. Most understand the value of mentoring and report wanting one.

What is a mentor

someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.

A guide to help the men-tee navigate their personal and professional journey. A trusted and respected ad-visor. Someone that explores with the men-tee their current personal and career situation, what they wish to achieve, and how they can go about reaching their goals., without prescribing solutions or career routes.

Someone that provides support and advice that empowers the men-tee to explore, establish and pursue goals. Their qualities are honest, trustworthy, supportive, a listener, approachable, open, have self awareness, organizational know how, credibility, accessibility, communication skills, ability to empower, inventiveness, empathy, and understanding. Mentors play a critical role in the lives of their men-tees. Mentors play a supporting role in helping direct the men-tee with making decisions in their career and personal choices. The mentor also help them transition into adulthood or career changes. The mentor helps when life is overwhelming, confusing, and a stressful process. Having a mentor is beneficial to both the men-tee and their families. The mentor receive satisfaction from seeing others develop The mentor is challenged and stimulated, having identified future potential of the person they are mentoring, learning and developing their self from the process. Receive satisfaction at the success of the men-tee. Recognition of mentoring skills..Click this text to start editing. This block is a basic combination of a title and a paragraph. Use it to welcome visitors to your website, or explain a product or service without using an image. Try keeping the paragraph short and breaking off the text-only areas of your page to keep your website interesting to visitors.

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