FAQ

A mentor - is a coach who is willing to share her experience and competencies with community members. An entrepreneur with experience, any expert in their field can register as a mentor. The mentor works for free, based on good will and a sincere desire to support women. The mentor does not use the mentor program to promote own services.

A mentee - is a woman who has a request for a mentor. The request can be about business development, project development, personal growth, career and self-realization. Only a registered member of the PRO Women community can send a request to a mentor in our program.

Tandem - a pair of "mentor + mentee", which is formed after the mentor approves the application from mentee. A mentoring tandem can exist for one meeting or for as long as you want, until the mentee's request is resolved.

Yes, participation in the program is free. Mentors conduct their consultations free of charge, because they want to support women's projects and initiatives and share their experience. And mentee - conscious and respectful of the mentor's resources. If you are faced with the sale of services or intrusive advertising from a mentor, please write to us at pro-women@rybakovfoundation.org.

The PRO Women Community Mentoring Program includes 3 access levels:

1. For participants, any PRO Women participant can send a request to a mentor of this level.

2. For leaders, only a leader or a regional representative of PRO Women can send a request to a mentor of this level.

3. For regional representatives, only a regional representative of PRO Women can send a request to a mentor of this level.

The mentor and the mentee themselves choose the number and format of meetings, depending on the request of the mentee and the mentor's capabilities. This can be a one-time consultation or a series of meetings with regular work on the request. We recommend meeting for 1 hour at least once a month.

• We recommend you to watch sessions about the mentoring program with the president of the community Anastasia Grets

Mentee forms its request and sends it through the platform pro-women.ru/en/mentoring one or more mentors. The mentor receives the request, studies it, and decides whether to work or not. If the mentor accepts the request, a tandem is formed. After the mentor has accepted the application from the mentee, the tandem participants can see each other's contacts. We recommend you do not delay and contact Mentee promptly and schedule your first meeting-acquaintance.

The mentor rating is formed on the basis of all the reviews and ratings that the mentee gives you. By default, all mentors have the highest rating of 5 at the start of the program.

Use the "Edit Profile" button in the mentor's office.

In the mentor's personal account, in the "New requests from mentee" section, click on the request-the "Learn more" button and read it carefully. To accept or reject a request, use the buttons at the end of the form.

You will receive a notification email to your email address specified in the registration form. The request will also be displayed in the mentor's personal account in the section "New requests from mentee". We recommend you to check your email address regularly (including the spam folder) so that you don't miss the request.

Contact your mentee (after the application is approved, you will see his contacts) and arrange a meeting. This is best to complete within the first 3 days of approval of the request. We recommend that you first hold a 30-minute setup meeting to get acquainted, discuss the mentee request, and see if you are ready to continue working.

You can suspend the receipt of a request from a new mentee. Go to your personal account, then to the mentor's account and edit the questionnaire. By ticking the "Stop applications for a while" box, the questionnaire will be hidden from the search, but will be saved in the system. By unticking, you can activate the application form and continue to recruit mentee at any time.

It happens, and it's not a problem. In this case, it is best to reject the request so that the mentee can choose a mentor with a suitable profile.

Anyone can become a mentor, the most important thing is your competence, availability of time and willingness to share your experience for free. An entrepreneur with experience and any expert in their field can register as a mentor. Mentoring gives you the opportunity to improve your skills, expand your circle of contacts, and positively influence someone's project or even life!

Yes, you can participate in the program as a mentor and mentee at the same time.

No, the mentoring program is free. If you have experienced such a case, please write to us at pro-women@rybakovfoundation.org.

Anytime. We recommend that you leave a review, your feedback will be pleasant and useful for the further work of the mentor.

It's okay, it happens. Most likely, the mentor can't start working with you due to the request profile or limited time. Try to reformulate your request and choose someone else from our mentors: https://pro-women.ru/en/mentoring/catalog.

Great! Now you can see the mentor's contacts, and you can get started. Take the initiative: contact the mentor, discuss the request, and make an appointment.

You can send as many requests as you want. We recommend sending a request to two or three mentors at once. Be sure to calculate the time and effort, working with a mentor is a time-consuming process.

Formulate for yourself the most specific goal or request that you need a mentor to solve. Only then should you start choosing a mentor in the catalog: https://pro-women.ru/en/mentoring/catalog/. Carefully study the questionnaires, the profile, and the mentor's background to understand how well do you match together. We recommend using advanced search and filters to search through the list of mentors.