Mentoring 101

It’s a sad truth that, once you pass a certain point, the better you get at a skill, the harder it is to progress. This plateau is not only frustrating but often incredibly demotivating. After all, what’s the point in trying to improve when you’ve passed the point of progress?

Coming from a business background, mentoring might feel like the natural next step in your career but for some that step can seem daunting. After all, just because you had a successful career, that doesn’t mean you’ll be able to teach the secret of your success to others, does it?

As an ever-growing industry, getting into IT can feel a bit like dipping your toe into a vast and almost endless ocean. That being said, working with a mentor who has a good grounding of the important fields in IT can really help you get a grip on things.

As a mentor, you’ll do lots of teaching, sharing your knowledge with your mentee to help them find their way along the career path they’ve always dreamed of. But what can you do when your lessons aren’t hitting home? How can you help to ensure that your mentee is learning as effectively as possible?

If you’re considering sharing your motivation for finance with others, then you’ve come to the right place. Today, we’ll be digging into exactly what it is that makes financial experts so well suited to motivational speaking as well as other ways you can put your passion for finance to work.

A successful IT career requires a level of specialist knowledge as well as the ability to demonstrate that specialist knowledge. Often this can mean qualifications but a good portfolio can also do wonders as well as references from any IT adjacent positions you’ve taken in the past.