Five Reasons Why Mentoring is the Perfect Remote Role

In the last few years, remote roles have really taken off in the business world. That being said, most traditional employers still place some limitations on their remote workers, often offering ‘hybrid’ contracts that require them to come into the office at least once or twice a week.

Nonetheless, for many this post-covid development has been life-changing, allowing a level of control over their work/life balance that was previously unattainable.

Here at Career Navig8r, we’re passionate about empowering people to monetize their skills and share their knowledge with those who are eager to learn. In doing so, we also believe that many can finally make that dream come true and have the perfect remote role.

Today we’d like to share our top five reasons why mentors have one of the best remote roles in the world and how the benefits of remote mentoring continue to change people’s lives.

1. You Control Your Hours

Perhaps the most compelling reason why people decide to become mentors in the first place is simply to get some control over their own hours. While traditional employment may feel a little more stable with that stability you sacrifice a great deal of freedom.

For those with major responsibilities outside of work such as parents and carers this is more than just an inconvenience. While many jobs do now support some level of flexible hours, there are few that can offer anything like the freedom that being a mentor provides.

2. You Can Choose Your Clients

Once you start to build up a list of clients, you don’t necessarily have to work with everyone who comes your way. Some mentors prefer to only work with clients they feel are a good fit for them. Others only want to take on a certain number of hours. 

Whatever your reasoning, as a mentor you have the freedom to make your own decisions about who you’re willing to work with. By curating your client list, you’ll be able to focus extra time and attention on your main clients. Over time you might even build some great professional relationships with your mentees that could be very beneficial in the long run. 

3. Part Time or Full Time

Mentoring makes for an excellent side job if you’re looking to earn some extra money in your spare time but it can also support you as your full time role if that’s the route you choose to go. In fact, many people start off with a mentoring side job before transitioning to be a full time mentor. Others sometimes start mentoring as a part time job to support them between work or during a career break.

The beauty of mentoring is that it’s incredibly scalable. You can take on the level of work that’s right for you and, because you set your own rates, you’ll be able to make good money on the hours you work. As a mentor, nobody else gets to tell you how much you’re worth.

4. Work Where You Want

Mentors don’t need to go into the office. They don’t even need to leave the house if they don’t want to. To be a mentor, all you really need is a laptop and an internet connection so you can schedule regular calls with your mentees.

Fancy working in the park today? Or the back garden? No problem! So long as you can find a quiet place where you and your mentee will be able to hear one another you have full freedom over your environment. You can even work from in bed – though you might not want to turn the camera on for that one.

5. An International Market

One major benefit many people underestimate about mentoring, at least when compared to other freelance remote roles, is just how broad the potential pool of clients is. There are lots of people out there who’d be only too happy to work with an experienced mentor in the field they’re hoping one day to join.

Furthermore, working with an international client base is a great way to meet new people and make connections outside your usual sphere. 

How To Be a Mentor

If all of that sounds like an amazing career and you’re wondering how to be a mentor yourself, then now’s the time to sign up with Career Navig8r. If you have experience in a job role, then you’ve got the knowledge and skills to teach that role to someone else.

All you’ll need to do is make your account, put together a profile with a photo and some details about your employment, list the job role you’re looking to mentor, and sit back as the mentees roll in. Your mentoring journey starts today!