WHAT IS IT?

Mentoring is a professional and personal development relationship in which a more experienced person (mentor) helps someone with less knowledge (UMH student or graduate) to establish a professional path focused on specific personal and professional goals.

It is based on a  personal relationship . A mentor adds more options and perspectives so that the UMH student or graduate can  make an informed choice.

Aimed at the entire UMH community (students, graduates and UMH entrepreneurial community)  and focused on making better use of the full potential of our community and facilitating access to networks and other professional resources, giving a different focus to your professional career or as an entrepreneur.

Do you have a professional role model? Who would you like to learn from? Professional or entrepreneur… The Mentoring Program has no limits!

WHO CAN BE A MENTOR?

It must be a professional or entrepreneurial person with training and experience who is willing to dedicate a small part of their time to listening to the concerns of future professionals or entrepreneurs, sharing their experiences and advising them so that they can make better use of their opportunities.

BENEFITS OF THE UMH MENTORING PROGRAM:

For the  mentor : The contribution to the professional development or as entrepreneurs of students and graduates, the creation of new professional contacts related to mentoring, or the strengthening of links and collaborations with the UMH.

For  UMH students and graduates , having a mentor can be a crucial source of support, guidance, and professional advice. It  provides a sense of security, knowing they are not alone and have an expert advisor with the appropriate training, offering help, perspective, fresh insights, and guidance to help them  seize opportunities . You can read a series of tips to  optimize your mentoring relationship .

How would your professional life change if you had a professional or entrepreneurial mentor willing to advise you on decision-making?  This is the aim of this program: to boost the careers of the UMH community  at a professional and/or entrepreneurial level  through guidance from a relevant and expert individual.

ACTIONS THAT ARE DEVELOPED

• Personal contact with the mentor, and if possible, a session at their workplace to learn about their professional environment.
• Review of resume and professional profile (or project in case of having an entrepreneurial profile) by the mentor so that they can advise and make recommendations for its improvement.
• Mentor’s advice on potential companies that may be of interest: for internships, job searches, knowledge acquisition, administrative tasks, etc.
• Take the initiative to make contact, and provide quick and easy means of contact for any comments or responses that need to be conveyed (email, phone, social media, etc.).
• Complete the follow-up survey provided by the Occupational Observatory to properly assess the program’s development and the results obtained.

The UMH Mentoring Program has received awards such as:

• ‘Model of good practices’ for its methodology and innovative character at the  University’s Entrepreneurial Education Symposium .
• The ‘ Good Practices in University Management’ award , granted by the University Forum of the Club for Excellence in Management, aims to promote and enhance the implementation of good practices by Spanish universities in the areas of quality management and excellence. You can consult the  award announcement .

It is also documented in:

• The  III Iberian Conference on Entrepreneurship , which took place in Lisbon in September 2013.
• The  book of best practices  presented during the ” University-industry interaction conference “, held in April 2014 in Barcelona.
• «Career Centers in Central Asian HEIs: Current Status & Good Practices» .
• And in the mention made by the website  mastermas.com of the Mentoring Program.

Furthermore, since 2014, the Miguel Hernández University has led the 5U-CV Mentoring Program, framed within the ” Campus of the Innovative and Sustainable Entrepreneur ” Project, in which the other public universities of the Valencian Community launch other Mentoring programs, and which is led and financed by the General Directorate of Entrepreneurship and Cooperativism of the Ministry of Sustainable Economy, Productive Sectors, Trade and Labor.

You can participate in the program by sending your personal and contact information to:  .  You can also find more information by calling 96.522.2028.