Matching

The right mentor for every goal

Make relevant introductions using the criteria that matter to your programme.

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A match that participants can understand and programme teams can manage

Explore suggested mentors, review fit, and move into a structured journey. Mentorgain helps teams bring the right people together while keeping the final decision in human hands.

The matching experience

Choose how introductions happen

Some programmes give employees room to choose. Others need the team to arrange pairs. Mentorgain supports mentor exploration and assigned pairing, depending on how your programme is set up.

Let participants explore

Employees can search for mentors and narrow the options by skills, expertise, department, personal experiences, or country. Profiles provide context about a mentor’s background before someone decides whom to approach.

Useful when participant choice is central to the programme.

Let your team arrange pairs

Programme teams can select a mentee, review suggested mentors, and confirm a pairing. This gives coordinators a place to consider the learner’s needs alongside the information in each profile.

Useful when your team is responsible for making introductions.

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Choose what matters in a match

Programme teams can set the priority of matching fields, including mentoring domains, career goals, experience, and department. Suggested matches remain a starting point for a human decision.

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Give every introduction a clear purpose

A suggested match is a starting point. Reviewing the profile and the learner’s goal helps turn that suggestion into a conversation with direction.

Start with a specific goal

Clarify what the mentee wants to work on, such as leading a team, navigating a new role, or developing a technical skill.

Consider relevant experience

Look for a mentor whose background and areas of support connect with that goal. A similar job title is only part of the picture.

Agree how to work together

Use the first conversation to discuss expectations, availability, and a useful focus for the relationship.

Different goals, relevant connections

Shape matching around your programme

Employee onboarding

Help a new hire identify an experienced colleague who can explain team norms, offer context, and make the early weeks easier to navigate.

Leadership development

Focus the search on experience relevant to the learner’s next challenge, from giving feedback to managing stakeholders or leading a team.

Knowledge sharing

Connect an employee’s learning goals with colleagues who have relevant expertise, creating a starting point for practical advice and shared experience.

Questions about matching

Can participants choose their own mentor?

Yes, when a programme enables mentor exploration, participants can review suggested profiles and browse mentors before choosing whom to approach.

Can a programme team assign pairs?

Yes. Teams can arrange matches for a programme and turn off mentor exploration when an assigned pairing model is the better fit.

How can employees narrow their search?

Mentor exploration includes search and advanced filters for expertise, department, skills, personal experiences, and country. Employees can use these to find profiles relevant to the support they need.

Can we give some matching criteria more importance?

Yes. Programme teams can configure the priority of available matching fields. Start with the purpose of the programme and decide which criteria deserve more emphasis.

Does a higher match score guarantee a better relationship?

No. A score helps guide the review of suggested mentors. Profile details, availability, expectations, and the quality of the conversations also matter.

What informs a suggested match?

Mentorgain can use a participant’s goals, skills, experience, preferences, and programme criteria to suggest relevant mentors. The suggestion helps people review fit; it is not a promise that every pairing will work.

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