Ishida Europe Mentee Programme

This is an exciting opportunity to be assigned an expert mentor from the business, who can offer guidance with identifying and developing the skills you need to continue your personal and professional development at Ishida.

Key Benefits of becoming a Mentee are:

Gain sharper focus on what is needed to grow professionally
Further development as a professional in a higher-level or cross-functional position at Ishida
Gain capacity to translate values and strategies into productive actions
Compliment any other formal (and informal) studies and/or training and development activities
Gain career development, insight and opportunities
Get assistance with ideas and honest feedback
Demonstrate strengths, identifies weaknesses and explores potential
Increase career networks and receive greater organisational exposure and internal awareness
Improve ability to express expectations, personal and professional goals and concerns
Improve knowledge of organisational culture
Improve knowledge base of other sectors, potentially other countries and cultures

Responsibilities of a Mentee:

Attend an introductory session with your mentor to discuss your expectations for the programme.
Set professional development goals with the mentor.
Create an action log to work towards goals.
Attend regular meetings with your mentor (a minimum of 1 per month).
Be respectful of your mentors’ time, and the relationship boundaries you set.
Provide regular feedback to the mentor programme coordinator.
Provide final feedback on the mentoring relationship after 12 months.

Structure of the programme:

• Apply online- personal information, along with the skills you would like to develop.
• Matched with a Mentor.
• Set up first meeting- agree goals and actions.
• Regular contact with Mentor- at least 1 in person or teams meeting per month.
• Feedback to Mentor programme coordinator every 3 months.
• Final meeting after 12 months.
• Final feedback to Mentor programme coordinator after 12 months.
• Receive mentor certificate to certify your commitment to professional development at Ishida.
• If this programme sounds like it would be useful to you, please click the following link to apply.

If you would like any further information on the programme, please contact Abi Bailey Abigail.Bailey@ishidaeurope.com