Mentoring Resources & Articles

The latest on mentoring guidelines, news and mentoring software updates from PushFar.

Discovering Your Talents – How and Why It’s Important

 A Clean Desk with Drawing Pencils
At some point in life it is highly likely that you’ll be asked by someone (you might even be the one asking yourself), what you’re good at. This is a relatively common question, but for some, it can cause distress.
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The Importance of Having a Career Coach and How To Find One

 Coaching Meeting
In this article, we explore the importance of career coaching, listing the incredible benefits and revealing the top methods for finding a career coach.
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5 Ways to Find a Mentor

 Finding a Mentor
Finding a mentor can be a difficult and time-consuming task – it’s part of the reason why we setup PushFar. However, we thought we would take a step back and write an article about how to really find a mentor who will help you to develop your career and guide you through workplace challenges. The first thing to understand about mentoring
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PushFar provides a wealth of mentoring, coaching and learning resources, alongside our software, to help both participants and program managers to make the most of mentoring and coaching programs. On our mentoring platform we also include training videos and regularly host mentoring training webinars.
Guidelines for Mentees

Mentee Guidelines

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Guidelines for Mentors

Mentor Guidelines

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Benefits of Mentoring

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Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion

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Most Recent Articles

What Is Career Promotion Anxiety and How To Prevent It

 Career Progression Anxiety
Career Promotion Anxiety is the feeling of uneasiness or fear of the work associated with the career promotion. While getting a promotion may seem to be a fulfilling and rewarding experience, you may also feel overwhelmed and nervous about your new role. A lot of employees have experienced getting anxious in their promoted careers.
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Coaching – Quick Tips to help HR Business Partners and People Managers

 Coaching Skills for Managers
Coaching and Mentoring are often referred to together as one method for personal development support. There are some similarities between the two, but also some differences. Coaching is so important because it helps build trust and shows your interest and concern for people as well as your organisation. Done well, coaching can also enhance potential – a good coach recognises people’s abilities and focuses on developing their skills.
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The Benefits of PushFar's Open Mentoring Network

 PushFar's Mentoring Platform
Founded in 2019, PushFar is the world’s leading open-network career progress platform, offering hundreds of organisations an efficient and cost-effective way to set up and run scalable mentoring programs. Since the start, our goal has been to form an environment where mentoring relationships can be built to last, making it easier for everyone to benefit from the amazing wonders of mentoring
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Giving & Receiving Feedback: Top Tips for People Managers, Mentors and Mentees

 Mentoring Feedback
As a people manager or mentor do encourage your team, each employee or your mentee to seek feedback regularly and demonstrate this habit yourself. Feedback is one way of helping another person to consider changing a behaviour. All behaviour conveys a message and is therefore a form of communication
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11 Tips That Can Help You When Changing Career Paths or Industries

 Career Paths
Are you interested in a new career? Do you want to join a new industry? Is your workplace making you feel bored? If you answered yes to any of these questions (or all of them), then change could be just what you need. There are many reasons people are looking to switch paths in life
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The 5 Mobile Mentoring Apps You Need for Your Mentoring Program In 2021

 Mentoring Apps and Mobile Software
The mobile era is among us, with the number of mobile users quickly taking over any other device. Although this is already an industry displaying tremendous growth, statistics show a 23.3% rise in mobile app downloads since the pandemic with an expected 45% overall increase from 2017 by the end of 2021
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The 9 Most Common Soft Skills Employers Want

 Employee Soft Skills
Candidates who maintain strong soft skills are currently in high demand by employers. Although every job specification declares the hard skills required, there are still particular soft skills companies look for when bringing people into the organisation
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11 Tips For Writing The Perfect CV in 2021

 CV and Resume Review
Writing a great CV is one of the most difficult hurdles we face while job hunting. With the market becoming increasingly competitive and recruiters only having a quick browse through before determining your fate at the company, it’s vital to make a lasting impression.
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Returning to the office? Here are 5 top tips to make the transition easier!

 Returning to Offices
You’ve just got the company email, they want you back in the office next week. One day you're at home with your dog by your side and the flexibility to work from the garden on those sunny days, and the next you find yourself on the daily commute
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5 Reasons Why Your Retiring Employees Could Be The Perfect Mentor

 Mentoring for Retired Professionals
Attracting and keeping employees has become increasingly important, with an enormous decrease in employee satisfaction over the last few years. As well as showing an improvement in satisfaction, there are many benefits seen when a company implements a mentoring program
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