How can I update my Mentor profile?
In your Mentor settings, you can update different items:
Your summary is the first thing mentees will read when browsing through mentors. It helps them determine if you’re a good match for a mentoring session, so it’s important to make it as impactful as possible.
Make sure to include a (short) summary of your past experiences, and to list several ways in which you can help a mentee.
Other things to consider include:
What are some of the topics that you love to mentor on?
What makes you a good mentor?
Who exactly should work with you?
What challenges are they facing?
Where are they in their career?
What will a mentee get out of working with you?
An example of an impactful mentor bio:
"I am Software Engineer turned Architect turned leader. I love coaching and mentoring engineers and leaders on a wide variety of topics including leadership, communication, change management, and organizational design. I love talking about recruiting, hiring and onboarding, having spent the last year doubling my organization and hiring over 100 engineers. I have enjoyed creating a learning organization. I believe in focusing on what you control, and that we're always competing with ourself yesterday."
Update your mentor summary by navigating to your Settings > Profile > About you (direct link here)
This information is notably used to match you with mentees.
Update your experience by navigating to your Settings > Profile > More information (direct link here) - make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the page
You can choose to receive invites on other email addresses than your primary email address, in order to make sure you don't miss your Plato mentorship sessions.
Add a secondary email by navigating to your Settings > Calendars (direct link here)
You can opt in/out of weekly summaries and call reminders.
Update your notification preferences by navigating to your Settings > Notifications (direct link here)
Need more help? You can contact us:
Via Crisp chat on our webpage
Via Slack on the #support channel
Via email to mentorship-success@platohq.com
Your mentor summary
Your summary is the first thing mentees will read when browsing through mentors. It helps them determine if you’re a good match for a mentoring session, so it’s important to make it as impactful as possible.
Make sure to include a (short) summary of your past experiences, and to list several ways in which you can help a mentee.
Other things to consider include:
What are some of the topics that you love to mentor on?
What makes you a good mentor?
Who exactly should work with you?
What challenges are they facing?
Where are they in their career?
What will a mentee get out of working with you?
An example of an impactful mentor bio:
"I am Software Engineer turned Architect turned leader. I love coaching and mentoring engineers and leaders on a wide variety of topics including leadership, communication, change management, and organizational design. I love talking about recruiting, hiring and onboarding, having spent the last year doubling my organization and hiring over 100 engineers. I have enjoyed creating a learning organization. I believe in focusing on what you control, and that we're always competing with ourself yesterday."
Update your mentor summary by navigating to your Settings > Profile > About you (direct link here)
Information about your past and current experience
This information is notably used to match you with mentees.
Update your experience by navigating to your Settings > Profile > More information (direct link here) - make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the page
Your email address(es)
You can choose to receive invites on other email addresses than your primary email address, in order to make sure you don't miss your Plato mentorship sessions.
Add a secondary email by navigating to your Settings > Calendars (direct link here)
Your preferences on email notifications
You can opt in/out of weekly summaries and call reminders.
Update your notification preferences by navigating to your Settings > Notifications (direct link here)
Need more help? You can contact us:
Via Crisp chat on our webpage
Via Slack on the #support channel
Via email to mentorship-success@platohq.com
Updated on: 02/21/2023