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Mentorship Program
The Harvard Business Review describes mentoring as “one of the highest returns on investment, as it enables one to use what has been learned and essentially ‘pay it forward,’ shaping the next generation of leaders.”
We're thrilled to announce that Women in Automotive Technology has launched a mentorship program to help women learn from women (and supportive men). We want to empower those with more experience to share their knowledge, skills, and journey. And we want rising women to learn from those who’ve walked before them to grow their careers and network.
Apply to be a Mentor or Mentee
Before applying, please read through our program overview below.
About Our Mentorship Program
We started this program to help WAT members find great mentor or mentee relationships that can lead to personal growth, shared learning, and (hopefully!) long-running connections. Our mentorship program is a community-based initiative where members of the WAT community can apply to be a mentor/mentee. We match the best mentor/mentee pairs based on similar attributes and goals.
Matched participants for the Spring 2025 cohort are expected to meet at least three times between April to June 2025. We help facilitate a good mentorship relationship by providing mentor/mentee guides, check-in surveys, and regular check-ins.
Who Should Apply?
People looking for a longer-term mentorship connection
We encourage you to apply if you are looking to build a mutually beneficial ongoing mentorship relationship that (hopefully) extends far beyond the three months of the program. Our ultimate goal with this program is to foster great connections that continue far into the future - and this has indeed been the experience for many of our past participants! We don't expect this to happen for every match, but hope that our applicants are open to this type of possibility.
If you are planning to apply as a mentee, we highly encourage you to also apply as a mentor
For every level up the ladder you're trying to climb, there are at least 3 people trying to figure out how you got to where you are now. If you want to gain some benefit as a mentee, we strongly encourage that you also give back by participating as a mentor yourself 🫶 In past cohorts, we've had 5x more mentees than mentors, so it helps us to have more even pools of mentors and mentees to match from.
Who Should Not Apply?
Don't apply if you are looking for a transactional or one-time interaction. If you are looking for advice for a one-off problem, or just need one meeting to help with a specific task, a mentorship relationship is probably not the right solution.
You shouldn't apply if you just need someone to help give you referrals. Our program focuses on building meaningful mentorship connections rather than networking for job referrals.