WAM NY's Mentorship Program
Fall 2019
WAMNY is at the forefront of expanding leadership and personal & professional development opportunities for women in the financial inclusion, microfinance and social entrepreneurship space. We bring together a trailblazing community of thought-leaders, investors, change-makers, practitioners and organizations through a diverse, rich and robust events calendar that advances the collective voice of women’s leadership.
In the interest of expanding the learning opportunities for our members, WAMNY has created its Mentorship Program. This program seeks to leverage on the power of our amazing network matching mentors and mentees as well as providing guides to make this process successful both for mentors and mentees. WAMNY will provide the platform for participants to connect over a three-month period of the mentorship, during which it will host a series of events for mentors and mentees. We will be hosting the second cohort of this program from September to December 2019.
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Mentors Profile
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What You Can Expect
The program will be hosting two mentorship options:
Career Advancement
Ideal Mentee
You have been working for a while in your current job and are planning on making a move to advance your professional career. This change could be moving to a new organization and/or advance within your current organization.
Ideal Mentor
You have seen it all (or at least a lot). You understand the politics of an organization and navigating it for career growth. You have been working in your field at least for a decade and now want to give back.
Career Change
Ideal Mentee
You have been working for a while but don’t find you current job, industry, financial area motivating and/or interesting anymore. You know you want to make a change and sometimes it feels overwhelming. Often you feel you don’t even know where to start.
Ideal Mentor
You are an industry expert. You are familiar with and involved in networks and associations of your particular industry, can name the top players and are connected in the industry the mentee would like to transition to. You feel comfortable making introductions and advocating for a capable outsider.
Career Advancement
Ideal Mentee
You have been working for a while in your current job and are planning on making a move to advance your professional career. This change could be moving to a new organization and/or advance within your current organization.
Ideal Mentor
You have seen it all (or at least a lot). You understand the politics of an organization and navigating it for career growth. You have been working in your field at least for a decade and now want to give back.
Career Change
Ideal Mentee
You have been working for a while but don’t find you current job, industry, financial area motivating and/or interesting anymore. You know you want to make a change and sometimes it feels overwhelming. Often you feel you don’t even know where to start.
Ideal Mentor
You are an industry expert. You are familiar with and involved in networks and associations of your particular industry, can name the top players and are connected in the industry the mentee would like to transition to. You feel comfortable making introductions and advocating for a capable outsider.
Program Logistics
All candidates will be notified if they have been selected to participated by Monday, September 16th. WAMNY will match qualified mentors and mentees after a kickoff event on Monday, September 23th were mentors and mentees will get a chance to meet in person. While we will do our best to pair all applicants (both mentors and mentees) experience, not everyone will be matched.
The program guided by WAMNY will run from September to December 2019, though we encourage pairs to keep in touch as appropriate based on the agreed goals per pair. We encourage all of our participant to save the date for these events as they will be unique opportunities for you to network with the 2019 mentorship program cohort. Attendance to the September 23th event is mandatory.
These are the event dates we will be hosting, please save the date early.
The deadline to apply is Monday, September 2, 2019.
TO APPLY:
Mentee application
Mentor application
The program guided by WAMNY will run from September to December 2019, though we encourage pairs to keep in touch as appropriate based on the agreed goals per pair. We encourage all of our participant to save the date for these events as they will be unique opportunities for you to network with the 2019 mentorship program cohort. Attendance to the September 23th event is mandatory.
These are the event dates we will be hosting, please save the date early.
- Monday, September 23th 6:30-8:30 pm: Kickoff Event - Matching (mandatory)
- Wednesday, October 9th 6:30- 8:30 pm: Career Advancement Workshop
- Tuesday, November 11th 6:30-8:30 pm: Happy Hour
- Tuesday, December 10th 6:30-8:30 pm: Closure event
The deadline to apply is Monday, September 2, 2019.
TO APPLY:
Mentee application
Mentor application
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].