Mentoring Resources & Articles
The latest on mentoring guidelines, news and mentoring software updates from PushFar.
How Can I Improve My Career Progression?
Career progression. It's not always as easy as it may at first appear. On some level, every day that we spend working is progression. But we know that that's not how it always feels. The grind in your job - whether you love or hate your work - can be relentless. It's so common for students, graduates and professionals at all levels to feel despondent
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5 Proven Strategies to Reduce Employee Absenteeism
Employee absenteeism can have a crippling effect on businesses, reducing productivity and increasing costs. In this article, we share five proven strategies employers can implement to reduce employee absenteeism.
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5 Tips on Keeping Mentees Engaged in Your Mentorship Program
It takes some strategy and finesse to operate a mentorship program that lasts and reaches its potential. If you are facilitating (or planning to start) a mentorship program, these tips can help you identify ways that you can build or strengthen your program to achieve maximum engagement.
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Most Recent Articles
12 Essential Tips All New University Students Should Follow
The shift from school to university can often feel daunting and overwhelming, it’s impossible not to feel a rollercoaster of emotions. It’s not only a change in education but a dramatic transformation for your independence away from your parents. Preparing for your new life at university is an exciting time and shouldn’t be spoiled by worrying thoughts.
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How to Get a Scholarship to Study Abroad
Scholarships are the best-known financial assistance for students. They are most often merit-based (or academic-based), but they can be based on leadership, sports, volunteering, etc. Many are sustainable based on outlined requirements by the institution, but these tend to be ones that are offered to start from the second semester onwards.
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30 Uplifting Mentoring Quotes That Will Inspire You
Whether you're looking to join a new career or even just wanting to upskill, finding the right mentor can greatly improve your chances of success. Without mentoring, some of the household names listed below wouldn’t be where they are today and the world wouldn’t have some of it’s infamous innovations.
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What are Hybrid Jobs?
Technology has been disrupting almost every job out there changing multiple aspects of each of them. We are going to explore one such case wherein technology has caused a rather interesting change: Hybrid Jobs. What are they? Will there be more of it? And How to be prepared?
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10 Top Ways to Recruit Mentors Within Your Business
How effective your mentoring program is entirely dependent on the participants you recruit. Mentoring within an organisation is becoming increasingly significant with 67% of businesses reporting an increase in productivity and 55% stating an increase in profits due to mentoring programs. Starting a program within your company is the start of truly exciting times ahead and a chance for real transformation.
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9 Reasons Why You Should Consider Being Mentored Before 2022
From the beginning of time, we've relied on the advice and guidance of others. We always see and hear stories about the benefits of being mentored or mentoring, but do we truly recognise the value being a mentee brings to our lives? 97% of professionals who have a mentor, believe they are valuable and make an immense impact, however, only 37% of professionals are involved in a mentoring relationship.
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How Companies Can Help Employees Achieve Financial Wellness
Even before Covid-19 shook our entire humanity and disrupted our lives, employees have already reported finances as their number one source of stress. This is more than their work situations, health issues, and family affairs. With the problems that the pandemic further pushed into their field of view, financial stress has only doubled, heightening their concerns and anxieties about how they will manage their money.
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What Is Career Promotion Anxiety and How To Prevent It
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 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
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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