SME Mentoring is our not-for-profit activity as a part of SME Mentoring 1on1, first introduced in 2011 in HCMC. SME Mentoring helps to get community members closer and establish a mentoring culture, making it our feature activity. In 2015, KisStartup Cofounder and Manager Nguyen Dang Tuan Minh becam Manager of SME Mentoring & Networking Hanoi.
Find out more about SME Mentoring 1:1 in Vietnam in general and HCMC, Hanoi in particular here: http://www.mentoring1on1.com
Find out more about startup mentoring (in Vietnamese) here: http://www.covankhoinghiep.com
Join SME Mentoring in Hanoi and HCMC to learn and share with other mentors and mentees here: http://facebook.com/groups/smehanoigroup/ and https://www.facebook.com/groups/smesaigongroup/
Mentoring Application Guide for Mentor and Mentee:
A. For Mentor
Step 1: Submit your LinkedIn CV. If you haven’t created yet, create one to enable mentee to know more about you.
Step 2: In Personal Statement, you need to clarify:
- Why do you want to be a mentor?
- What do you do for mentee?
- What do you expect from the mentoring program?
Step 3: After your application form is verified, we will hold an orientation day to instruct and match mentors with mentees.
Step 4: Mentor meets mentee at least once per month for at least 1 hour. If relationship breaks, mentor or mentee may be asked to leave the program.
Step 5: In case of unsuitability, in the first 03 months each party can stop mentoring.
B. For Mentee
Step 1: Submit your LinkedIn CV. If you haven’t created yet, create one so that mentor can know more about you.
Step 2: In Personal Statement, you need to clarify:
- Why do you need a mentor?
- What do you expect from your mentor?
- What do you expect from the mentoring program?
Step 3: After your application form is verified, we will hold an orientation day for both mentors and mentees.
Step 4: You meet your mentor at least once per month for at least 1 hour. If relationship breaks, mentor or mentee may be asked to leave the program.
Step 5: In case of unsuitability, in the first 03 months each party can stop mentoring.
Besides, according to regulations of SME Mentoring Hanoi, both mentor and mentee have to pay a fee of 1.200.000 dongs/individual/year (one million two hundred thousand dongs per individual per year) to increase commitment and make mentoring a part of learning and growing up together.
Photo: SME Mentoring Hanoi mentors-mentees 2016
