Membership

Engage in Mentoring

Welcome!

PAA Mentor Match, a new benefit for members, is an online tool that connects mentors and mentees to share experiences and provide guidance to industry peers for career development.

The Mentor Match program reflects our commitment to you and your professional development. This unique online networking and career development tool helps you find, connect and share experiences with others. Your mentor or mentee can be in the same city or on the other side of the world. You can apply to our Mentor Match program in four simple steps: 

Complete your profile

Complete your PAA Engage member profile. Make sure your contact information is up to date, add a recent professional profile picture, expand on your bio and import your education and job history information from LinkedIn. Having a complete and accurate profile is crucial to the success of selection and matching. Profile complete? Return back to this page and move on to step 2. 

Enroll

Are you looking to be a mentor or mentee? Perhaps both? Sign up: 

Enroll as a Mentor  or  Enroll as a Mentee

Make selections for each of the program demographics to set your preferences. Demographics include: topics, venue, specialties, career stage and start/end date. Please note that some fields are required for enrollment. The more information you provide, the easier it will be to make the best match. Keep in mind in order to request a mentor or mentee, you must be enrolled in the program.

Search

Mentees: Use the Mentor Program Directory to input your search criteria and find a Mentor. Start by selecting the topic(s) of interest which include: 

• Career stage
• Area of specialization
• Professional field
• Topics you want to discuss

You can also take advantage of features to help you find and recruit matches: 

• Track your mentoring relationships
• Participate in discussion forums on mentoring topics
• Search for helpful mentoring resources 

Connect

Congratulations! You're close. You completed steps 1-3 and are now ready for the fun stuff. Search the Mentoring Directory. Do one search or multiple searches. If you're unsure of the search criteria, select "Search for ALL of the selected values." The Mentor Program Directory will do the work for you and populate the results. 

Next click on the member's name that you're interested in establishing a mentor/mentee connection with. The link will bring you to their profile page. Look around. If you think it's a desired match, look under their profile image for the Mentor Match badge, click to request a connection. If it's not a desired match, you can simply select the back button to return to your previous search results. 

You will receive a notice when the match has been approved.

Also, don't forget to view our Mentoring FAQs.