A mentor is a person who is able to guide you due to his/her personal experience or advice. Often the mentor who a mentee acquires through The Science Mentor Program has a somewhat similar educational background and a job in industry matching the career dreams of the mentee. This combination potentially allows for a smoother transition for the mentee into industry to get the desired career.
By getting a mentor, the mentee gets an insight into the life after academia and an idea of how other people have made the transition into an industrial career. By personalizing the mentee-mentor match, mentors in highly relevant jobs are able to guide and help the mentee. Furthermore, getting a mentor will help expand the professional network.
In detail the mentee-mentor matching process takes 3 things into consideration:
From these 3 points we may find a match in our database or find a new mentor meeting the mentee’s wishes.
Participating companies include: Unisense, Novo Nordisk, Grundfoss, Vestas, Weekendavisen, Lundbeck, Haldor Topsøe, Dupont, Vald. Birn, Siemens Windpower, Arla foods ingredients, DTI, Novo Ventures and Philips Healthcare.
