Meeting a stranger to be your mentor

[anthonyxavier]

Hi everyone,

recently someone just reached out to me on Linkedin after reviewing my profile and decides to offer me a mentorship program. This program seems to be exclusive and the selection process for mentees seems to be stringent. However, I have only met this person face-to-face once online. He seems like a nice person and genuine as well and he is not too far from my age. He has just graduated from a local university and is currently looking for a full-time job.

A little bit about the mentorship program, it is basically having someone who is successful to be your mentor and guide you in life. There is no need to follow the career of the mentor and you are free to choose your own career, your mentor is just there to give you advice. He will guide you along the way as well in achieving your goals and he plays a supporting role. However, he will need you to spend time studying the material he gives you as well, such as self-development books and then doing a review on them. This is also not a paid program.

However, I am still relatively young and is undergoing university. I wish to be able to achieve my dreams and support my parents but I am not sure what is my next step supposed to be. Should I give this mentorship program a shot?

It seems that there is not much of a catch except you need to devote your time to learning and self-development.

 

[Inbonum]

Smells bad… I would never use it.

A little bit about the mentorship program, it is basically having someone who is successful to be your mentor and guide you in life. There is no need to follow the career of the mentor and you are free to choose your own career, your mentor is just there to give you advice. He will guide you along the way as well in achieving your goals and he plays a supporting role. However, he will need you to spend time studying

Jesus is better.

 

[Irishmom2]

It does seem odd that he is offering Instead of you seeking someone out.

Also, what would he be mentoring you on if he just graduated and is looking for a job? I always think of someone mentoring that has actual experience at something.

I think the offer doesn’t seem legit.

 

[ImQuiet]

It seems that there is not much of a catch except you need to devote your time to learning and self-development.

If something’s sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Ask around, see if anyone else has heard of this program and if there’s a catch to it, because 99.99% of the time there is.
I underwent a similar-sounding mentorship program in highschool and it essentially boiled down to me doing a bunch of research with little direction on what I was supposed to be researching.
It was a valuable experience overall, but very different from what I was led to believe.