By Peter Cline, Head of Community at MilMentor
Every day, service members, veterans and spouses are using MilMentor to take real steps toward their next career. Over five thousand mentees have joined in eight months, and more than 1,000 mentors, from executives and recruiters at Fortune 500 companies to small business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals in nearly every industry, are ready to help.
MilMentor is an innovative technology platform launched last year by an all-veteran and military spouse team who saw a massive gap in the community after a popular mentorship option shut down. They built it to meet a simple need: to make it even easier for the military-connected community to connect directly with people who can help them advance their careers. In just months, it has become the go-to on-demand mentorship platform for the military community, growing daily and helping thousands through word of mouth and shared success stories.
This is more than a platform. It’s a movement built by and for those who serve and support them.
Real Conversations
On MilMentor, anyone in the military community can sign up for free, browse mentors by company, role or topic, and instantly book calls with as many mentors as they’d like, when they’d like. The process is simple. Choose a time, confirm and you’re set. Mentors get reminders. Mentees get guidance. The platform handles everything, so the focus stays on what matters, the conversation itself.
Each call includes an interactive agenda to help both sides prepare and get the most from their time together. Whether it’s resume help, interview coaching, a referral or clarity about a new career path, mentors know how to guide you toward the next step, and they span almost every major company!
And it’s working. Mentees are landing jobs, even at their mentors’ companies! Others are discovering missteps that were holding them back and finding confidence they didn’t know they’d lost. Every week, new success stories come in: a military spouse breaking into cybersecurity, a transitioning Marine landing a tech role, an Army veteran starting a business after learning from a founder who had done it before.
Intelligent Platform
What makes MilMentor different isn’t just the size of the community and how engaged it is; it’s how intelligently it runs behind the scenes. A fine-tuned algorithm informed by thousands of calls recommends the best possible mentors to users based on their background, goals and interests. Additionally, the system manages all sending of invites and follows up with reminders, suggested next calls and encouragement at every stage.
Plus, unlike other mentorship programs, users are in total control! You schedule as many calls as you want with as many mentors as you want and have no ongoing commitment.
Extensive Roster
MilMentor’s roster is unmatched. You’ll find mentors from every top employer and Fortune 500 you know, as well as from defense contractors, startups and nonprofits. They include recruiters, engineers, cybersecurity professionals, product managers, high-level executives and founders.
Some mentors are veterans or spouses who’ve already made the jump into civilian careers. Others are civilian professionals who simply want to give back. All volunteer their time because they know one conversation can change everything.
That mix has created a community that reflects the best of what career transition can look like when people work together.
Coming Soon
The next step for MilMentor is already underway and beyond mentorship. The platform will very soon include integrated careers where users can view open jobs and instantly connect with mentors who work at those companies to bring mentorship and careers even closer. Imagine seeing a position at your dream company and being able to speak directly with someone on the inside for tips, resume notes and a referral before you apply, all with one click and at no cost.
It’s all part of one login, one profile and one mission, to bring mentorship, jobs and career events together in one place. Always free, always incredibly easy-to-use and built entirely for the military-connected community.
Join the Mission
If you’re a veteran, spouse, guard or reserve member, or simply a professional who wants to help others, MilMentor is where you belong.
Find a mentor. Become one. Connect with others who understand your journey and can actually help you reach your next goal. MilMentor is free, always available and already changing thousands of lives.
Pictured: Peter Cline, Head of Community at MilMentor
Visit MilMentor.com to create your profile as a mentor, or a mentee today. Find your next step. Be the reason someone else finds theirs. Join MilMentor today.
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