Mentors4u – Presentation for the
students
March 2015
Mentors4U
Executive Summary
Mentors4u – Who we are
 Mentors4u is a non-profit mentoring initiative for students of all Italian Universities and Italian students abroad, launched in 2014 by a
group of Italian alumni of Harvard Business School
 Mentors4u wants to help, entirely for free, young talented students interested in a successful business career (Mentee) to get high quality
mentoring
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guidance from y
young
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professionals ((Mentor),
), who will offer their advices to mentees on how to craft a career
path that will allow them to make best use of their talent
 The Mentors4u network is comprised of:
o 400 Mentors with excellent academic and professional experiences (55% have an MBA in one of the top 10 schools in the world);
o 12 Senior Mentors, inspirational Italian business leaders;
o 250 Mentees selected among 1.000 applications received in the first round of selection, representing 29 universities.
 95% off the
th Mentees
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rates
t the
th program excellent
ll t or great!
t!
What we offer to the selected students
1. A Mentor, allocated on the basis of the preferences expressed by the students during the application process. The Mentor will provide direct
and personalized guidance to support Mentees in their academic and professional decisions
2. Access to a network of talented and motivated Mentees, excellent Mentors and inspiring and succesful Senior Mentors.
3. Access to an online portal, with a personale profile and mailbox, where the Mentees can:
o Comunicate with the members of the community through the wall;
o Access the directory of the members of the program;
o Access to a knowledge center with more than 200 articles, guides and helpful content to understand various career paths and
prepare
p
p
for interviews.
4. Access to the Newsletter4u, with helpful advice from our Mentors and Senior Mentors and the stories of the Mentees.
5. Events and workshops organized by Mentors4u with the support of Senior Mentors and our Partner companies.
6. Visibility with our Partner Companies.
Apply to become a Mentee!
 Apply at http://www.mentors4u.com/it/home/applicaMentee
 Applications online will remain open until 9th of June, with the aim to select 500 new Mentees:
o Students who apply before the 9th of April will know the outcome of their application by the 30th of May;
o Students who apply after the 9th of will know the outcome of their application by the 14th of September.
 All the applicants will have immediate and continuous access to our Knowledge Center and Newsletter, regardless of the outcome of
their application.
application
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Agenda
•
Mentors4u: who we are and what we do
•
The project in details
•
The application process
•
Team and contacts
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What do we mean by
y ‘Mentoring’?
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""Mentoring is a process for
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h
informal transmission of
knowledge social capital,
capital and
knowledge,
the psychosocial support
relevant to work, career, or
professional development
between a person who is
i d tto h
t
perceived
have greater
relevant knowledge, wisdom, or
experience (the Mentor) and a
person who is perceived to have
less (the Mentee)”
Source: Wikipedia
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Mentors4u: What we do and Why
y we do it
Vision
• Unlock the talent of capable and
motivated young students, particularly
those with limited access to mentoring
and guidance
We help talented university
students express at best their
potential and realize their
professional dreams
• Create a communuity based on
merit,, inside of which favour the
exchange of ideas and content helpful
for the personal and professional
development of all the members
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Contribute
t ib t to
t th
the development
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l
t and
d
progress of our Country, supporting
its younger talented generation
• Become a point of reference and a
source of inspiration for other
mentoring programs in Italy and Europe
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Members of the Community
y
Senior
Mentors
(10-15)
Mentors
(400+))
(400
Mentees
(500+)
Who are they?
Some of the most influential Italian business leaders and academics.
Role
They provide high-level experience and a long term perspective to
Mentees through messages and interviews published on the web platform.
Who are they?
Talented young professionals with 5-10 years of work experience
leading organizations and excellent academic backgrounds.
Role
They build a personal and direct relationship to help Mentees identify
not only the career options that most matches the Mentees’ talent level
and professional interests but also how to get there.
Who are they?
Students of Business Administration and Managerial Engineering in Italian
Universities, Italian students studying abroad, or more generally any
students interested in a career in Business Management or
Finance. Selection is based on CV, motivations and mentorship needs.
Support they receive
• Students
St d t are given
i
a personall Mentor
M t
t help
to
h l identify
id tif the
th students’
t d t ’
best career options and evaluate how to pursue these options.
• Students can access the online Community, where they can interact
and share content with other mentors and mentees.
• Students p
participate
p
in an annual event with Mentors and Senior
Mentors.
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Senior Mentor, ambassadors of the program
Inspirational Leaders of some of the best corporate and academic institutions in Italy and abroad,
Senior Mentors provide Mentors and Mentees with their vision and experience:
ROGER ABRAVANEL
Writer, Columnist and
Emeritus Director of
McKinsey
MAURIZIO DALLOCCHIO
Università Bocconi
Corporate Finance Professor
MAURIZIA IACHINO
Key2People
Partner
STEFANO BERALDO
Oviesse
CEO
LUCA GARAVOGLIA
Campari Group
Chairman
DANTE ROSCINI
Harvard Business School
Professor of Management
PIETRO BOROLI
DeAgostini Editore
Chairman
ANNA GERVASONI
AIFI
General Director
DOMENICO SINISCALCO
Morgan Stanley
Vice Chairman
GIOVANNI CAGNOLI
Bain & Company Italy
CEO
CLAUDIO GIULIANO
Innogest
Managing Director
GIANMARIO TONDATO
Gruppo Autogrill
CEO
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The Network of Mentor
400
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55%
60%
Mentor (+50% in the
Years of average work
Have an MBA from one
Live or work abroad,
last 3 months), 200 of
experience, 27
27-38
38 years
of the top
top-10
10 Business
100% have significant
them already active
old (average age 32)
School in the World
international experience
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Current Occupation
Current Employer
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32% Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Credit
Investment Banking
Suisse, DB, Rotchild, etc.
Consulting
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30%
23%
Corporate
8%
Finance (excl. IB)
Entreprenuership
Other
Bain, McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte, Accenture, Booz,
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Value
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Partners,
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PWC,
PWC etc.
t
L’Oréal, Toyota, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Unilever,
Google, GE, Amazon, Gucci, Yoox, etc.
BC Partners, Bain Capital, Cinven, Carlyle, Exor,
Investcorp, Investindustrial,
Investcorp
Investindustrial etc.
etc
Rocket Internet, Dalani, Vaxess, Face It, Travelnuts,
Opportunity Network, etc.
5%
2%
Telethon, United Nations, Confindustria, Harvard
University, Bocconi University, etc.
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The First Class of Mentee
Results of the first round of applications
Mentors4u 2014 Class Profile
% of Mentee
Gender
25%
1002
Region of
origin
40%
250
Applications received
15th May and
31st July 2014
Academic
Level
Students Selected
15th September
2014
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GPA
[GPA range]
F (35%)
M (65%)
South
(19%)
Foreign
(2%)
North
Central (51%)
(28%)
Specialistica
(MSc)
Triennale
(52%)
(BSc)
(48%)
28,7/30
28 7/30
[24-30L]
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Agenda
•
Mentors4u: who we are and what we do
•
The project in details
•
The application process
•
Team and contacts
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The p
project
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in practice
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We create an active
community by allowing
members to interact
via our online portal
and by
y participating
p
p
g in
workshops and events
we organize
We foster the creation of
fruitful and lasting
mentoring relationships,
th o gh regular
through
eg la
contacts between
Mentor and Mentee (via
call, video call and in
person meetings)
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Community
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S l ti
Selection
A platform of
excellent
students
t d t and
d
succesful
professionals
unique in
Europe
3.
Mentoring
2.
Matching
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We select excellent
students from every
part of Italy on the
basis of performance,
motivation, diversity,
mentoring need
We match them with
young succesful Mentors
with excellent experiences
in the professional areas
of interest to the Mentees,
based on the
preferences expressed
by the students in their
application
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1. The Selection
• St
Students
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Italian
li
universities,
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iti
or It
Italian
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students
t d t
studying abroad
Who are the
mentee?
• Students from second year of the BSc (laurea triennale)
to the
h last
l
year off the
h MSc
S (laurea
(l
specialistica)
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• Students with excellent academic performance, strong
extracurricular activities, talent and motivation
• Students interested in careers in consulting, banking,
multinationals, Italian corporates, investment funds, noprofit, entrepreneurship
p
p
p
• Students who believe in the value of mentorship and
that they can benefit from having access to more
p
p
y brainstorm on how
experienced
professionals and jjointly
to transform the mentee’s professional dreams into reality
• Students who actively participate in the community of
Mentors4u
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2. The Matching
g between Mentor and Mentee
Matching Criteria
Professional
Ambitions
A concrete example
Region of
origin
The best
Mentor for
each
Mentee
Passions
and
interests
Vittorio
Mentor
Gaetano
Mentee
Consulting
Consulting
Region of
origin
Calabria
Calabria
University
Business,
Bocconi
Business,
Università
di Genova
Passions and
interests
Start-up,
S
Military
Lyceum
Running,
start-up,
Military
Lyceum
Professional
Ambitions
University
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3. The Mentoring
g Relationship
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Mentoring interactions can
take place through calls,
video calls or in person
•
Every Mentor-Mentee has
the freedom to set up their
mentoring relationship in
the way that best suits
them, respecting though the
minimum “mentoring
dosage” of one call each
semester
•
Mentors4u monitors the
evolution of the mentoring
relationship through the
Mentoring Tracker
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4. Benefits for the Mentee
Relationship with
a selected Mentor
1
Scholarships and
benefits (Phase 2)
A personal
relationship with a
motivated Mentor that
fits the criteria
indicated during the
application process
Tailored academic
and professional
guidance
Direct and
personalized
guidance to support
Mentees in their
academic and
professional decisions
6
Access to scholarships
and benefits offered by
our sponsors
2
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Exclusive events
3
Social networking
Access to high
quality content
An excellent network
of contacts with Senior
Mentors, Mentors and
other Mentees
A Knowledge
K
l d
Center
C t
with more than 200
articles, guides and
other content shared.
Aq
quarterly
y
Newsletter
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Events and
workshops organized
by Mentors4u with the
help of Senior Mentor
and Sponsor
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The online protal Mentors4U
Wall
Personal Profile
Personal Mailbox
Directory
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Knowledge Center
Mentoring Tracker
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The Newsletter4u
Aq
quarterly
y newsletter with plenty
p
y of interest and original
g
content generated
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by
y the
community Mentors4u, for Mentor, Mentee and the student that will complete the application
Inspirational
messages from the
Senior Mentor…
…overview of
different career
paths…
…the stories of our
Mentor and Mentee…
…and much
more!
First edition – March 2015
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A Knowledge
g Center for everyone
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100% = 750
Our Knowledge Center
• The Knowledge Center for
Mentors4U collects helpful
i t
interview
i
guides
id and
d iinspiring
i i
documents. We want to help
the users in making the right
career decisions and
preparing
p
p
g well for interviews
• Contains more than 200
documents, organized by
themes and easily accesible
and downloadable
• The KC is accessible by all
the the members of
Mentors4U, as well as by
the students that were not
succesful
f l in
i their
th i application
li ti
Usefulness of the Knowledge Center
Excellent (5/5)
Great (4/5)
Good (3/5)
Decent (2/5)
Insufficient (1/5)
52%
92%
Rates the KC
excellent or
great
40%
8%
“Look and feel” and accessability
Excellent (5/5)
33%
95%
Great (4/5)
Good (3/5)
53%
Decent (2/5)
Insufficient (1/5)
12%
2%
Rates the look
and feel
positvely
Frequency of use
Daily
Weakly
Monthly
L
Less
than
th
monthly
thl
Never
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23%
48%
25%
3%
1%
72%
Uses the KC
at least once a
month
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Encouraging
g g results so far
• 248 Mentees say they are regularly in
touch with their Mentors
• 98% of Mentors rate the program as
II’m
m so glad there are initiatives like
Mentors4u that believe in the
potential of youth and help us make
our dreams come true!
[Francesca, University of Bolzano, Mentee]
very good or excellent
First meeting with my Mentee. I can
see great motivation, energy and
good attitude: that’s what Italy
really needs!
• 95%
of Mentees consider
the relationship with their
Mentor very good or excellent
•
[Federico, Biotech PM in Paris, Mentor]
Our Knowledge Center is
regularly used from all 1,000
applicants and is rated as very
92%
useful by
respondents
My Mentor is teaching me that I can
be successful and satisfied both in
my work and in my life. I’ve never
been so motivated and happy and
Mentors4u played a big role in it!
of
[Giulia, Bocconi University, Mentee]
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Agenda
•
Mentors4u: who we are and what we do
•
The project in details
•
The application process
•
Team and contacts
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We are looking to welcome 500 high potential
M t
Mentee
in
i th
the Class
Cl
off 2015
• http://www.mentors4u.com/it/home/applicaMentee
How to apply
• We ask for your acadameic and extracurricular experiences, a
motivation letter and the caracteristics of your ideal Mentor
• Average time needed to complete the form – 30 minutes
• From the 9th of March to the 9th of June
When to apply
• Students who apply before the 9th of April will know the ouctome
of their application by the 30th of May
• Students who apply after the 9th of April will know the ouctome of
their application by the 14th of September
Selection
Criteria
Immediate
Benefits
• Academic and extracurricular performance
• Motivation
• Mentoring need / potential impact of the program
• At the completion of the application,
application you will have immediate and
continuous access to our knowledge center and newsletter,
regardless of the outcome of your application
• If selected before the 30th of May, you will be invited to the first
annual Conference
f
Mentors4u the 5th off June in Milan
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Agenda
•
Mentors4u: who we are and what we do
•
The project in details
•
The application process
•
Team and contacts
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The Mentors4u Team
Support Team
CARLOTTA SINISCALCO
Chief Editor
Senior Associate, Advent
MBA Stanford
LAURA COMUNELLO
VP Admissions
Consultant, Nielsen
MBA IE
Leadership Team
STEFANIA BOROLI
Co-Founder
Manager, Idea SGR
MBA HBS
DIMITRIOS TZIVELIS
Co-Founder
Principal, BC Partners
MBA HBS
ALBERTO FARRONI
VP Events
MBA, LBS
ALESSANDRO COSTAMAGNA
VP Business Dev.
MBA, HBS
FRANCESCO TRONCI
CFO
PE, Investindustrial
MBA HBS
MARCO VIGATO
COO
Associate, McKinsey
MBA HBS
Team Special Projects
STEFANIA ELIA DE LUCA
Project Leader, Mentors4u
Master in Organizzazione e
Personale Bocconi
Coordination
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MARCO DUSO
VP Events
MBA, LBS
MARCO BONAITI
VP Business Dev.
MBA, HBS
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Contacts
Apply at www.mentors4u.com/en/home/applicaMentee
For information
•
Web: www.mentors4u.com
•
Mail: [email protected]
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