FAQ

“What is 4StudentMentoring.com?”
4StudentMentoring.com (4SM) is the online career mentoring network that helps students learn about their future jobs from the people who work them every day.
     
“Who uses 4SM?”
Students from high schools and colleges across the U.S. 

"How do I use 4SM?”
Browse or search through Mentor profiles to review real answers from Mentors to questions like "What do you like about your job?" or "What happens in a typical week at work?". In addition, you can pose questions to individual Mentors, or all the Mentors in a given career category. 
     
“Who are the Mentors?"
Experienced professionals in their fields from across the U.S. and around the world. 

“How many Mentors are profiled on 4SM?"
Over 1,000, with more every day. 

“How can I become a Mentor?"
Just fill out our Career Survey for your Mentor Profile and agree to answer questions posed by Students and forwarded to you from 4SM. You must be currently working in or recently retired from a given career category in order to be a Mentor for that career. Click here to join the 4SM Career Mentoring Network.
 
“What is the ‘Ask a Question’ feature?”
“Ask a Question” is a communication tool that allows Mentors and Students to communicate through 4SM without exchanging personal contact information such as email addresses or phone numbers. Students who want to know more about Mentors and their careers can submit a question through the "Ask a Question" feature of the Mentor profile. Students can ask questions of individual Mentors, or of all the Mentors in a given career category, e.g., mechanical engineer, police officer, plumber, etc. 
    
“How do I use the 'Ask a Question' feature?”
To pose questions to individual Mentors, click on the "Ask a Question" links that appear under the photos in their profiles. To pose questions to all the Mentors in a given career category, click on the "Ask a Question" links that appears on the home page, and select a career category. In order to reduce redundancy, 4SM checks every question against a database of previously asked questions and, where applicable, directs Students to the answer. New or unanswered questions are forwarded to Mentors via email, and then added to the database as they are answered.

“How do I get an answer to my question?”
Questioners are alerted via email from 4SM as soon as their questions are answered and available for review.