C3S2: Offering the Job
Once you’ve evaluated trust and any other questions or requirements you may have for hiring your Mentee, it’s time to make the job offer…or not. This decision comes down to you. Although it is our goal and hope that each mentoring process results in a mutually beneficial hire for both mentor and mentee, The Redemption Project will never pressure you to make a job offer you don’t want to make. We trust your judgement, our TRP Fellows, and our process.
Legal Compliance, Minimizing Risks
If you haven’t already, now is a great time to review the Twin Cities Rise Minnesota Employers’ Fair Chance Hiring Guide’s section on Legal Compliance and Minimizing Risks. Not all of what they share will apply to our process, but the insights it offers into second chance hiring, as a whole, are invaluable.
Offering the Job
If you’ve decided to make the offer, great! We’re excited for you to have the incredible experience of sharing this life changing news with your Mentee. Please contact us prior to telling them. There are two reasons why: (1) we want to celebrate this milestone with you and your Mentee and (2) it helps us start preparations for a smooth employment transition for the both of you.
Not Offering the Job
In the event that you decide not to make a job offer to your mentee, we again ask that you contact us prior to telling your mentee in all instances. The purpose of this communication is not so we can talk you out of your decision. It’s to gain more information out of a desire to continue and support our relationship with you going forward. Also, we want to make sure delivering this news to your Mentee is received well by them.
We know that there are many reasons for not offering a job and not all of them will be linked to trust, character, or relational issues with your Mentee. We expect those types of concerns will present themselves earlier in the mentorship process where they can be addressed promptly. In most cases, we expect the reason(s) will be far more logistical or financial in nature. For example, mentoring typically happens over a 6-12 month period. In that time, we know that your business needs may change, or unexpected events may occur (e.g. global pandemic) causing open positions to become unavailable. There’s no way to fully mitigate these types of possibilities. As business-minded people ourselves, we completely understand.
In the case of a position no longer being available, we want to find out information like the potential availability of the position in the future and would you still be open to hiring your mentee for it. In cases where trust or other more relational concerns were present, we want to hear your honest thoughts and experience to learn where we can improve our process and perhaps pair you with a new, more compatible Mentee Candidate.
The Result We All Want
Regardless of the situation, the more information we have, the more we can collaborate with you on finding ways to still obtain the result you, your Mentee, and The Redemption Project all want: a successful employment relationship.