Mentoring is a tool which enables the transfer of knowledge: it is receiving more and more attention in work environments. Mentoring offers new knowledge and competences, new job opportunities to job seekers on the one hand, and reduces labour market imbalances in the demand and supply of professions on the other. Mentoring includes various forms of activities, connects younger and older employees, those experienced and the first job seekers. In the times of economic crisis, mentoring can enable a smoother transition of youth from education/training into the labour market, and might contribute to lower unemployment rates for young people. By respecting the responsibilities of all partners involved, Slovenia could develop its own system of knowledge transfer on the basis of the experiences of the successful countries which have already implemented mentoring schemes. This could help Slovenia broaden its existing stock of knowledge and experiences and improve its performance in the labour market.Mentorstvo je oblika prenosa znanja in izkušenj, ki v delovnem okolju pridobiva vedno večjo veljavo. Omogoča osvaja- nje novih znanj, iskalcem zaposlitve daje nova delovna mesta ter zmanjšuje neravnotežje med ponudbo in povpraševa- njem na trgu dela. Vključuje več raznolikih aktivnosti, povezuje mlade in starejše sodelavce, izkušene in novozaposlene v podjetju. Predvsem v kriznih časih lahko pripomore k hitrejšemu prehodu mladih iz izobraževanja/usposabljanja v zaposlenost ter s tem k nižji stopnji brezposelnosti mladih. Ob vzajemno odgovornem razvijanju mentorskih shem na podlagi izkušenj uspešnih držav, ki so mentorstvo že uvedle, lahko tudi v Sloveniji razvijemo svoj sistem prenosa znanja in izkušenj, s tem pripomoremo k ohranjanju in nadgradnji obstoječega znanja in izkušenj v delovnem okolju ter dose- žemo večjo vključenost v trg dela
