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Mentoring is an agreement between two parties i.e. the mentor and the protégé (working candidate- learner). The nature of the mentorship decides the learning content and advices of the mentor. In the corporate world, mentoring is an arrangement between the experienced old candidate and a new candidate. Some recruiters provide an opportunity for the new talent to prove themselves. However, these new candidate require a bit of training and mentoring. Therefore mentoring is a part of the company culture. However, with the advancement in the Information Technology, mentoring roles have been reversed a bit. Old employees are given the required training by the new ones to get up to date with the upgrade.