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Mentoring 101: (1) How to Find a Mentor (2) How to Be a Mentor

Mentoring 101: (1) How to Find a Mentor (2) How to Be a Mentor. Tracy Camp Colorado School of Mines. Mentoring 101: (1) How to Find a Mentor (2) How to Be a Mentor. Tracy Camp Colorado School of Mines. What Is Mentoring?.

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Mentoring 101: (1) How to Find a Mentor (2) How to Be a Mentor

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  1. Mentoring 101:(1) How to Find a Mentor(2) How to Be a Mentor Tracy Camp Colorado School of Mines

  2. Mentoring 101:(1) How to Find a Mentor(2) How to Be a Mentor Tracy Camp Colorado School of Mines

  3. What Is Mentoring? When someone offers support and professional expertise to a less experience colleague

  4. What Is a Role Model? One can be a role model without any direct contact

  5. What Is Mentoring? 1-to-1 relationship Encourages Guides growth Helps you succeed Nature of relationship is adapted to individuals

  6. What Does a Mentor Do? Acts as a role model Advises Advocates Coaches Makes connections Protects Provides letters Supports

  7. Formal vs. Informal Mentors Formal: someone asks you to be a mentor Informal: someone asks you for advice/help

  8. Research on Mentoring Research shows that those who are mentored achieve greater career advancement and higher work satisfaction than those who are not mentored.

  9. What Does a Mentor Do? Acts as a role model Advises Advocates Coaches Makes connections Protects Provides letters Supports

  10. What Does a Mentor Do? NEED MANY MENTORS Acts as a role model Advises Advocates Coaches Makes connections Protects Provides letters Supports

  11. Mentoring Tip #1 Build a TEAM of mentors with varying expertise/experience

  12. Mentoring Tip #1 Build a TEAM of mentors with varying expertise/experience at every stage of your career

  13. Mentoring Tip #1 Build a TEAM of mentors with varying expertise/experience • good investment in yourself and your career

  14. A Few of My Mentors

  15. My Early Mentors

  16. Mentoring Tip #2 • decide your goals (2) find mentors YOU need to be in the driver’s seat.

  17. How to Find Mentors?

  18. Academic Mentoring Ladder Chairs  Full Full  Associate Full/Associate  Assistant Faculty  M.S./Ph.D. students Faculty  Undergraduates Ph.D. students  M.S. students M.S. students  Undergraduates Undergraduates  High school students

  19. Where to find a mentor? Look everywhere! - In your department at your institution - Outside your department at your institution - In your field outside your institution - Outside your field outside your institution

  20. Mentoring Tip #3 Find GOOD mentors

  21. Attributes of a Good Mentor Interest Supportive Patient Knowledgeable Competent Accessible Helps you figure out how to use your strengths Helps you figure out how to overcome your weaknesses

  22. Attributes of a Good Mentor Listens, listens, and then listens some more Asks powerful/probing questions Is NOT a ‘know it all’ Shares ALL possibilities, w/o judgment Respects privacy Has positive personality characteristics humor, honesty, empathy, compassion, …

  23. Mentoring Tip #4 Meet frequently, especially early on.

  24. In a New Mentor Relationship Build trust Express commitment Set expectations (e.g., # times to meet/month) Set limits Create goals (in writing) Every mentoring relationship has phases, … including an end to formal mentoring

  25. Goal: Mentor Relationship Ends

  26. Mentoring Tip #5 Terminate a relationship that isn’t working

  27. Discussion Topics Mentoring Tip #6

  28. Discussion Topics Departmental & Institutional Culture

  29. Discussion Topics Negotiation Skills

  30. Cost of NOT Negotiation

  31. Discussion Topics Imposter Syndrome

  32. Who’s Most at Risk? Students People working in jobs considered atypical for their sex First generational professionals … and five others

  33. Questions to Ask Do you attribute your success to being a fluke, or “no big deal”? Do you secretly worry that others will find out you are not as bright/capable as they think you are?

  34. Imposter Syndrome www.impostersyndrome.com Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Woodrow Wilson

  35. Discussion Topics Hone Elevator Pitch 3 minutes 7 minutes 15 minutes

  36. Discussion Topics Share CVs

  37. Discussion Topics Remember When? what did you want (need) to know then?

  38. Tip #7: Be a Mentor

  39. Benefits of Being a Mentor Facilitate another’s accomplishments Renewed enthusiasm for job Confidence Give Back

  40. What Do Students Need? Academic advice Career information Graduate school info. Personal assistance Encouragement Moral support

  41. Mentoring Tip #8 Be friendly and helpful. But don’t be a friend.

  42. Discussion Topics

  43. Discussion Topics Imposter Syndrome Negotiation Skills Pitches

  44. Discussion Topics Remember When? Resume Review

  45. Discussion Topics Career Planning Ask: how do you want to spend your day? Ask: what gets you out of bed in the morning?

  46. Discussion Topics 1-to-1e-mentoring > 90% would recommend MentorNet

  47. Discussion Topics Summer Opportunities

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