IBAC Mentoring Guide

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IBACMentoring Guide

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Seven Steps

• Step One Understanding The Mentoring Process
• Step Two Review Rules of Engagement
• Step Three Making The Match
• Step Four Have Your First Meeting
• Step Five Continuing The partnership
• Step Six Have A Six-Month Check-up
• Step Seven Concluding The Mentoring Partnership

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Step One Understanding The Mentoring Process

• To understand the mentoring process, you need to
  know
• What it takes to be a mentor?
• What are the mentees responsibilities?
• What does the mentee get out of it?

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What It Takes To Be A Mentor?

• Desire
• Time
• Reality check
• Individual career development plan

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What Are The Mentees Responsibilities?

• Willing to learn
• Able to accept feedback
• Willing to stretch
• Able to identify goals

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What Does the Mentee Get Out of It?

• Listening ear
• Valuable direction
• Gaps filled in
• Doors opened
• Different perspective

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Step Two Review Rules of Engagement

• Commit to one-year partnership
• Bi-monthly Meetings
• Six-month check-up
• Discuss no-fault termination

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Step Three Making The Match
General Guidelines

• Satisfy formal requests
• Have the time for the relationship
• Weigh career field, experience, alma mater,
  expectations in matching pairs

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Step Four Have Your First Meeting

• May be in person, by e-mail, or by phone
• Choose a neutral setting (if face-to-face)
• This should be time of getting to know each other
• Talk about any expectations you may have
• Discuss when you will meet and how often
• Share career histories

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Step Five Continue the Partnership

• In the second and third meetings begin to define
  the mentees short and long term goals
• Mentor will use listening, counseling, coaching,
  career advising, and goal setting to help mentee
  develop Individual Career Development Plan
• Utilize mentoring guide notional planning
  schedule
• Fill in the gaps
• Expand available options
• Explore referral resources
• Attend professional development seminars

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Step Six Have a Six-month Check-up

• Describe progress
• Review Career Development Plan
• Ask questions
• Conduct the six-month check up

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Step Seven Conclude the Mentoring Partnership

• Many partnerships continue
• Notify if you decide to end it early
• Give feedback
• Review and revise goals
• Conduct review at the end of the year