For Mentors:

• Share your talents, real-world experiences, and professional wisdom.
• Broaden your leadership and mentoring skills.
• Add to your resume or CV.
• Make a critical contribution to your alma mater (even if you live far from Williamsport, PA).
• Develop new networking and collaboration opportunities.
• Make an impact and influence aspiring professionals.

For Mentees:

• Connect with professionals about career tools (resume, cover letter, job search process, interviewing).
• Practice professional communication.
• Learn about careers, organizations, and countless opportunities.
• Connect with someone who has “been there, done that.”
• Develop new networking and collaboration opportunities.
   

• Work with mentee to develop a meeting schedule that works for both of you (i.e. twice a month via email, once a month via virtual platform, etc.). 
• Communicate with mentee at least once per month between October 2021 and May 2022.  More frequent communication is encouraged.
• Be open to answering all types of professional questions.
• Adapt to mentee needs based on their time in the program and when their degree conferral will take place.
• Help mentee reach their goals for the program.
   

• Mentee will reach out to their mentor via email for first point of contact within one week of a mentor/mentee connection match.
• Work with mentor to develop a meeting schedule that works for both of you (i.e. twice a month via email, once a month via virtual platform, etc.).
• Communicate with mentor at least once per month between October 2021 and May 2022.  More frequent communication is encouraged.
• Be open to feedback and suggestions.
   

• Communicate with each other.
• Establish the best way to communicate and establish frequency of communications.  Discuss potential busy periods in which frequency might have to decrease.
• Be respectful of each other’s time and make sure they are both on time for their virtual meeting or in-person meetings.  Communicate when this is going to be a problem.
• Communicate to the Center for Career Design if there are questions or if things are not going well.
   

The following can be used as a guide.  There are examples of mentor/mentees whom live in close proximity to one another and also for those who live far apart.

Getting to know each other:

• Initial email from mentee to mentor will be sent within 1 week of match announcement.
• Introduction and sharing of backgrounds, goals, and interests.
• Mentor should share their career path after graduation.
• Set expectations for each other including communication goals and preferences.

Professional Development and Preparing for the Workforce:

• Watch the same webinar and discuss afterwards.
• Attend a lecture/conference together.
• Meet at a professional development conference.
• Create a list of potential professional organizations to join.  Discuss the pros and cons of joining.
• Review one another’s resumes and cover letters and discuss.
• Conduct a mock interview (in-person, video call, phone).
• Have mentee job shadow the mentor.
• Discuss books to read to prepare for the real world.
• Discuss skills needed in the workplace and handling difficult situations in the workplace.
• Explore job seeking search engine together and discuss potential job possibilities and the skills needed for each.  Talk about how the mentee can seek out additional skills while in degree program.
• Discuss considerations when choosing where to work.
• How to navigate difficult conversations or situations in the workplace.
• Campus activities: etiquette dinners, Career Fair, etc.

Current Student needs:

• Discuss potential courses that would be useful in the area of employment mentee is seeking.
• Research interests and future dissertation plans.
• Discuss internship opportunities.
• Mentor may provide professional network contacts if applicable.
• Discuss pros and cons of next stages of life (i.e. continuing education or going into workforce).
   

Notes
The Center for Career Design will hold an introduction to the mentorship program meeting for mentees at a date to be determined early in the program.
The Center for Career Design will check in with mentees and mentors twice a year.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Center for Career Design Office will be your primary point of contact.  All questions, concerns and feedback can be communicated to:

Stacey L. Girven
Career Mentoring and Events Coordinator
Career Services
slg16@pct.edu
570-327-4502

Kimberly Cassel
Director of Alumni Relations
kcassel@pct.edu
570-320-2400 ext. 5295