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How to prepare for your first career mentoring session

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Arrive with one clear question, a short summary of your situation and an idea of what a useful outcome would be.

During the session

  • Share your summary in two minutes.
  • Ask your main question.
  • Take notes.
  • Agree one next step.

Session prep

Copy this into a notebook or your phone.

  1. My situation in three sentences:
  2. My main question:
  3. A good outcome would be:
  4. Follow-up action:

Next step

Find a mentor and request a connection.

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