No Mentor? No Problem
Those who are in the know, know that we at Career Incubator have been working hard to match our community members with a mentor. But you may also be aware of just how difficult it can sometimes be to find a good one.
So in this week's issue of Career Capital, we wanted to bring you some advice we found from Deborah Norville, Inside Edition Anchor at CBS News, who talks about what to do when there is no one to act as a mentor.
One reads everywhere about the benefits of mentoring. Research indicates people who are mentored get more salary bumps and get promoted five times more often. But what if you don’t have a mentor? Can you get ahead in your career without one? For me, the answer was yes. The way to do it is create your own personal "network" of wise people to follow and try to emulate.
▪ Follow and emulate people you admire
▪ Take chances to get noticed
▪ Educate yourself
▪ Pay it forward
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