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Pro-Active Mentoring Program: Networking Essentials

Learn the significance of networking, identify contacts, and utilize connections effectively in career planning. Enhance skills with mind mapping and practical exercises. Prepare for mentor meetings and mentoring fairs.

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Pro-Active Mentoring Program: Networking Essentials

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  1. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 1 A THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKING • Common quotation about establishing a career: • “It’s not what you know but who you know that matters” • Ability to use people we know in making decisions • Probably single most important skill in being successful

  2. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 1 B THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKING • SESSION OBJECTIVES: • At the end of this session you should: • Be able to identify how you’ve used contacts in a variety of settings • Understand how contacts can help you in career planning • Be able to identify networks that you already belong to • Understand how to make new contacts • Understand how to use contacts effectively

  3. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 1 C IDENTIFYING CONTACTS • Have you got any contacts in the world of commerce? • If your answer is NO – answer these questions: • Do you belong to a family? • Did you go to school? • Have you ever belonged to any club or society? • Have ever had a part-time job? • Do you know anyone who works for a large organisation? • If you can answer YES to three or more of the above: • You are likely to have access to hundreds of contacts

  4. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 1 D USING CONTACTS IN EVERYDAY LIFE • Are you good at networking and using contacts? • You have probably used networking already in: • Choosing your course • Getting a placement/part-time job • Planning a holiday • Buying a car/computer etc. • If you’ve done any of the above – • You’ll be able to get advice on planning a career

  5. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 1 E THE MIND MAP • Dynamic method of recording information & ideas • Mirrors the brain’s processes • Main themes radiate from central image as branches • Branches divide into connected structure of sub-branches • New ideas can be added in any direction • Colour & visual images used to aid memory & recall • Can compress large number of ideas into one page • Useful for brainstorming lists of contacts

  6. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 1 F MIND MAPPING EXERCISE • Think of at least two career areas you want to research • Produce a mind-map like the example in 10 minutes: • It will be rough, without colours or diagrams • Aim is to get 25 contacts/organisations you could follow up • Note: people in non-graduate jobs can have many contacts • (e.g. the hairdresser in the example mind map) • Prize to 1st group of four with 100 contacts between them! • In the next few weeks – develop a proper mind map

  7. Discussion Details Details of Contact *Key Discussion Points Further Action Recommended Action Taken? (P & date) Date: Phone or face-to-face? Venue: Length of discussion: Name: Organisation: Job Title: Address: Telephone: E-Mail: Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 1 G BY NEXT PRO-ACTIVE MENTORING SESSION: • Interview at least one networking contact (preferably more) • Complete entry on networking contacts sheet (e.g. below) • Bring this with you – you’ll be asked to report back on outcomes

  8. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 1 H WHAT IF CONTACTS DON’T WANT TO HELP YOU? • Always be positive – the worst they can do is say no! • Be realistic – not everyone will feel able to help you • Reflect on the outcome • Could you have done it differently? • Plan carefully to minimise rejection in the first place • Start with contacts close to you – they’re more likely to help • Diversify & think laterally – don’t rely on one person

  9. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 2 A PREPARING FOR THE MENTORING PROGRAMME • SESSION OBJECTIVES: • At the end of this session you should: • Understand how the mentoring programme will work • Be clear about how you are going to obtain your mentor • Have set learning objectives for your meeting with a mentor

  10. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 2 B THE NETWORKING YOU’VE DONE SO FAR • SOME THINGS TO DISCUSS WITH EACH OTHER: • What steps did you go through to meet your contacts? • How did you find out about them? • How did you approach them and arrange a meeting? • How easy was it to arrange all this? • What were the key points of the discussion? • What information and recommendations did they give you? • How helpful were they? • What further action will you take as a result?

  11. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 3 A PREPARING FOR THE MENTORING FAIR • SESSION OBJECTIVES: • At the end of this session you should: • Understand the processes and outcomes of: • The Mentoring Fair • The Mentoring Process • Have formulated questions to ask at the Mentoring Fair • Have practised asking questions to an individual about their • role in an organisation

  12. Questions I will ask Notes from the actual meeting Question 1. Question 2. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 3 B MENTORING FAIR – PREPARED QUESTIONS - Help each other to prepare at least five questions for each interview - Bring this to the fair – make notes on the answers given to each question

  13. Pro-Active Mentoring Programme 4 A MENTORING FAIR Employer Briefing Session • SESSION OBJECTIVES: • At the end of this session you should: •    Understand the aims of the mentoring programme: • Understand the processes and outcomes of: • The Mentoring Fair • The Mentoring Process • Be clear about: • How you will match up with your mentee(s) • How the students have prepared for today’s event

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