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Essay On Mentors

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Good morning! I wanted to give you an update on the process underway to identify mentors for the upcoming Beacon intern group. After getting feedback from the current group of interns and mentors, we determined a little different approach for this year. As you recall, last year, SLT identified a number of potential mentors; along with HRBP’s; we then checked to see if they had interest and confirmed approval with their leaders. We selected a final diverse group primarily based on HRBP feedback and our own personal knowledge of the individuals. We were really pleased with the outcomes. There were a couple of the mentors that just weren’t the right fit for the intern and struggled a bit connecting –however that certainly could happen again but it did help us to think …show more content…

The next steps will be for Izaah to personally meet with each mentor candidate to talk more about what the Beacon program is, the expected role/responsibility of a mentor and the time commitment involved. He will also seek to understand their passion, life experiences and relatability factor. We wouldn’t consider this an interview as much as a conversation to ensure the mentor candidate fully understands what this means as well as gives us an idea of how well they might connect with a high school student intern in this demographic. Once he has met with all those interested, he and I will discuss and determine those that will be selected. Izaah will then personally reach out to each mentor – selected and non-selected to hold a follow up discussion. From there, there will be additional pre-meetings, training and group mentor discussions to best prepare the mentor group. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback.

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