Some people think the idea of a mentor is very old world. They envision apprenticeships where 12-year-old boys followed around shoe makers and learned how to take over their business one day. But today, a mentorship can be so much more. Here are the top benefits:
You can see how they live: Having a mentor who works in an industry you hope to work in can show you not only what their job is like, but what every other aspect of life might be like if you have that job. You'll see how it affects their romantic relationships, their friendships, their family life. You'll see how it affects their health. How much free time they get. How much stress they are under. How much creative space they get or how much they have to follow someone else's commands. Basically, you can observe how happy overall that person's profession makes them. Remember, your job is something you'll probably be doing 40 to 60 hours a week. It is a big part of your life. You want to be sure you like what it looks like.
You can make connections: A lot of people feel guilty about this. They wonder: is it correct of me to take a job that my mentor hooks me up with? Or should I be "roughing it" out there on my own like everyone else? There is nothing wrong with letting your mentor help you find a job. Look—they're not going to refer you to someone if they don't think you'll do a good job. Also, give yourself some more credit: just the fact that you decided to find a mentor and dedicate time out of your day to watch them and learn from them shows how dedicated you are to that line of work. It comes down to this: the potential employer can either select a person whom they have just found online and comes with zero references (or at most, sketchy ones) , or they can select you, someone who comes highly recommended and who they know has experience. This is especially important in the entertainment industry. Say for example you want to become a singing instructor (one of the most difficult places to get into that industry). Teaching all the free singing lessons you can won't get you clients. But, if you know another teacher who is big in the industry and knows your work is high quality, he will refer you.
You can learn the lingo ahead of time So many people go into a job after studying it in school thinking they are ready only to find out there is so much they don't know about that job. There is all sorts of jargon, protocol, unspoken rules and tricks that you only learn through experience. If you observe and follow around a mentor in the business, you get to look like a pro once you finally actually take a job in that industry, without ever having had to look like a fool. You jump in knowing just about everything. Whereas, someone who didn't take a mentor, has to learn so much based off of mistakes they make. That's not the worst thing. Surely their employers know they are newbies and expect those mistakes. But you look a lot better if you don't make them.
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Vera Esther is a healthy living, dating and luxury lifestyle writer. She has written articles on everything from organic wine tasting to first date horror stories and even innovative ways to learn how to sing like with a webiste created by a renowned Los Angeles singing teacher.
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