ieee mentoring connection™ program seeks partners to advise young professionals
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72 IEEE SSCS NEWS Fall 2007
The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society has manyyoung professional members. Many of themwould appreciate the opportunity to have an
“online” mentor to guide them in their career plan-ning and professional development.
The IEEE Mentoring Connection™ program enableseach enrollee to select a mentoring partner onlinefrom a list of individuals who have volunteered toserve as mentors. After a mentor is identified as apotential match, he or she is contacted and asked tobegin establishing a relationship.
Gary Hinkle, a mentor in the program, says “Help-ing young engineers develop in their careers is veryrewarding. Working with some of these individualshas proven to be quite a challenge because of thediversity among those seeking mentors. I’m glad to becontributing to this program.”
Mentor participation in the IEEE Mentoring Connec-tion Program™ is open to all IEEE members above thegrade of Student Member. Interested members can visitwww.ieee.org/web/membership/mentoring/index.html for information on the roles and responsibilities ofeach mentoring partner, including additional programinformation and an FAQ page. Potential mentors areasked to review the time and effort commitment to theprogram necessary to ensure a successful mentoringpartnership.
To access the IEEE Mentoring Connection site,please go to www.mentoringconnection.com and usethe Group ID “IEEE2006” to enter. Once you enterthe site, you will need to set your own user id andpassword.
If you have any questions, please contact CathyDowner, Regional Activities, at [email protected].
IEEE Mentoring Connection™ Program SeeksPartners to Advise Young Professionals
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