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Want to Become a Mentor? Follow These 5 Steps

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Most likely, these individuals consist of family members, teachers, a work supervisor and friends who served as mentors. A mentor is someone who offers support , gives advice and helps guide others through a personal or professional journey. Eventually, you may become one yourself and carry on the meaningful legacy of mentoring.

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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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In Homer’s ancient story The Odyssey , the goddess Athena, disguised as old man Mentor, reveals to the hero’s son the right path to take. Skip forward several millennia and across the Atlantic to an urban high school preparing teens for life after graduation, and the image of mentor-as-lone-sage doesn’t quite paint the picture.

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Hello Seven’s Rachel Rodgers Is Showing Marginalized Groups Become Millionaires in the Making

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Only 6% of women earn six figures, compared to 13% of men, according to a 2019 YouGov survey of more than 2,000 people. And it comes from having a clear-cut vision, determining what that vision will cost and assessing your existing skill set to help you navigate your way there. It’s not like I had a mentor.

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Does Returning to the Office Help Diversity?

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Companies need to train staff — and especially managers — to conduct remote and hybrid meetings in a way that’s sensitive to diversity concerns. . After analyzing over 10 million accounts, LinkedIn found that, compared to January 2019, in October 2022, 20% more women applied to fully-remote jobs while men decreased by the same amount.

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Administrative Professionals Day 2019 – A Message from Dana

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Joan stated – Expand your mind; add to your skill set; challenge your thinking; look at your day in a new way; be a life-long student. Our profession is unique in the sense that so many of our skills are not only utilized professionally but personally as well. You will amaze yourself!

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Female entrepreneurs , CEOs and community leaders who mentor and support young women provide invaluable guidance, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their ambitions. She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna.

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