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IECA Mentor Match
IECA's Mentor Match program is a networking and career development tool dedicated to providing valuable support and development to IECA Professional and Associate members.As an IECA member, you can take advantage of this program—at no cost—to receive best practices and tips from expert colleagues. It provides opportunities for experienced IECs to help guide the next generation of IECs, and gives all members, regardless of experience level, opportunities to learn from each other. This relationship may be structured with regular contacts or on an informal as-needed basis. Your mentor or mentee can be in the same city or on the other side of the world.
Participants in the Mentor Match program are paired with a fellow IECA colleague based on professional skills that the mentee wants to acquire and that the mentor has to offer. Mentees will be required to develop a specific set of learning goals which form the basis of the mentor-mentee relationship, and mentors are asked to work with the mentee on advancing these goals.
In order for the mentoring relationship to succeed, both the mentor and mentee must clearly understand their roles. All mentees and mentors are required to follow the guidelines on the Program Requirements tab.
How to Enroll
You can apply to the Mentor Match program as a Mentor or Mentee in three simple steps:
1. Enroll
Sign in using your IECA login credentials and enroll in the Mentoring program by completing the enrollment form. Once enrolled, you'll be able to search for and connect with mentors/mentees.
2. Search
You can view available mentors and mentees and see what categories you matched on.
You can also filter the results to narrow your choices.
3. Connect
Hover your cursor over the member you would like to match with. You can select the ‘view’ icon to view their profile and determine if they would make a good match for you. You can then request a connection and send a personalized message. You'll see pending connections on your dashboard once you are enrolled.
Program Requirements
- Mentors and Mentees must be willing to assume the appropriate role as defined below.
- Enrollment forms must be filled out by both mentors and mentees.
- Mentors may mentor more than one mentee but need to be judicious with their resources to make sure that each mentee is well served.
- Mentees may only have one mentor at a time.
Mentor Requirements
Mentors must be current IECA members in good standing.
- Mentors need to fill out their enrollment form on Mentor Match, since this information will be used by mentees to request possible matches.
- Mentors are responsible to meet with their mentees at least once per month.
- Mentors lead the first discovery call by walking through the Mentor Discovery Call Guidelines
- When mentees give mentors call topics in advance, mentors are encouraged to think about resources and experiences that can speak to that issue.
- Mentors are responsible to attend calls in a timely manner and provide as much advance notice as possible of conflicts requiring rescheduling.
- Mentors are expected to be professional, courteous, and gracious in every interaction with their mentees.
- Mentors are requested to serve in a supportive and nurturing role, encouraging their mentees' professional development and growth.
Mentee Requirements
Mentees must be current IECA members in good standing.
- Mentees need to fill out their enrollment form on Mentor Match, since this information will be used by mentors to request possible matches.
- Mentees are responsible for facilitating the relationship and must invite a mentor via Mentor Match to help them.
- Mentees are responsible for driving the relationship, meaning that mentees must have clear goals for what they want to achieve from participation and take responsibility for pursuing those objectives.
- Mentees should take initiative and communicate with mentors to determine scheduled meetings, communicating at least once per month with their mentors
- Mentees should be prepared with questions and goals to work on with their mentor during each scheduled session. Suggested best practice is to share topics for conversation a week before the call to give the mentor time to think about the issues.
- Mentees must keep scheduled commitments and provide advance notice of any unforeseen conflicts requiring rescheduling.
- Mentees are expected to be professional, courteous, and gracious in every interaction with their mentor.
Questions? Contact Tanesha Norman at Tanesha@IECAonline.com or 703-591-4850 ext. 6973
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