Mentors Corner
One of Ag Careers Live’s most popular features for attendees, offers the chance to get tailored advice on your career options from six leading figures in the agricultural industry.
The Mentors Corner gives the opportunity to sit down for a 20 minute, one to one session with one of our mentors, who can act as a sounding board and give advice on how to make the most of your career.
To give yourself the best chance of speaking with a mentor you can pre-book a place below. On the day at Ag Careers Live, it is strictly first come first serve sign up with allocated time slots.
2019 Mentors
Sarah Hawthorne
Head of Marketing and Sales
DSV
Jacob Anthony
Young Farmer of the Year 2018
Crawford & Company
Mentee FAQS
Mentoring is a protected relationship between mentor and mentee, which supports the mentee to develop, learn and adapt, helping them to achieve their full potential. All meetings with a mentor are confidential and nothing discussed in your meetings will be shared with anyone else unless you agree otherwise.
The role of a mentor includes that of guide, support, critical friend, sounding board, devil’s advocate, confidante, information giver and role model. Mentors should encourage their mentees to express and discuss their ideas, concerns and understanding of their personal situation, reviewing their progress and suggesting realistic and practical options to realise their goals. Mentors should help mentees to reflect on and learn from things that did not turn out as expected, providing sources of information, advice or further support when appropriate and encourage them to take responsibility for their own decisions.
Mentee do’s:
✔ Listen carefully to your mentor
✔ Use good questions to get what you need from your mentor
✔ Accept criticisms and feedback
✔ Make your own suggestions and ask for feedback
✔ Be enthusiastic and demonstrate interest
✔ Reflect on the session between meetings
✔ Be honest with yourself as well as with your mentor
✔ Be yourself
✔ Be prepared to get outside your comfort zone
Mentee don’ts
❌ Be late and cancel meetings without due cause
❌ Expect the mentor to do everything for you
❌ Be negative, always look for the positive angle
❌ Be afraid to challenge the mentor
❌ Blame the mentor if things don’t work
❌ Pretend to be someone you are not
❌ Expect the mentor to drive all the topics and discussions
❌ Break any confidences, your mentor may share with you
❌ Turn up for your mentor sessions unprepared
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