11/30/2018

How To Ask Someone To Be Your Mentor

Five career experts suggest where to find one

There’s no doubt that a great mentor can be invaluable to your career — after all, mentors are able to provide you with insightful feedback, introduce you to important connections and maybe even help you find your dream job.

Unfortunately, a great mentorship opportunity rarely just lands in your lap. More often than not, you need to proactively reach out in order to build the kind of professional relationship that can really benefit you. But you can’t just waltz up to someone and ask, “Do you want to be my mentor?” (Well, you could, but it probably wouldn’t be very effective.)

So how exactly do you tactfully ask someone to be your mentor? We reached out to five career experts to find out — this was their advice:

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