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Traditionally, mentoring might have been described as the activities conducted by a the mentor for another person -the mentee in order to help that other person to do a job more effectively and/or to progress in their career.  A mentor might use a variety of approaches, eg, coaching, training, discussion, counseling, etc. Today, mentoring is a necessary component in colleges for guiding students in their professional and sometimes personal areas. In recent years, especially in the management and human resources literature, mentoring now refers to the patterned behaviors or process whereby one person acts as mentor to another. In sum, what has been historically an informal, unofficial, voluntary, mutually-agreeable, and self-selected interaction between two people has become a program -- an institutionalized strategy. It is a process for the informal transmission of knowledge, social capital and the psychological support received by the mentee relevant to his work, career or professional development. It involves informal communication, usually face to face and during a sustained period of time between a person who is perceived to have greater knowledge, wisdom, experience and the person who is yet to have achieved.

Keywords

Mentoring; Importance of Mentoring; Qualities of a Good Mentor; Mentoring Advantages; Mentor – Mentee Relationship

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