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Main Title Getting the Most out of your Mentoring Relationships A Handbook for Women in STEM / [electronic resource] :
Type EBOOK
Author Dean, Donna J.
Publisher Springer New York,
Year Published 2009
Call Number Q1-390
ISBN 9780387924090
Subjects Science (General) ; Medicine ; Life sciences
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92409-0
Collation online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
How to Use This Guide -- What Is Mentoring? -- Preparing to be Mentored -- Mentoring Relationships -- Changing Dynamics, Changing Needs -- Career and Life Transitions -- Navigating Interpersonal Contexts -- Starting Out with the Right Education -- Moving Toward Career Success -- Voices of Experience -- Provocative Thoughts for a Better Future -- Resources. Mentorship practice has been part of the human experience since the Golden Age of Greece. Engaging with a mentor as a way to learn and achieve one's full potential is an ancient and respected practice. Getting the Most out of your Mentoring Relationships overviews and gives perspectives on a variety of topics and issues relating to being mentored in the diverse fields encompassed by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are laid out in an easy-to-scan format. This book is meant to serve as a handbook in times of need when a few moments of reflection and perspective would be highly useful.