Stakeholder Support

1. List five different categories of career or personal development that you may want or need over the next five years. Be specific. For in" rel="nofollow">instance, rather than just sayin" rel="nofollow">ing “mentorin" rel="nofollow">ing,” thin" rel="nofollow">ink about the types of mentorin" rel="nofollow">ing you might want or need. What kin" rel="nofollow">ind of advice will you be you likely to seek over the next few years? 2. Now, consider that it might not be possible to get all of these different types of advice/support from just one or two people. For each of the five types of advice/support listed above, name three people or other resources that you could enlist to get that advice/support. Rather than namin" rel="nofollow">ing the same few people/resources over and over again" rel="nofollow">in, try to thin" rel="nofollow">ink of who will be best able to help you in" rel="nofollow">in address each specific career development need. Also, these could be people you haven’t met yet (e.g., your future boss). 3. Review the list of people and resources above. What are three thin" rel="nofollow">ings that you could do right away to establish or improve the strength of these relationships? 4. Watch the Adam Grant TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker What are three ways that you could use the in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">in this talk to improve your career mentorin" rel="nofollow">ing, networkin" rel="nofollow">ing, and relationships? 5. How could you be more of a “giver” in" rel="nofollow">in your network? Thin" rel="nofollow">ink of someone in" rel="nofollow">in your network who is considerin" rel="nofollow">ing a career transition. They could be lookin" rel="nofollow">ing for in" rel="nofollow">internships, researchin" rel="nofollow">ing graduate school, or thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing about retirement. What is one thin" rel="nofollow">ing that you could do for them that would help their career development? Do you have contacts, resources, knowledge, or ideas that might be useful to them? If so, how could you help them? Do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink you will actually reach out and help them in" rel="nofollow">in this way? Why or why not?