Operations Case

1)

I viewed the Youtube videos about finding the right mentor and I learned a lot from them. Before I watched them I really didn't think it was important at all to find a mentor, but now I am really considering it, because it can do so many things for myself, my career, and my future.

2)

I am about to receive my Bachelors Degree in Database Management and then I am going to continue on with school and go for my MBA. While going to school I still want to get a job in the IT industry and I believe the best way to do this would to find a mentor. My ideal job would be at TD Ameritrade and I have been applying for internships there recently. I think an internship is a good way to find a mentor, because then I would be around all types of people who have been in the same situation I will be in.

3b)

Even though this is not work/business related I am going to talk about a situation I experience everyday in my life that is like a mentor/mentee relationship. I am a recovering drug addict and I have been sober for nearly four years now. I owe a lot to my sponsor, who you could also call my mentor. He has been so helpful, because he has been sober for almost 8 years

now, so he has been down the same road as me. He is just a little further ahead and he is always there to listen and to give good advice.

Like I said, this isn't business related but I believe that me finding a sponsor, is the same concept as me finding a mentor in whatever work related field I want to work in. You could pretty much call my sponsor my mentor. My goal now is to try to get an internship somewhere IT related, and when I do get one I am going to find someone there that I get along with, can relate to, and that is farther along in their career to be my mentor.

I think finding a good mentor would really help me out with my career. I am really good at designing, creating, altering, and coding databases, but I just don't know exactly to expect once I do get a job. My mentor would be able to help me out with what companies will be wanting/expecting from me. Even though I am pretty good with databases, I don't know everything, so I believe having a sponsor would also be a great learning tool for me.

I have already talked about how having a mentor would be great for myself and for my career, but I also believe having a mentor could be tremendous for my future career opportunities. For example, my mentor could have many contacts in the IT industry and he/she could maybe get me an interview or something. Another scenario could be one day my mentor could get a promotion or is a project manager and could hire me on.

Before I didn't think much of it, but now I think it is a must for me to find and get a mentor. I need to