I got the chance to be a mentee for this year’s Creative LIAisons, a program built around mentorship and access to the world’s best creative leaders.

Curious to hear from CDs and above: would you be turned off if a mentee was audacious enough to ask if there might be an opportunity to work with you someday? As in potentially hiring them?

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Why would that be a turn off?

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Shoot your shot every time.

Ask. Politely, but don't hold any questions. When I had my first internship at a place I liked I asked if they would keep me. I thought I was ready (looking back f no I wasn't). The CCOs said that I should see other places to compare and explore and come back in a couple of years. No moral, I wouldn't go back now, but it didn't hurt anything.

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