If you have a career mentor, how did you connect? What advice would you give to someone looking for a career mentor, or just someone to be a sounding board around general career thoughts?

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My best mentors over my 25 years were informal. Someone older/more experienced outside my direct boss/reporting that I respected and sought out for advice or pov or we formed a work friendship that became very beneficial to me as I grew through my career. And they were also someone who respected me mutually- who saw I was younger/less experienced but wanting to learn and expand and was willing to listen to advice and take it.

As a creative, the closest thing I have to a career coach is my therapist, who specializes in art therapy but I just do EMDR with her. It does really cut to the root of my career worries and mental knots, which has been helpful in making decisions about my career.

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