Suggested Activities

Become Acquainted

• Discuss your backgrounds and get to know each other.
• Discuss your goals for the relationship.
• Discuss the mentee’s career interests and goals.

Career Conversations: Things to Discuss

• The mentee’s talents, skills, and interests.
• How the mentor’s personal and professional life fit together.
• Read a book related to your field of interest.
• The mentor’s educational background and the role of educational preparation in your field.

Organizational types and cultures.

• Search the Internet together for job resources and other information related to your field.
• How individual work values impact career choices.
• A current event or issue in your field.
• Visit/discuss a variety of work environments.
• The professional standards that exist in your field.
• The transition from school to work.
• Proper business etiquette over lunch or dinner.
• How to navigate “office politics.”

Career Observation

• Participate in a company tour, if appropriate.
• Attend a professional meeting or program together.

Resume/Interview Exercises

• Critique the mentee’s resume and cover letter.
• Assist the mentee in completing a job application packet, portfolio, etc.
• Practice an informational interview.
• Practice a job interview.

Back to School

• Attend a campus lecture, concert, or sporting event together. The Augustana website will have a list
• of campus events that may be of interest to you.
• Invite the mentor to attend one of your classes.
• Investigate career-related student clubs.
• Visit the Career Center together.

Create Professional Networks

• Compile a list of contacts the mentee could meet with in your field.