指导的好处
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本周, I was informed that I have been selected as one of 30 mentees for the 2017-2018 class of the 永利登录网址 mentoring program. I am delighted to have been chosen for this opportunity and look forward to the chance to learn from an industry veteran.
The ATA 指导 Program has been around for nearly 20 years and was completely revamped in 2012. Each class starts at the beginning of April and runs through March 31st 第二年的. Mentors assist mentees with topics ranging from business practices, 率谈判, breaking into a certain area of the industry, 还有更多. They do not tutor mentees or help them to become better translators, often because they do not work in the same language pairs and are instead paired based on goals and personality. Another benefit of the program is that mentees and mentors all participate in a discussion group for sharing questions, 最佳实践, and other advice across the 30 mentor-mentee pairs.
No matter the field, mentoring offers a unique opportunity for shared learning and growth. I have been running a successful translation business for nearly four years and have been working in the industry for six. 也就是说,确实存在 总是 more to learn and I am absolutely thrilled to be a mentee this year.
T在这里 are many benefits of mentoring for both the mentor and the mentee. Here are merely eight of them that apply across industries:
学员须知:
1. 自我反省
It often takes someone asking you to think critically about what you do and why you do it to prompt you to have this conversation with yourself. Having a mentor encourages mentees to reflect on their practice and their goals and to intimate what it is that they want to accomplish.
2. 建议和鼓励
你做得对吗? 你还能做得更好吗? Mentors can provide great advice about w在这里 improvements can be made and provide encouragement for things you already do well.
3. 支持和网络
拓展你的人际网络永远不会有坏处. Having a mentor can give you privileged access to influential people in other networks, t在这里by increasing learning opportunities and support from others in your profession.
4. 专业发展
Experienced mentors can help mentees build better business practices, 学习新技能, 变得更有效率.
对于导师:
5. 回馈
Many people were helped out or lifted up by an influential person sometime during their careers. Becoming a mentor means having the opportunity to do the same for someone else.
6. 增加了信心
By sharing their expertise, mentors can experience increased confidence about their own work. By reminding mentees of what they are doing well, mentors have the same opportunity to reflect on what they do well, 太.
7. 双向学习
The cliché about the master learning from the student is true: collaborating with a mentee can teach mentors about new methods or practices that can re-energize their own work.
8. 全新的视角
T在这里 may not be a better way to gain fresh perspective about what you do than by helping another person through the challenges that you may have once experienced. Chances are that mentees are also experiencing a few things that mentors never dealt with, and working through them together can provide a fresh and meaningful perspective.
I am eager to share my mentoring experience over the coming year with you. For more information on the ATA mentoring program, click 在这里. A free ATA webinar about the mentoring program may also be downloaded 在这里 (you will be prompted to save it to your computer).
Have you benefited from the guidance of a mentor? Please share your experience in the comments section.
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