YP Success: The Importance of Nurturing Mentor Communications

摘要

A fruitful mentoring relationship is probably the most valuable career resource that can be offered to young professionals (YPs). IPEP's YP-level certification is the Environmental Professional Intern (EPI), and I have often had conversations with EPIs on how to navigate employment searches and mentoring. It's important for YPs to understand just how rare the gift of true mentorship is-after all, when else in life does someone offer to assist you in developing your career path while asking nothing material in return? We are very lucky at IPEP to have many of our Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) professionals available as mentors to our EPIs, and below are some tips for YPs on leveraging the gift of mentorship.