Mentoring is a vital part of a twenty-first century career. While not everyone equates their relations with a senior colleague or other role model as such, chances are that relationship is a mentor-ship. Such connections can be made informally througha mentor (teacher) "adopting" a protege (pupil) or through formal programs created by companies, professional associations, and other organizations. Mentoring as a concept has changed greatly since its roots in Grecian mythology. The demands of today'sworkforce have forced us to adopt mentoring practices. Proteges now require multiple mentors at a single time and change mentors over the lifetime of their career. Recently, mentoring has taken advantage of evolving technology with the introduction of "E-mentoring."
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