Find a mentor - a key to the career during the crisis

The representatives of the new generation (born after 1978) used to be ready to change jobs just because of the lack of serious attitude to their company or due to the fact that the authorities did not find time to take them something. Now they have a strong incentive to stay in their places: rapidly decreasing labor market. Employment experts point out that fewer young specialists ready to quickly change jobs just because of the lack of attention to their persons.

Most young professionals never planned to stay in their first job for more than two years.

Young workers, who have realized that it is now finding a new job will be difficult to adjust to the new reality and stay in one place for a long time. To gain a foothold in their work, they should find a way of non-intrusive communication with senior management and start to actively seek out mentors. Since the opportunities now not so much, mentoring can be a strategic way to develop their own career.

So how energetic young professionals to learn how to communicate with managers who are overworked and are constantly under stress, but still suffer from a shortage of staff caused by the widespread decline? It is best to start by examining the resources that already offers the employer. Most employees are surprised to find that their company has a mentoring program, the existence of which they did not even know existed.

Almost 70% of the 500 companies in the Fortune offer mentoring programs. The HR department or HR-department of your company, you can find out what programs they now operate. At IBM, for example, each worker before he starts work, appoint a mentor to "communication"; and after the employee takes office, he shall be granted a mentor.

Although in order to find a mentor, and build a relationship with him now it requires much more effort than in the time of economic recovery. In quiet times managers are positive and not so abhorrent idea to take someone to himself "under the wing". When the economic storm sea should think strategically. First, think about what goals you are pursuing, taking mentor. What would you like to achieve? Do you want to learn more about project management? You interested in studying the human side of the business? You want to help implement the corporate policy? Make a priority list of their goals.

Knowing exactly what you want to achieve, go search for colleagues with the knowledge or experience that you would like to purchase. But be careful in your choice. Try to learn as a person, whom you see as a mentor, imagine the workflow; Ask those who are familiar with his work style.

You should also take into account whether a potential mentor to lead you by the way can you have chosen.

Remember that mentoring - a two-way road, especially during an economic downturn. You will be much easier to work with someone, if you find a man that can understand the pressure that the head of every day experiences.

Treat him kindly, and be willing to help. You can tell your boss that you admire his work and ask him to train you in certain things, for example, in large transactions or engaging their colleagues in the project. In turn, offer their assistance in the project, which he directs.