ARMA International Mentorship Program Quick Facts
Landing Page : http :// discoverarma . org / mentorship Email Contact : Mentorship @ armaintl . org
Synopsis : Members who wish to participate will complete a matching survey . We will always be accepting applications , but will send out pairs once a month . ( See the schedule available on the landing page .) Matched pairs will participate for 6 months in a guided mentorship program , meaning they receive monthly emails from us with suggested topics . After the term has completed , we encourage them to keep their relationship going , but without our involvement . Or , they can sign up again , and be matched with someone new .
Qualifications : All participants must be members . This will be verified before matches go out . Mentors have been in the industry for 3 + years . Mentees have been in the industry for less than 5 . There is also a code of conduct participants must adhere to . This limits participants from seeking personal gain , giving legal / financial / medical advice and non-professional conduct .
Matching Criteria : In the matching survey , participants are asked for industry , years in information managements and to describe either what are they are an expert in ( mentors ) or what area they would like to grow in ( mentees ). We also ask time zone . While we intend this to be a virtual mentorship program , it is easier for people in the same time zone ( or close ) to find a time to talk .
FAQS
� How much interaction will participants have ?
○ The minimum is monthly conversations , but we encourage more .
� How does this work with the conference mentorship program ?
○ Terms that include conference will include the question if they plan to a tend so hopefully those that do can be matched together . Separate of that , we will determine the impact on conference mentorship when we know more of the scale of this program .
� What happens if a mentorship pair isn ’ t going well ?
○ We believe that there is something to be learned from everyone , but if a mentorship truly isn ’ t working out , we will work through solutions on a case by case basis . Emailing mentorship @ arma . org is the first step to that solution .
� What about Region and Chapter mentorship programs ?
○ We absolutely support and encourage them . This program is to fill that gap when local resources aren ’ t able to . We are currently working on collecting a list of these local programs so that we can post them on the landing page .
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