Getting your foot in the door for mentor relationships and professional opportunities

Interested in building more professional and mentor relationships? This video is for you. During this video, we introduce the Ambition In Motion mentor program and then interview Bree DeForest to discuss how college students and professionals can get their foot in the door for professional experiences and mentor relationships. The host of this video is Ambition In Motion's founder, Garrett Mintz. During this workshop, we will cover questions like: How can getting your foot in the door help you land your first professional job? How can not being able to get your foot in the door negatively affect your professional prospects? What works and doesn't work for getting your foot in the door? Are their right and wrong ways to getting your foot in the door? Is it possible to be considered annoying from your networking efforts? How can informational interviews lead to professional opportunities? How can LinkedIn expand your network and allow you to take advantage of opportunities that may not be available to you in your current network? Is it okay to ask for introductions? Should I develop a professional mission? If so, should I share it with my mentor and others? How can a mentor help me if my career interests change? Should I share my professional goals with my mentor? How about a manager? How can you manage stress while trying to make a positive first impression? During this workshop, we will ask the audience 3 questions. To get credit for attending this workshop, please post your answers to these 3 questions in the comments section within 24 hours of this video going live (e.g. by 8 pm Eastern on 2/17). Below is more information about our guest speaker: Bree is a Career Consultant, CEO of HD Career Consulting LLC and podcast host of Who Ate My Cake Podcast, with over 15 years’ experience. She leverages her knowledge of workforce development trends, career pathways, education and training programs, HR process and hiring partnerships to systematically and strategically assess people's challenges to help them find careers that stick. She gained her experience and training working in higher education, training and development and parted ways with the institution in 2018 to launch HD Career Consulting with the mission to bring career exploration and development services to working adults struggling to navigate careers efficiently and effectively because we all deserve Work + Happy. Her expertise o Adult Teaching, Learning and Career Development Specialist. o Member of the National Career Development Association. o Published Research Author in the Journal of Career Development. o Former peer reviewer for the Journal of Career Development. o Podcast host and creator of Who Ate My Cake, An all things career podcast. o Former Student Affairs Practitioner, and Graduate Student SuccessPrograms Creator and Evaluator. For more information about mentor relationships, please go to https://ambition-in-motion.com/.