At the end of my post on Thing 10, I mentioned that I am interested in working towards Chartership and getting a mentor.
I really do believe it is worthwhile having mentors - both informal and formal - throughout your career. I have as yet not had anyone I could call a mentor.
I did have a look at CILIP's list of mentors. There were many within the London area but some already had at least a couple of mentees. Others only wanted to mentor someone at their own organisation and there were those who were only taking Chartership candidates.
I therefore think my options are either to register for Chartership and contact one of these mentors on the list, or to ask someone that I already know and work with. It is more appealing to approach someone I already know but then it's more likely they might say no or they might not have done mentoring before.
Still, I do have a couple of people in mind and I think my next step is really to get in touch and see what they say...I will keep you posted!
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