Mentoring is a great way to give back to your industry and to help a less-experienced person in your field at the same time.

It simply refers to providing advice and counsel to this person and helping them with their career.

Becoming a mentor is satisfying because the person you are helping is letting you know that you are someone they admire and hold in high regard.

Its also a great way for you to grow professionally.

You might be able to help a less experienced person in your industry not only answer the same questions you had when you were in their position, you might help them avoid some of the mistakes you made as well.

Plus, it can also assist in your own career. When the person you are mentoring asks questions and causes you think about the answers you give them, it can help you reflect on where you are in your own career and what areas you need to improve upon.

If you believe in karma then perhaps doing a good deed such as being a mentor will end up benefiting you as well. Not that you should expect to get something back by being a mentor but you could benefit from it too.

Mentoring is really an endorsement for you because it says that someone looks up to you and views you as someone they can learn from. If you look at the opportunity the right way, you can learn from being a mentor as well.

Carl Mueller

My name is Carl Mueller and I'd like to thank you for learning a bit more about me!

I feel that I have numerous relevant experiences during my career that come in useful when helping people with their careers:

I know what it?s like to work internationally, having worked overseas (in New Zealand, from 1994-1998).

I've survived several corporate downsizings while many of my colleagues were being laid off.

I have also experienced being laid off twice myself during corporate downsizings.

I know what it?s like to be self-employed.

I've helped many people find better jobs. I started to work as a professional recruiter in 2000 first as an Information Technology (IT) recruiter and then in general recruitment across many industries including IT, manufacturing and marketing. Since this time, I have helped many people find their dream career and it?s a great feeling.

I experienced one of the slowest hiring periods in recent memory especially during the general hiring slowdown that followed the Y2K frenzy in 1999, the bursting of the dot com bubble in early 2000, and then the employment market bottoming out following September 11, 2001.

These were certainly not great times to be a job searcher in most industries nor was it a particularly good time to be a recruiter.

Following this, I began running the day to day operations of an Internet-based company in early 2003 that focused on developing online software and subscription-based websites for consumers. It was then that I fully realized the power, usefulness and potential of the Internet which really spurred me to set up my own website which you can view in my Personal URL section below this bio.

I?m also a Platinum Ezine Articles Expert as recognized by EzineArticles.com, one of the most visited websites on the Internet. This special designation is earned by having consistently high-quality articles published and viewed on their website. All of my submissions are related to helping you find your dream career and many of my articles get reproduced on other websites by their webmasters.

Good luck with your career and I hope I have been of assistance to you!