Identify career path options

Mentors can show you career options you didn't know existed. With their experience and connections, they can help you see different paths you could take in your field.

A good mentor helps you understand various ways your career could grow, including:

• Common promotion paths within companies
• Special roles that use specific skills
• New opportunities created by changes in your industry
• Different paths that might better match what you're good at
• Topics to explore to have a more appealing profile for recruiters

While mentors can explain these different paths and share what worked or didn't work for others, they know that career choices are personal. Their job is to show you options and what might happen with each, while understanding that you must choose the path that fits your own goals and life situation.