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Poll: Have you ever been a mentor? | mentor vs teacher vs coach vs educator vs tutor

DZiW (X) — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:26:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever been a mentor?
Poster: DZiW (X)
Post title: mentor vs teacher vs coach vs educator vs tutor

Depending on the definition/accent, I've been each of them)

I consider senior colleagues, specialists, managers, and Team Leaders as mentors too. Sometimes just hearing or seeing is enough to learn something new and useful. Moreover, I use other people and their reason-effect-solution-consequence results as examples, learning how it may come out and why.

Shortly, if one uses his mistakes to improve himself, he will achieve the goals for sure: Self-learning/internalization is the key.

Poll: Have you ever been a mentor? | Other

neilmac — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:13:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever been a mentor?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Other

Not per se, but I'm usually willing to give pointers or lend a helping hand when asked.

Poll: Have you ever been a mentor? | 3 times for my professional order

Nina Khmielnitzky — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:47:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever been a mentor?
Poster: Nina Khmielnitzky
Post title: 3 times for my professional order

I'm a certified member of the OTTIAQ and students or young translators who want to become members can choose to be mentored. It's a 6 month process during which time the translator submits me 5000 translated words per month. I choose 1000, review the translations and discuss them with the translator. Each month, I submit a report to the organization about my observations and the translator's progress. I'm at my 3rd time now. It's very rewarding.

Poll: Have you ever been a mentor? | Sort of

Alexandra Speirs — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:08:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever been a mentor?
Poster: Alexandra Speirs
Post title: Sort of

Only in the sense that I brought my son and daughter-in-law into this profession and give them a hand now and again.

Poll: Have you ever been a mentor? | No

Angus Stewart — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:24:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever been a mentor?
Poster: Angus Stewart
Post title: No

No, but I have been approached to be a mentor and declined.

Poll: Have you ever been a mentor? | Yes

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:33:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever been a mentor?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Yes

As I said yesterday, in 1986, when I was recruited by an EU institution as contract staff I had a mentor for 1 year and later on I trained and mentored several new colleagues. I enjoy sharing with others what I've learned over the years as a way of giving back what has given me almost 40 years of career satisfaction…

Poll: Have you ever been a mentor?

ProZ.com Staff — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:10:02 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever been a mentor?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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