Students
Learn more about an occupation - Develop your networking skills – Plan your professional development. The Mentor Network through mavjobs.com and the Career Development Center connects students to professionals willing to serve as mentors.
Employers and Minnesota State Mankato alumni register with mavjobs.com to serve as a volunteer mentor to you. The duration and the extent of the relationship you have with your mentor is determined by you and your mentor.
The Mentor Network is a good way to get answers to questions like:
- How did you decide on your major or career?
- What do you like about your current job?
- What are the biggest challenges in your current job?
- How did you find out about your current job?
- What are qualities that a successful worker needs to have in your field?
- What advice do you have for someone who is thinking about working in your field?
- What are some of the trends in your industry?
- What does your organization do?
- What is the hiring process for your organization?
To explore the Mentor Network, login to mavjobs.com and make sure your account is up to date. Select the Mentor Network menu tab to review available mentors. Search for or select a mentor from the list and get contact information by clicking on the “interested” button. Participation in the Mentor Network is governed by the Mentor Network User Terms and Conditions.
If you have any questions about the Mentor Network, please contact Matt Carlson, matt.carlson@mnsu.edu or 507-389-6061.
Mentors
As an employer or graduate of Minnesota State Mankato you can serve as a mentor to students through the Mentor Network provided by mavjobs.com. Mentors serve as a resource to current students and new graduates who are exploring career and job opportunities.
If you would like to talk to students and recent graduates about your career, please register as an employer with mavjobs.com and be sure to select Mentor Network. Mentors choose the number of times they wish to be contacted by mentees per month, and the method by which they would like to be contacted (phone, e-mail, or mail). As a Mentor, you can also choose to assist with panels, workshops, seminars or lectures on career areas through the Career Development Center, classes, and student groups.
Students may contact you to ask questions like:
- How did you decide on your major or career?
- What do you like about your current job?
- What are the biggest challenges in your current job?
- How did you find out about your current job?
- What are qualities that a successful worker needs to have in your field?
- What advice do you have for someone who is thinking about working in your field?
- What are some of the trends in your industry?
- What does your organization do?
- What is the hiring process for your organization?
Typically students will contact you only once to find out about your career. You and the students who contact you can also choose to keep in touch for a longer period of time if you'd like.
To register as a Mentor, please go to
mavjobs.com and register as an Employer and then complete the Mentor Network section of your account information. Participation in the Mentor Network is governed by the
Mentor Network User Terms and Conditions.
In addition to assisting current students and recent graduates, the Career Development Center provides career development services to alumni.. We also hope your organization will post job openings and recruit on campus, visit our web page for Employers for additional information.
Thank you for your continued support of Minnesota State Mankato students!
If you have any questions about the Mentor Network, please contact Matt Carlson,
matt.carlson@mnsu.edu or 507-389-6061.
Terms & Conditions
Following your registration as a Mentor or Mentee on the Mentor Network the following terms and conditions apply:
- Minnesota State University’s Career Development Center has set up a mentoring network whereby current students seek career and professional development advice from experienced alumni and employers.
- Minnesota State University and/or the Career Development Center reserves the right to, at any time and at its sole discretion, decide that mentors or mentees are not suitable as participants in the Mentor Network. The mentors and mentees agree that they have no right to appeal or dispute any such decision.
- All mentors are unpaid volunteers of the Mentor Network; Minnesota State University and the Career Development Center make no guarantees or promises regarding any advice imparted to mentees.
- Minnesota State University and/or the Career Development Center make no offer, representation, guarantee or solicitation on behalf of the mentor or mentee and makes no claim as to the quality of any mentor or their suitability for providing career coaching, career advice, or professional development advice.
- Any mentoring session(s), whether it is online, via telephone, or face to face meeting, is an agreement created solely between the mentor and the mentee, entirely apart from the Minnesota State University and/or the Career Development Center and any contact is undertaken at your own risk and responsibility.
- By using this service you are agreeing to hold Minnesota State University and/or the Career Development Center harmless in any dispute that may arise in the mentoring relationship. When you register with the Mentor Network, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Minnesota State University and/or the Career Development Center for any loss, liability, claim, damage, and expenses arising from or in connection with your use of the information or services you receive.
- The mentee acknowledges that Minnesota State University and/or the Career Development Center advises all mentees to seek appropriate independent professional advice before accepting any career or professional development advice as a result of the Mentor Network.
- The mentors and mentees accept that Minnesota State University and/or the Career Development Center are not liable to for any cost, damage or liability in relation to, or loss caused by or as a result of participation in the Mentor Network.
Both the mentor and mentee will keep confidential any information received or obtained as a result of using
mavjobs.com or the Mentor Network that is identified as or would be reasonably expected to be confidential.
