It's an interesting way to mentor somebody, but it was extremely tough and hard.
"It's just not enough for her to mentor somebody; Yajaira thinks of positive ways that kids can experience the emotional side of doing science," Guerrero-Medina says.
"… At first I did not have the right skills and we were taught for only four days so I had to come back to the facility and take a month of practising IUCD insertion before I could mentor somebody" [Respondent C05-01, Mentor, FP site].
When I was newly qualified what I always wanted was a mentor – somebody who could be a critical ally, somebody who would give me support around flexing myself a bit more".
"It is extremely important to have a mentor, somebody that is in an advanced state of their career that is actually willing to try to understand you and your needs in order to guide you in a good direction".
I don't think there's anybody who's successful in their role today who hasn't been mentored by somebody.
Or trying to do" (#4041, male, age 66, smoker, moderate COPD) Mentor support was seen as different from, and more effective, than family advice: " "[the mentor] somebody different to talk to, to open up to.
"I've been blessed to follow a guy like John Chaney, who really has been a great mentor and somebody who has guided me well in my years as a basketball coach," Dunphy said.
Although Ms Blair went on to appear in front of her idol when Dame Rose sat as a judge in the family division she had to look elsewhere when it came to finding somebody to mentor her young self.
With so few women in the profession, those somebodies were all men, which explains why Ms Blair has thrown her influence behind projects that support mentoring.
