Exam 16: Networking and Mentoring

Dan truly trusts his mentor,Joe,because they disclose all of their concerns to one another and are comfortable expressing their true feelings and sharing all their ideas.Dan and Joe would best be described as:

Mario's mentor,Ericka,provides him with exposure and access to challenging assignments.Ericka is fulfilling the _____ function of mentoring.

The two broad categories of functions provided by mentors are career and _____ functions.

Sally is working at building personal and professional relationships so she will have a chain of information and contacts to help support her new accounting practice.Sally is using which interpersonal skill?

Which of the following is true of informal mentoring?

Praising a new contact's personal appearance and paying her compliments like she was great are good ways of building rapport.

Mentoring has been traditionally defined as a unique interpersonal relationship between two individuals,a mentor and a protégé.

Tim's relationship with his mentor Bob is being redefined and they are beginning to see each other more as equals.This implies that their relationship is in the cultivation stage.

List some of the strategies for building an effective network.

Better Technologies Inc.is attempting to hire some of the best IT specialists by having its current employees encourage acquaintances to join their company.This process is known as:

A networker who approaches a room and identifies people who need to be connected with others in the room,thinking,who can I introduce to whom? is said to be:

Which of the following statements regarding networking is true?

Sponsorship,visibility,coaching,and protection are a part of the _____ function of a mentor.

One of the key things to do during a networking meeting is to:

_____ peers benefit most by exchanging information about their work or organization.Their relationship is characterized by low levels of self-disclosure and trust.

_____ is an effective technique for finding the right job or career by interviewing people about their own careers and jobs.

Susan does not know the Governor personally,but her aunt does.The Governor would be part of Susan's:

Through their mentoring relationship,Diane,the more senior member of the organization has greatly improved her technical skills while Benjamin,the new member of the organization has learned how to streamline his work habits to accomplish reports quicker.This relationship would be considered as:

Formal mentoring relationships usually have time frames,methods of termination,and checkpoints for goal setting.

Darryl is trying to prepare himself mentally for a networking meeting.Darryl should: