Mentorship

Mentorship is incredibly important to me. I’ve benefitted from some really great mentors and I enjoy paying it forward.

With that in mind, feel free to reach out. You can book time via my

Calendly⁠

if you’d like to chat. (Note: this isn’t an invitation to salespeople to ‘reach out’ to learn about my experience to have an in to sell me things).

If you’re looking for a few things to chat about, we can discuss:

What functional areas of People Ops / Talent look like and what career path you’re interested in

How to ‘upskill’ in HR (certification exams, resources, etc.)

How to build effective relationships with managers, leadership

Judgement-free questions: some HR concepts can be tough. I’m happy to help explain (where I can) how different things work (ex. immigration, stock admin, benefits, etc).

Helping to chat through a difficult issue / being a sounding board.

To be clear, I don’t charge anything for these conversations. But, in turn, I ask three things:

Try not to reschedule last minute: I get it, things come up. Though if you can’t make it, try to let me know as far in advance as you can.

Gather thoughts ahead of time: it makes for a much more meaningful conversation.

Pay it forward: whenever you can, share your knowledge and be willing to learn from others.

Other resources

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LinkedIn Career Advice Tool⁠

: one of LinkedIn’s free-and-valuable-but-relatively-unknown features is their Career Advice tool. Great way to reach out to industry professionals.

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SHRM@SJSU⁠

: for other SHRM/HR organizations, I think the San Jose State University SHRM chapter has developed a great model for a mentorship program. (I’ve been a mentor 3x through their program). Would recommend it to others seeking a model.

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HBR Article⁠

: this is a great article on building an effective mentor relationship.

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