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GSA 2020 ANNUAL MEETING
Be a Mentor—Share Your Experience

Become a mentor and help students navigate the meeting, intro-
duce them to contacts, discuss career paths, and offer advice.
Graduate students, early career professionals, professionals, and
retirees are welcome to serve as mentors.

Drop-in Mentor. This one-on-one mentoring activity takes place
in the GeoCareers Center. Students have 30 minutes to ask ques-
tions and seek advice. About 28 mentors are needed.

Networking Event Mentor. The networking event is a gathering
of students, early career professionals, and mentors. About 40
mentors are needed to answer questions, offer advice about
careers plans, and comment on job opportunities within their
fields. Résumé or CV Mentor. Résumé mentors are matched with stu-
dents on-site to review the student’s résumé or CV. Consultations
On To the Future Mentor. About 75 On To the Future (OTF) take place for 30 minutes in the GeoCareers Center in a one-on-
mentors are needed. Each will be paired with a student who is part one format. About 28 mentors are needed.
of the OTF program, which supports students from diverse groups
to attend their first GSA Annual Meeting. Mentors will meet with Women in Geology Mentor. About 30 mentors from a variety of
their mentee each day of the meeting, introduce the mentee to five sectors are needed to answer career questions and offer advice
contacts, and share their professional experiences in the geosci- during the Women in Geology Program.
ences. Matching will be completed using an online platform. To
learn more, go to https://www.geosociety.org/OTF and click on To serve as a mentor, please complete the mentor interest form at
“mentorships.” https://forms.gle/bZeKibPue7BXEsyQ9.

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