Expectations


ASCE Mentor Match facilitates mentoring relationships based on topics of interest and experience level. Even a young professional can offer valuable advice to students as they prepare to join the profession. If you feel you have valuable experiences in any of the topic areas, please enroll as a Mentor. Pay it forward!

Mentee Expectations

Goal - Supporting a knowledge transfer to build a culture of leadership, communication, engagement, and teamwork that will prepare members to be leaders of ASCE and the Profession.

Expectation - Topic focused, one-on-one relationship tailored to the individual’s needs.

  • Fill out Mentee profile – picture, bio, topics of interest. The more information you provide the better introduction your mentor receives.
  • Mentees are responsible for facilitating the relationship through personally contacting the prospective mentor and asking to schedule a Discovery Call.
  • Request/schedule a Discovery Call. 
  • Work together to complete the Partnership Policy.
  • Commit to a focused-conversation for at least two hours per month.
  • Make at least a 3-month commitment to a partnership.
  • Assess development needs and goals.
  • Demonstrate an interest in career growth.
  • Be flexible and open-minded.
  • Learn from the experience, knowledge, and wisdom of the mentor.
  • Only have one mentor at a time. 
If circumstances arise that do not allow you to fulfill these obligations you are expected to contact the mentor to let him or her know why you need to abandon the relationship.

Mentor Expectations

Goal – Supporting a knowledge transfer to build a culture of leadership, communication, engagement, and teamwork that will prepare members to be leaders of ASCE and the Profession.

Expectation – Topic focused, one-on-one relationship tailored to the individuals needs.

  • Fill out profile on ASCE Collaborate – picture, bio, topics of interest. This information will be used by mentees to request possible relationships.
  • Mentors lead a “Discovery Call” to see if the mentee and mentor would be compatible.
  • Responsible to spend two hours a month communicating with the mentee.
  • Encouraged to suggest available resources to mentee.
  • Motivate the mentee to initiate activities on their own.
  • Advise on career paths and technical development opportunities.
  • Help define the mentees skills and career goals.
  • Be supportive, realistic, honest, and encouraging.
  • Practice strict confidentiality.
  • Ask many questions.
  • Provide ideas, concepts, information, data, contacts, options, publications and other resources in response to indications of interest.

If circumstances arise that do not allow you to fulfill these obligations you are expected to contact the mentee to let him or her know why you need to abandon the relationship.