I am happy to report that the Cocoon's Job-Market Mentoring Program has made about 10 mentor-mentee matches--with several more currently pending--since we opened signups a few weeks ago. To those who signed up but haven't been matched yet, please know we are doing our best and moving as quickly as we can! We get more signups by potential mentees and mentors each day, and so keep our eye out on a continual basis for good matches for those who already signed up (so, if you signed up a few weeks ago, we haven't forgotten you!).
On that note, as in past years, we currently have a surplus of mentees-in-need relative to the number of available mentors. In other words, we need more mentors! So, if you are a tenure-stream faculty member, please do consider signing up. Past mentors have reported that they found mentoring to be rewarding and not overly time-consuming (and, as a mentor myself, I agree!). Anyway, there are a lot of candidates in need out there--so please do consider taking part in our program!
I signed up as a mentor but never heard anything, not even a confirmation of receipt. Can you verify whether I'm on the list?
Posted by: recent grad | 06/20/2017 at 06:14 PM
Strange - judging from your listed email address (which is private), no we did not receive your signup. Can you try again and/or email both Helen and I? We'd love to have your help as a mentor!
Posted by: Marcus Arvan | 06/20/2017 at 07:20 PM