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This is a testimonial video about Anant Shrivastava’s experience with the NULLCon Resume Clinic mentorship program.
Key Points
Resume Clinic Experience:
Overall positive experience: Been part of multiple resume clinics so far
Feel-good factor: Helping people
Different backgrounds: Mentees have had different backgrounds ranging from someone trying to get into field to someone trying to survive or thrive
Perspectives differ: Navigating ways in corporate world differ depending on if you’re a fresher, late entrant, or seasoned pro
Aspect also change: Along with work environment
Different experiences: With different mentees, overall positive feel to all of it
Mentorship Value:
Corporate world unforgiving: Very less redos that you get
Finding someone to trust: Ask questions openly and discuss things becomes very challenging
Mentor: Someone you can be open with, honest about own insecurities, own flaws, have clear discussion
NULLCon resume clinic: Offers very small amount of time, however time provided is with trusted set of community members who have shown appetite to help others
Brief interaction: Can actually become long-term mentorship opportunity if synergies found between mentee and mentor
Can continue discussion: Work on larger level
Irrespective: Whether work happens on large scale or not, you get focus of mentor for 10 minutes, can get resolution for at least one of current major problems
That’s what adds value: In whole system
Why Attend Resume Clinic:
Very few such initiatives: Found online
10-15 minutes of time: With someone willing to help you out - big help in current environment
Important criteria: One - if have certain doubts or scenarios where feeling difficulties to navigate around, that’s when should be stepping and asking question
Two: Should have very clear focus - what do you want to achieve out of this interaction
If fresher: Do you just want resume to be checked whether it’s good or not
If seasoned professional: Do you want help in navigating corporate politics or corporate environment, or help around jumping companies or increasing scope of work
Be very clear: On what you want to achieve because 10 minutes looks like good time but becomes very short time if do not have clear focus
First time: Most of scenarios where interacting with person - person giving third person feedback of current situation based on resume, based on discussion
Need to be absolutely clear: About what you want to achieve
If someone needing: Second opinion, needing help in navigating this environment - this is right place to be
Key Insights:
Resume clinic provides feel-good factor of helping people
Corporate world is unforgiving with very less redos
Mentor is someone you can be open with about insecurities and flaws
Brief interaction can become long-term mentorship if synergies found
10 minutes can resolve at least one major problem
Very few such initiatives found online
Need clear focus on what you want to achieve
Right place for second opinion and help navigating environment
Actionable Takeaways:
Resume clinic provides trusted community members willing to help
Corporate world unforgiving - mentorship valuable
Brief interaction can become long-term if synergies found
10 minutes can resolve at least one major problem
Need clear focus on what you want to achieve
Right place for second opinion and navigating environment