YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Asia Regional Conference - Hong KongApril 21, 2012

Helena Hannonen and Corbin Thomander

WHAT is Young Professional?

Young professional groups function as sub-chapters of organized Management Society chapters.

Programs are meant to provide networking, career development, and social activities in addition to the regular chapter programs.

WHO are Young Professionals ?

College age to age 35, with up to 10 years work experience

Open to all All professional paths Married or single Church membership or connection to BYU is NOT

required

The YP organization is run by peers and it operates under the BYU Management Society

WHY? There was a felt need to support YP

Programs can provide contacts and leads for internships and jobs for other young professionals.

Some chapters young professionals are sponsoring several events a month social events visits to companies regional lunches skill and knowledge - based seminars

WHO can help? Chapters can partner with the Young Alumni

Organization of the BYU Alumni Association

Law Society student chapters (jrcls.org )

Other chapters in the region

Other Young Professionals around the world

WHERE to find YP?

Use lists: BYU alumni Recent graduates Marriott School interns in the area Local institute attendees Local young single adult wards Exchange students Expatriates

HOW to start? Find an exemplary young professional who

is a go-getter

Invite him or her to spearhead the task of organizing Young Professionals in your chapter and area

Provide them with a guidebook (Leaders Guide and Leader Resources)

Help them along the way as needs be

… and you’re good to go.

EXAMPLES: Finland and

HawaiiENTER TO LEARN – GO FORTH TO SERVE

Young Professionals program in Finland was organized to function with the help of older professionals, but otherwise independently, this program easy to implement.

Use graduating students to locally and globally

General Overview

BYU MS

BYU MSBoard

YP President

YP MentoringCommitee

YP Activities Commitee

YP OtherCommitee

Young and experienced professionals

Young professionals

Experienced professionals

Other

YPSteering

Committee

Sister organizations E.g. BYU law

society

Wards and stakes

Affiliate entities

LDS Employment Services

How YP relates to other organizations

Local schools and other

organizations with similar

goals

“ I have made new friends who are willing to help, give advice and who inspire each other to succeed in their careers.

I have learned important hints and tips. For example: it helped me apply to a school and to find new job opportunities"

Diana Tulea, mentoring:

"I am very grateful to have an experienced professional and head of a happy family advise me on my next career steps.

Abe Silvennoinen, activities:

Mentoring has helped me approach the idea of how I could combine motherhood with work life and career. I am happy I feel more calm and confident about a topic that has concerned me earlier. I now know I can have both - provided that I plan well. “

A few words from YP membersTestimonials

ActivitiesExample schedule: 2010 Finland chapter

DATE TYPE TOPIC SPEAKER

12. January Lecture Life amidst all people Clint Rogers, Consultant

25. March Panel Ethics in career Juha Mikkola, Ulla Lehtinen, Ilkka Aura – successful business leaders from the region

22. April Video recording Law symposium recording Recording: Dr. Stephen Covey – management guru

20. May Workshop Mentoring basics Mentoring Comittee

10. June Q&A Free sharing and Q&A Jim Quigley – CEO Deloitte. Visiting in Finland for business

17. June Lecture Reality and Possibilities Teppo Felin – BYU Professor teaching in Finland for the summer

16. August Lecture Mindset: A Key to Success Heikki Rinne – CEO Halton, visiting in Finland

21. October Workshop Computer skills Juha Linnanen, computer expert

15. December Lecture Effective Networking Jason Wright, Coach

MentoringFind mentees

Mention the program at activities and ask for those interested to approach Mentoring Coordinators

Send messages to the YP email list and Facebook group etc. (see examples)

Find mentors

Meet with mentoring committee and board to discuss new and unmatched mentees’ needs

Find mentors from personal networks or pre-prepared lists with backgrounds and knowledge that can support mentee

Ask potential mentor in person or over the phone if they agree to mentor the person

Build and keep a list of willing mentors – this list can be built by sending out an mentoring invitation to the management society (see examples), to personal contacts, and by asking local presenters if they would be willing to mentor a person

Facilitate the program

After both the mentor and the mentee have agreed to be matched put them in touch with each other and share the “How to get started” information with them (see examples)

Send periodical reminders to mentors and mentees to share the latest news and mentoring success stories (see examples)

Despite a good match on paper occasionally it is necessary to rematch mentees due to “bad chemistry”

In addition to running the program, encourage mentees to find additional mentors for themselves and to make mentoring an active part of their career and life planning

Example documents:

Invitation letter to become a mentee

Invitation to become a mentor

How to get started

Mentoring event

How to get started with the committee

Mentoring newsletter

NEWSLETTER YP MENTORING 2/2011 EXAMPLE

Dear people!

Spring, with the last spurt of academic year, is at hand! With finals, summer jobs, and internships just around the corner, now is the time to step up and make use of your skills and abilities.

At this time, why not seek advice and support from your mentor? Pick up the phone and agree on a date for mentoring for this month. Again, you can approach your mentor with pragmatic questions on your current challenges or long-term plans. Either way, prepare for your meeting. To best benefit from your session, you may want to send your questions to your mentor prior to the session.

Inspiration of the Month:

Watch this short video clip about the true essence of passing on the knowledge; what comes around, goes around!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlKcP8M24Vw&feature=related

Tip of the Month:

Behold this fine result of mentoring!

“My mentor gave me as a homework to think about what my passion is. It was hard at first to get any ideas and to define what my passion is since I never thought of it before. The more I think about it though, the more I realize how important it is to know what I want from life in general, from myself and my work life. If one does not have answers to this question, in an interview or job application process this means that one has not done his homework and doesn’t know what he has to offer. - - I suggest that every mentor ask this question from his mentoree and that they work on finding an answer.”

We would like to hear more from your experiences on mentoring. Let’s share our mentoring experiences and useful tips! What benefit have you gained from mentoring? Please send us feedback at yp.mentoring@gmail.com.

BR,

Mentoring Coordinators

WIP

Mentoring

YP officers

Mentors andmentees

Mentor and mentee meet

Quarterly newsletter

Invitation to mentors letter

sent

Example schedule

Invitation to mentees letter

sent

Mentor and mentee matched

Mentor and mentee meet

again

Mentor and mentee meet

again

Quarterly newsletter

Quarterly newsletterMentoring

advertised at events

Mentor and mentee express

interest in program