Career Development: Impact of Mentoring, Accreditation, and Networking

This report focuses on the significance of mentoring, accreditation, and networking in professional development. The report begins by discussing the benefits of having a mentor, highlighting how mentors guide new employees, help them understand organizational goals, and develop necessary skills. The report then analyzes the impact of ACS events and accreditation on career progression. ACS events are seen as valuable for networking, staying updated with industry trends, and potentially finding future employment. Accreditation is viewed as providing structure, opportunities for self-reflection, and enhancing organizational appeal. The report concludes by emphasizing how these factors collectively contribute to professional growth and career advancement, supported by relevant references.

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Question 1:
How do you think that you could benefit from having mentor during the initial years of
your professional employment?
Mentoring is highly beneficial in professional development. When a new employee joins the
organization, they have limited knowledge regarding the process of working in that particular
work culture as compared to an experienced employee (Lau et al., 2016). Therefore, the mentor
can guide the new employee and encourage them in professional and personal development.
They help them to understand the goals and objectives of the organization and guide them to
ways in which they can attain those goals and targets. Mentors help to analyze the gaps in the
knowledge and fulfill those gaps to ensure that the employee becomes efficient in fulfilling those
gaps (Lau et al., 2016). The mentor help to develop the required skills or competency required to
perform the work effectively.
Question 2:
For each activity, describe how you believe that this will progress your professional career?
ACS events- It is believed that networking plays an important part in contributing professional
and personal growth (Mate et al., 2014). The formal and informal networking opportunities
might lead to a future employer. It also helps to keep up to date with the trends and in the target
areas and prepare well for the future.
Gaining accreditation in specific technical areas: Accreditation might protect the interest of the
students and provides them with educational programs which in turn provide opportunities for

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self reflection and feedback on the programs (Mate et al., 2014). It provides direction to the
students and opportunity for continuous development. The accreditation increased appeal to the
organizational propositions and enable the organization to further develop relationship with the
new as well as existing clients.

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References
Lau, C., Ford, J., Van Lieshout, R. J., Saperson, K., McConnell, M., & McCabe, R. (2016).
Developing mentoring competency: does a one session training workshop have
impact?. Academic Psychiatry, 40(3), 429-433.
Mate, K. S., Rooney, A. L., Supachutikul, A., & Gyani, G. (2014). Accreditation as a path to
achieving universal quality health coverage. Globalization and health, 10(1), 68.