5 tips for actors
The mentoring process offers you a unique opportunity to develop yourself and experimentally design your career. Make the process look like you!
- Set meaningful development goals
In career design, you always start by defining the problem. Think carefully about your needs and boldly set goals for shaping your own unique career.
- Invest in planning the meetings
Familiarise yourself with mentoring tools, choose themes and exercises that suit your goals and send them to your mentor in advance.
- Foster dialogic interaction
Dialogic interaction requires the ability to be present, listen and ask questions. Try to understand the mentor's points of view, even if you don't agree with everything.
- Make the most of your mentor´s help in shaping your career
Designing a meaningful and authentic career requires an experimental attitude and the ability to question conventional assumptions and come up with different paths. The mentor offers an excellent partner for this.
- Keep a learning diary
Keep a record of conversations, insights and ideas during the mentoring process. Writing a learning diary deepens your learning and enriches your mentoring experience.
Actor, Aalto Mentoring ProgrammeBravely tell about your dreams/things that excite you. Be open to new thought patterns and ideas.
Tips from students
Read the recommendations and tips of students who participated in the Mentoring Programme in 2026.
Tips and tools for mentoring